February 2025 NewsLetter
Management comments
In February 2025, the U.S. stock market experienced heightened volatility, driven by fluctuating interest rate expectations and ongoing geopolitical uncertainties, resulting in mixed investor sentiment. Throughout the month, our system continuously monitored market movements, seeking profitable opportunities in a challenging trading environment. For the first three weeks, the market lacked clear trends, leading to frequent adjustments in net exposure. However, toward the end of the month, our algorithm successfully identified and capitalized on two significant downward movements, securing full profits from those trades.
Looking ahead, we remain optimistic about upcoming market opportunities and are prepared to leverage them for continued success. Market volatility, particularly around tariffs, is expected to persist, presenting potential advantages for our strategy and our clients.
Last Month
On February 21st, the strategy recorded its highest daily return of 3.31% gross. Then five days later, February 26th marked the worst day, with an equivalent daily loss of -1.13% before fees.
YTD
February recorded the highest gross monthly return at 6.96%, while January was the lowest with a negative return of -1.44% gross.
The full Newsletter can be found here: ARQuant Newsletter 2025-02
Warning: Past performance is not a guarantee or a reliable indicator of future results. All investments contain risk and may lose value. Investing in foreign denominated and/or domiciled securities may involve heightened risk due to currency fluctuations. Currency rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time and may reduce the returns of a portfolio. Derivatives may involve certain costs and risks such as liquidity, interest rate, market, credit, management and the risk that a position could not be closed when most advantageous. Investing in derivatives could lose more than the amount invested. Diversification does not ensure against loss. There is no guarantee that these investment strategies will work under all market conditions and each investor should evaluate their ability to invest for a long-term especially during periods of flat market or downturn in the market.