Summary

-The Diversified Futures Program #1 employs a proprietary model to identify trends in roughly 40 financial and commodity futures markets. Market entry and exit signals are generated by the model based on analysis of daily market data. Somers Brothers uses proprietary, multivariate statistical algorithms to distinguish market trends from short-term noise. The system uses its trend identification filters to generate market entry and exit signals and to determine optimal allocation of capital to each trade. Somers Brothers Capital believes there is a substantial benefit in adhering to a disciplined, systematic approach to trading. We also constantly seek to improve fund performance through exhaustive research and testing. Somers Brothers Capital believes that the cornerstone to a successful trading approach is the proper management of risk. We control risk at each step of the investment process, from establishing maximum adverse excursion at the time of entry into markets to limiting allocations on a relative basis at both the sector and individual position level.