As part of a regular exercise, we scan the NFA register for new and closed managers. The below report will be developed over time and will be a recurring feature. We would like to highlight that some of the closures and registrations are due to corporate (re)structuring and does not indicate that the manager has shut down their trading program. April, featured a resumption of the prior trends, and we observed a decline of the number of active CTAs, in line with earlier estimates, with a net loss of 26 managers. We saw 21 new managers and 47 managers close throughout April. This was despite a relatively friendly market environment for CTAs in general.
Atlantic Cobalt shows up both on the opened and closed manager list, a manager that was in the NFA register for a few days before disappearing.

Our optimistic take on the status of the CTA community was too early (and being early is the same as being wrong), as the net decline in NFA registered managers continued to decline to 2675. This is a loss of 104 entities since the beginning of the year.

In April, 21 managers applied for a new registrations with the NFA. As usual, most of them are located in the USA. Singapore and Switzerland each had one new manager. This largely follows the distribution of managers.

Name | State | Country | Date |
Column E Management Llc | Massachusetts | United States | 4/2/2020 |
Engnsol Llc | New York | United States | 4/3/2020 |
Gold Standard Capital Llc | Virginia | United States | 4/7/2020 |
Sutro Capital Management Llc | California | United States | 4/8/2020 |
Highcrest Capital Management Llc | Texas | United States | 4/8/2020 |
Wilshire Phoenix Funds Llc | New York | United States | 4/10/2020 |
Hirn Capital Llc | Pennsylvania | United States | 4/11/2020 |
Deepmacro Advisors Llc | New York | United States | 4/11/2020 |
Bressert Capital Management Llc | Virginia | United States | 4/11/2020 |
Well Point Trading Llc | Illinois | United States | 4/14/2020 |
Deep Basin Capital lp | Connecticut | United States | 4/16/2020 |
Ag Capital Management Partners lp | Massachusetts | United States | 4/18/2020 |
Atlantic Cobalt ag | Schwyz | Switzerland | 4/22/2020 |
Hustal Global Pte Ltd | Colorado | United States | 4/22/2020 |
Stoneview Technologies Llc | Connecticut | United States | 4/22/2020 |
Esrv Mm Llc | Connecticut | United States | 4/23/2020 |
Vantage Point Alternatives Llc | Utah | United States | 4/23/2020 |
Measure 8 Ventures Management Llc | New York | United States | 4/24/2020 |
Kosack Capital Llc | Maryland | United States | 4/28/2020 |
Cambridge Machines Asset Management Pte Ltd | NULL | Singapore | 4/29/2020 |
Rok Gp Llc | New York | United States | 4/30/2020 |
Funds withdrawing registrations was again back to normal levels in April, with a total of 47 managers withdrawing from the NFA register. The same applies for closed managers, a particular manager may have elected to close a specific local entity and may still be actively trading. 38 of the 47 managers were located in the US.

Name | State | Country | Date |
Cipher Technologies Management lp | Connecticut | United States | 4/1/2020 |
Private Advisors Llc | Virginia | United States | 4/3/2020 |
Rctc Llc | Texas | United States | 4/4/2020 |
Cayley Investment Management Llc | New York | United States | 4/4/2020 |
Sealark Llp | United Kingdom | 4/5/2020 | |
Cauldron Investments Llc | California | United States | 4/5/2020 |
Asia Lion Capital Cayman | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 4/5/2020 |
Opc Llc | Texas | United States | 4/5/2020 |
Garvey, Francis T | Illinois | United States | 4/8/2020 |
Harrington, Robert A | Massachusetts | United States | 4/8/2020 |
Conley, Wallace | Colorado | United States | 4/8/2020 |
Vedra Capital Management Llc | New York | United States | 4/8/2020 |
Kaizen Advisory Llc | Illinois | United States | 4/8/2020 |
Fjord Financial Llc | Florida | United States | 4/8/2020 |
Gold Standard Advisors Llc | California | United States | 4/8/2020 |
Longheart Management Llc | Arizona | United States | 4/8/2020 |
Banyan Capital Management Llc | North Carolina | United States | 4/9/2020 |
Princeton Alternative Capital Strategies lp | New Jersey | United States | 4/10/2020 |
Dj Wealth Systems Llc | New York | United States | 4/11/2020 |
Seer Capital Management lp | New York | United States | 4/15/2020 |
Aiap Investment Management Llc | Illinois | United States | 4/15/2020 |
Salona Capital Llc | Virginia | United States | 4/15/2020 |
Sw7 Asset Management Singapore Pte Ltd | Singapore | 4/15/2020 | |
Dormouse Nest lp | Florida | United States | 4/15/2020 |
Dormouse Cayman | Cayman Islands | 4/15/2020 | |
Okulus Capital Llc | Illinois | United States | 4/15/2020 |
Vetterkind Cattle Brokerage Llc | Wisconsin | United States | 4/17/2020 |
Alton Road Capital Llc | Florida | United States | 4/17/2020 |
Mahopac Capital Management Llc | New York | United States | 4/18/2020 |
Peconic Partners Llc | New York | United States | 4/19/2020 |
Peconic Asset Managers Llc | New York | United States | 4/19/2020 |
Lumx Asset Management Uk Limited | United Kingdom | 4/19/2020 | |
Gold Creek Asset Management Company | Hong Kong | 4/19/2020 | |
Doshi Capital Management Llc | New Jersey | United States | 4/19/2020 |
Capital Integration Systems Llc | New York | United States | 4/22/2020 |
Shuttle Fund Advisor Llc | New York | United States | 4/22/2020 |
Deltaone Trading Llc | New York | United States | 4/22/2020 |
Angle, Christopher | Connecticut | United States | 4/24/2020 |
Synergistic Group Llc | Illinois | United States | 4/25/2020 |
Academy Investment Management Llc | New York | United States | 4/25/2020 |
Rosen Capital Advisors Llc | California | United States | 4/25/2020 |
Invealth Capital Management | Hong Kong | 4/25/2020 | |
Hehmeyer Capital Management Llc | Illinois | United States | 4/26/2020 |
Atlantic Cobalt ag | Schwyz | Switzerland | 4/26/2020 |
Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc | California | United States | 4/29/2020 |
6716571 Canada Inc | Ontario | Canada | 4/29/2020 |
Rdc Capital Partners lp | Massachusetts | United States | 4/29/2020 |
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