Tracking CTAs since 1994
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Tracking CTAs since 1994
Principal(s): Donald Wieczorek
Strategy: Global Macro Trend-Following / Diversified
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Purple Valley Capital, Inc. utilizes a disciplined and systematic strategy to trade a wide array of global futures markets with the goal of capturing large persistent market trends. The strategy is highly diversified, trading over 40 markets, across many time frames, both long and short. The core of the investment program is to cut losing trades very quickly and systematically, ride winners, appropriately manage risk, and be consistent. Patience and discipline are essential while trading this program. The active risk control process seeks to protect capital and limit downside risk, while skewing returns and volatility to the upside.
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Donald Wieczorek is the Founder and President of Purple Valley Capital, Inc. He started his career in finance at JPMorgan as a summer analyst in their Equity Capital Markets Group while still an undergraduate at Williams College. Upon graduating Williams with a B.A. in Economics in 2008, Don officially launched PVC and began managing client capital professionally using his systematic risk management strategy. Don is responsible for implementing PVC's trading strategy and setting the strategic direction of the firm. Don has been featured in Futures Magazine as a “Top Traderâ€. He is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and is a member of the National Futures Association. Don resides with his wife and two dogs in Jacksonville, Florida. When not thinking about markets, Don enjoys golfing, fishing, and cooking.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ROR | Max DD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.86% | -12.20% | -9.69% | -12.2% | ||||||||||
| 2024 | -14.61% | 41.62% | 24.20% | 2.18% | -8.85% | -6.24% | -7.38% | -17.71% | -4.09% | -14.18% | 11.01% | 0.35% | -8.34% | -46.39% |
| 2023 | -1.68% | -2.24% | -15.58% | 8.60% | 5.17% | -1.85% | -1.54% | -12.19% | 8.16% | -2.15% | -4.38% | 13.59% | -9.6% | -21.36% |
| 2022 | 12.80% | 8.30% | 12.41% | 25.82% | -2.26% | 6.34% | -11.11% | -14.25% | 7.27% | -8.18% | -8.39% | 2.36% | 26.43% | -31.22% |
| 2021 | 7.86% | 35.24% | 19.40% | 3.67% | -5.71% | -9.47% | -1.24% | -2.23% | -1.66% | -2.77% | -12.22% | -13.03% | 8.63% | -39.84% |
| 2020 | -0.69% | 17.65% | 56.50% | -11.45% | -5.61% | -12.99% | 27.16% | 10.83% | -21.09% | 10.62% | 20.66% | 51.81% | 199.65% | -27.28% |
| 2019 | -7.79% | 8.24% | -12.08% | 5.09% | 5.92% | 2.19% | -17.34% | 24.86% | -19.57% | 0.37% | 0.45% | 10.08% | -8.07% | -19.57% |
| 2018 | 17.56% | -16.35% | -4.16% | -0.62% | -22.21% | 4.82% | -4.60% | 14.49% | 0.20% | -16.71% | 12.92% | 3.06% | -18.97% | -40.78% |
| 2017 | -6.14% | -0.70% | -2.93% | 0.86% | -3.56% | -2.78% | 0.68% | -0.41% | -8.35% | 7.44% | 3.96% | 0.25% | -11.95% | -21.38% |
| 2016 | -1.21% | 4.33% | -16.59% | 18.18% | -10.12% | -6.89% | 3.01% | -12.34% | -10.60% | 1.06% | 2.97% | -2.02% | -30.01% | -33.41% |
| 2015 | 19.00% | -5.65% | 2.15% | -9.01% | -6.87% | -9.48% | 13.30% | -0.67% | 4.45% | -15.83% | 10.72% | -9.26% | -12.56% | -26.86% |
| 2014 | 2.93% | 8.82% | 6.88% | 1.42% | -8.09% | 11.12% | -7.44% | 1.14% | 33.18% | 0.70% | 13.47% | 6.37% | 87.94% | -8.09% |
| 2013 | 3.15% | -11.19% | -4.75% | 6.92% | 6.30% | 9.50% | -7.92% | 3.34% | -10.59% | -15.49% | -2.23% | 0.58% | -23.21% | -29.7% |
| 2012 | -3.14% | 12.48% | -1.84% | -6.34% | 15.27% | -11.55% | 10.54% | 3.26% | -2.92% | -10.66% | -1.74% | 3.42% | 2.73% | -14.78% |
| 2011 | -0.61% | 18.00% | -0.52% | 13.64% | -17.28% | -12.14% | -0.79% | 17.05% | -5.17% | -17.47% | 1.48% | -0.06% | -11.17% | -33.95% |
| 2010 | -8.48% | -6.65% | -2.46% | -0.77% | 0.67% | 5.33% | -16.07% | -1.70% | 32.59% | 28.39% | 0.99% | 23.32% | 53.36% | -27.66% |
| 2009 | -12.07% | 3.14% | -5.74% | -1.68% | 38.24% | -13.27% | 2.31% | 11.66% | 2.94% | -2.10% | 27.26% | -21.51% | 15.89% | -21.51% |
| 2008 | 10.83% | 0.86% | 47.09% | 5.79% | -1.79% | 70.81% | -1.79% | |||||||
| Years | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROR | 70.81% | 15.89% | 53.36% | -11.17% | 2.73% | -23.21% |
| Max DD | -1.79% | -21.51% | -27.66% | -33.95% | -14.78% | -29.70% |
| Years | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROR | 87.94% | -12.56% | -30.01% | -11.95% | -18.97% | -8.07% |
| Max DD | -8.09% | -26.86% | -33.41% | -21.38% | -40.78% | -19.57% |
| Years | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROR | 199.65% | 8.63% | 26.43% | -9.60% | -8.34% | -9.69% |
| Max DD | -27.28% | -39.84% | -31.22% | -21.36% | -46.39% | -12.20% |
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