Summary

Auctos Capital Management (“Auctos”) is a United States based Alternative Investment management firm founded in 2007. The Auctos Global Diversified Program is an absolute return strategy that seeks to capitalize on rising as well as declining price movements throughout the global financial and commodity markets. The program is 100% systematic and employs a multi-system approach that participates in long, intermediate as well as short-term time frames. Auctos incorporates unique trading models across multiple diverse sub strategies which include relative value, trend following, pattern recognition, spread and machine learning strategies. In addition, the program utilizes a dynamic risk management system and is diversified across markets, time-frames and strategies. Currently, the program participates in over seventy (70) return streams diversified across six (6) market sectors including: Financials, Stock Indices, Energies, Currencies, Metals and Soft Commodities. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC is a principal in Auctos Capital Management LLC as a result of ownership interest in Auctos. As a result of ownership interest in Catalyst, Jerry John Szilagyi and David S. Miller are listed as principals of Auctos. Previous to August 14, 2015, Auctos Capital Management was Commodity Pool Operator for Auctos Global Diversified Fund LLC. (AGDF). Trading in AGDF ceased as of August 14, 2015 and assets were transferred to Catalyst Auctos Multi-Strategy Fund. Kevin Jamali, Managing Member of Auctos Capital Management LLC, is Portfolio Manager for Catalyst Auctos Multi-Strategy Fund and employs the same trading program models as other accounts managed by Auctos Capital Management LLC. AUM on this site includes managed accounts and Catalyst Auctos Multi-Strategy Fund. Auctos is comprised of a well-balanced team which has strived to establish an organization that is positioned to handle significant increases in AUM. Our objective is to provide the investor with an absolute return portfolio which is robust and non-correlated to traditional asset classes. The program focuses on limiting risk on a portfolio level and as it relates to each strategy. All models are equally weighted across a total of over seventy markets which include outrights and futures spreads. The program is targeting a 10% annualized standard deviation and a drawdown of less than 15%. Auctos will conduct continuous research to improve current strategies or add new ones. It uses significant amounts of historical data and conducts various robustness tests to avoid over optimization.