Barclay Currency Traders Index

An equal weighted composite of managed programs that trade currency futures and/or cash forwards in the inter bank market. In 2011 there are 117 currency programs included in the index.

To see historical data on the number of programs included in the Barclay Currency Traders Index, click here

1980 - 1991 10.94% 2002 6.29%
1981 - 1992 10.27% 2003 11.08%
1982 - 1993 -3.33% 2004 2.36%
1983 - 1994 -5.96% 2005 -1.21%
1984 - 1995 11.49% 2006 -0.12%
1985 - 1996 6.69% 2007 2.59%
1986 - 1997 11.35% 2008 3.50%
1987 29.56% 1998 5.71% 2009 0.91%
1988 4.28% 1999 3.12% 2010 3.45%
1989 18.89% 2000 4.45% 2011 2.28%
1990 57.74% 2001 2.71% 2012 0.29%
Estimated YTD performance for 2012 calculated with reported data as of February-3-2012 21:18 US CST

At a Glance from Jan 1987

Compound Annual Return 7.36%
Sharpe Ratio 0.32
Worst Drawdown 15.26%
Correlation vs S&P 500 -0.01
Correlation vs US Bonds 0.12
Correlation vs World Bonds -0.01

 

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