O'Brien Investment Group
Overview
The O’Brien Investment Group (OBIG) Quantitative Global Macro Fund, LP seeks to generate absolute returns from trading a systematic strategy in
futures and options on futures. The strategy will execute trades in a diversified basket of 50+ financial and commodity futures markets including global
stock indices, global interest rates, currencies, metals, energies, grains, softs, meats and bitcoin futures. The foundation of the strategy is 45 models
focused on detecting trends and momentum. In late 2020, multi-time frame machine learning models were also added. Approximately 60% of the risk
budget is dedicated to multi-time frame trend and breakout models. 40% of the risk budget is dedicated multi-time frame machine learning models.
Integrated into the strategy is a series of covered options on futures models with a goal of smoothing out the monthly return stream. The option models
will not sell naked short option positions, only covered options selling. The strategy’s risk budget is geared to a 15% volatility target.
Program Details
| Inception Date | Jul 2017 |
| Trading Style | Trend Following |
| Holding Period | Multi-time frame |
| Markets Traded | Diversified |
| Margin | 9.04% |
| Minimum Investment | $3,000,000 |
| Management Fee | 1.00% |
| Performance Fee | 10.00% |
| YEAR | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RETURN | -5.14% | +20.53% | +2.39% | +10.87% |
What is a QEP?
A Qualified Eligible Person (QEP) is an investor or entity that meets the eligibility requirements described in CFTC Regulation 4.7. The applicable requirements vary by investor type and may include financial, portfolio, professional, or institutional qualifications.