FX MANAGERS Ante Basic Founding Partner at Trigon Investment Advisors interviewed by JW Partners for FX Trader Magazine INTERVIEW
Ante Basic tells us about Trigon’s Foreign Exchange Strateg y - a systematic strategy that aims to profit from volatility in selected major, dollar-block and emerging market currency pairs. He also tells us how the company implements three levels of risk control for the Foreign Exchange Program.
FXTM How long have you been trading foreign exchange for and what first attracted you to this industry? Tell us about your career evolution?
AB During college I was fortunate to land a part-time job on the American Stock Exchange performing programming and back office functions for a few independent equity options traders. My market knowledge was limited at best but I quickly grasped the quant side of the business. It didn’t take me long to decide that this was something I wanted to pursue so I switched my major from engineering to finance. I have been trading foreign exchange since the early 1990s aſter joining the Chase Manhattan Bank and completing their Capital Markets Training Program. I worked at Chase from 1990 to 1996 in the Global Trading Strategies Group where my
responsibilities included
FX
Manager Strategy Location
Trigon Investment Advisors Trigon FX Program New York
Assets Under Management FX Program $127 million (Firm $580 million) Type Style
Short to Medium-Term Systematic Breakout
Instruments Traded Currencies Spot FX and Forwards Majors, Dollar-block and Emerging
portfolio management and research and development of systematic and quantitative trading strategies. Aſter Chase I co-founded Global Capital Market Strategies, a consultant and CTA where I continued trading foreign exchange. In 2000, I joined a family office where I ultimately met my current business partner, Paul Mastroddi.
FXTM What do you particularly like about your job?
AB My partner and I have spent our entire careers in markets-related environments and we find them intellectually stimulating. Over the past 10 years, we have had the opportunity to own and manage our company and this has brought a new and rewarding dimension to our interest in trading.
FXTM In which way is trading currencies different from trading other financial instruments?
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