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J8 Capital Management LLP - J8 Redwood Strategy

Principal(s): Dr. Tillmann Sachs, Ian Fridlington, Sandy Chu, & Maximilian
Head of Trading Vishal Sharma
Strategy: Systematic / High Frequency / Momentum
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Investment Restrictions: 4.7 Exempt - QEPs Only

Statistics & Program Information

Nov 2025 Return -1.04%	Worst Drawdown ⁽²⁾ -8.16%	Minimum Investment $1,000,000
YTD Return: -3.95%	Losing Streak ⁽³⁾: -8.16%	AUM ⁽⁵⁾: $4,030,000
Annualized CROR⁽¹⁾ -1.31%	Sharpe Ratio 4% RF ROR⁽⁴⁾: -0.52	Calmar Ratio ⁽⁶⁾: N/A
2) Annualized ACROR is based on compounding. Please see Footnotes for more information.

Trading Methodology 100% Systematic	Style Sub-Categories Momentum Quantitative High Frequency	Trading Style 50% Trend Following 20% Spread Trading 30% 15% FX Carry 15% Commodity Basis
Market Sector 33% Currencies 33% Financials 20% Metals 8% Energies 8% Agriculturals 8% Softs	Holding Period 100% Short Term	Geographic Sector Global Contracts: Futures

Start Date Jul-2024	Currency US Dollars	Management Fee 1.25%
Accepting New Accounts Yes	Min Investment $1,000,000	Incentive Fee 0.00
NFA Member Yes	Fund Minimum $0	Other Fees None
NFA Number 0516343	Margin ⁽⁷⁾ 5 - 15%	Avg Comm ⁽⁸⁾ $0.00
Notional Funds Yes	Round Turns Per Million ⁽¹⁰⁾ 10,000	Max Comm ⁽⁹⁾ $1 give-in fee

Starting Date: Jul-2024	Currency: US Dollars
Open to New Investors: Yes	Current Assets: $4,030,000
Open to US Investors: Yes	Annualized CROR: -1.8%
Minimum Fund Investment: $0
Minimum Managed Account: $1,000,000	Current Losing Streak: -8.16 %
Domocile:	Calmar: N/A
Subscriptions: N/A	Sharpe Ratio: 4% RF ROR -0.52
Redemptions: N/A	US Attorney: Not Listed
Lock Up: N/A	Offshore Attorney: Not Listed
Hurdle Rate: N/A	Administrator: Not Listed
Administraton Fee: 0.00%	Prime Broker: Not Listed
Management Fee: 1.25%	Auditor: Not Listed
Incentive Fee: 17.50%	NFA Member: Yes
Selling Fee: 0.00%	FINRA Member: No
Other Fees: None	Other Memberships: None

Type of Fund:	Domicile:	Strategy:

Track Record Prepared By: CTA Services

Correlations:

Growth of $1,000 VAMI and Monthly Returns

Trading Description, Risk Strategy & Background

Trading Description

The J8 Redwood Strategy ("J8 RWS") is a fully systematic, higher frequency momentum strategy. It aims to deliver above-market returns with below-market volatility. The strategy uses quantitative models to analyze historical data for identifying and consistently exploiting market anomalies. It focuses on short-term patterns ranging from a few minutes to a few days. The asset allocation is risk-weighted and the portfolio is managed to a target volatility. The strategy trades highly liquid global futures markets across different time zones. Thereby, J8 RWS maintains non-correlation with traditional and alternative asset classes. J8 RWS uses the same long and short position signal engine as Andromeda but implements the said innovated risk management system. Andromeda was trading live from January 2015 until March 2024. J8 RWS is trading live since July 2024.

Risk Strategy

N/A

Background

Dr. Tillmann Sachs: CEO, Chief Investment Officer, Head of Research
2012: Founding of J8 Capital Management LLP.
2006-2012: Origination/Sales of systematic investment strategies and structured derivatives with Barclays, UBS, and AIG-FP.
Education: PhD in quantifying political risk in infrastructure projects form Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, Dipl.-Ing. in Civil Engineering from RWTH Aachen in Germany, and M.S. in Construction Management from Hanyang University in Korea.

Ian Fridlington: Compliance Officer, MLRO, Chief Risk Officer
Prior: 35 years experience in providing investment management solutions to UK and global wealth management businesses. Previously a Partner with private equity firm CopperTree Capital Management Ltd, Private Client Director with Veritas Asset Management (UK) Ltd and Head of Investment Strategy at Ansbacher & Co Limited.
Education: Investment Management Certificate from the CFA UK, and Associate of the London Institute of Banking & Finance.

Sandy Chu: Chief Operating & Finance Officer, Compliance Director, IT Systems & Cyber Security
2012: J8's Chief Operating, Finance, Administrative, and Technology Officer.
Prior: 18 years executive management experience in timing and workflow automation in the international shipping industry including Maersk Line and Team Lines.
Education: She holds an Investment Management Certificate from the CFA UK and a Bachelor of Business in Actuarial Science from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Maximilian Sachs: Systems
Maximilian Sachs is the founder of Arkmon, a systematic crypto investment boutique in The Netherlands.
He joined J8 in February 2023 to further build out the systems and trading infrastructure.
Maximilian holds a MSc in Management of Technologies and a BSc in Aeronautical/Space Engineering from Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands.

Vishal Sharma: Head of Trading, Portfolio Manager
Vishal Sharma joined J8 in December 2020 and is appointed Head of Trading and Portfolio Manager since April 2024. Vishal has been developing and trading quantitative short-term intraday trading strategies since 2009 with Ion Asset Architecture and ARB Trading Group. Vishal holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering form the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India.

Performance

Client Return

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	ROR	Max DD
2025	-5.98%	0.18%	4.43%	5.77%	-3.66%	-0.98%	-1.28%	2.50%	-2.20%	-1.69%	-1.04%		-4.45%	-8.16%
2024							1.06%	0.05%	0.01%	1.93%	-3.04%	2.06%	2.00%	-3.04%

PAST PERFORMANCE DOES NOT GUARANTEE FUTURE SUCCESS. THERE IS A RISK OF LOSS IN FUTURES TRADING.

Footnotes

1. The Annualized Compounded ROR ("Rate of Return") is the average return of an investment over a number of years. It smoothes out returns by assuming constant growth. 2. Peak to Valley Drawdown ("Maximum Drawdown") is the worst drawdown % the time-period. 3. Sharpe Ratio uses a 4% Risk Free ROR (Rate of Return) 4. Calmar Ratio Uses last 36 months of Data 5. The hypothetical growth of $1,000

++Qualified Eligible Investors Only:

A Qualified Eligible Person must meet the following two requirements: 1) the investor must first be an accredited investor. The most common ways for this are to either have a net worth of $1,000,000 or more OR an annual income of $200,000 or more for the last two years OR, combined with a spouse, $300,000 per year for two years, 2) the investor must meet an additional portfolio requirement, which is having $4,000,000 in securities holdings OR the person must have on deposit with a Futures Commission Merchant at least $400,000 in exchange-specified initial margin and option premiums, and required minimum security deposit for retail forex transactions).

Exemptions:

PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACCOUNTS OF QUALIFIED ELIBIBLE PERSONS, THIS BROCHURE OR ACCOUNT DOCUMENT IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE, AND HAS NOT BEEN, FILED WITH THE COMMISSION. THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION DOES NOT PASS UPON THE MERITS OF PARTICIPATING IN A TRADING PROGRAM OR UPON THE ADEQUANCY OR ACCURACY OF THE COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR DISCLOSURE. CONSEQUENTLY, THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION HAS NOT REVIEWED OR APPROVED THIS TRADING PROGRAM OR THIS BROCHURE OR ACCOUNT DOCUMENT.

RISK DISCLOSURE

THIS MATTER IS INTENDED AS A SOLICITATION FOR MANAGED FUTURES. THE RISK OF TRADING COMMODITY FUTURES, OPTIONS, FOREIGN EXCHANGE ('FOREX') AND/OR CRYPTOCURRENCIES IS SUBSTANTIAL. THE HIGH DEGREE OF LEVERAGE ASSOCIATED WITH COMMODITY FUTURES, OPTIONS AND FOREX CAN WORK AGAINST YOU AS WELL AS FOR YOU. THIS HIGH DEGREE OF LEVERAGE CAN RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL LOSSES, AS WELL AS GAINS. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION. IF YOU ARE UNSURE YOU SHOULD SEEK PROFESSIONAL ADVICE. AN INVESTOR MUST READ AND UNDERSTAND THE CTA’S CURRENT DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT BEFORE INVESTING. THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES OF PROFIT NO MATTER WHO IS MANAGING YOUR MONEY.

PAST PERFORMANCE DOES NOT GUARANTEE FUTURE SUCCESS. IN SOME CASES MANAGED ACCOUNTS ARE CHARGED SUBSTANTIAL COMMISSIONS AND ADVISORY FEES. THOSE ACCOUNTS SUBJECT TO THESE CHARGES, MAY NEED TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL TRADING PROFITS JUST TO AVOID DEPLETION OF THEIR ASSETS. EACH COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR ("CTA") IS REQUIRED BY THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION ("CFTC") TO ISSUE TO PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS A RISK DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT OUTLINING THESE FEES, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND OTHER ASSOCIATED RISKS. A HARD COPY OF THESE RISK DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTS ARE READILY AVAILABLE BY CLICKING ON EACH CTA'S "REQUEST DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT" BUTTON.

THE FULL RISK OF COMMODITY FUTURES, OPTIONS AND FOREX TRADING CAN NOT BE ADDRESSED IN THIS RISK DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. NO CONSIDERATION TO INVEST SHOULD BE MADE WITHOUT THOROUGHLY READING THE DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT OF EACH OF THE CTAS IN WHICH YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST. REQUESTING A DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT PLACES YOU UNDER NO OBLIGATION AND EACH DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED AT NO COST. THE CFTC HAS NOT PASSED UPON THE MERITS OF PARTICIPATING IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS NOR ON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTS. OTHER DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED TO YOU BEFORE AN ACCOUNT MAY BE OPENED FOR YOU.

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS SHOULD NOT BASE THEIR DECISION ON INVESTING IN THIS TRADING PROGRAM SOLELY ON THE PAST PERFORMANCE PRESENTED. ADDITIONALLY, IN MAKING AN INVESTMENT DECISION, PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS MUST ALSO RELY ON THEIR OWN EXAMINATION OF THE PERSON OR ENTITY MAKING THE TRADING DECISIONS AND THE TERMS OF THE ADVISORY AGREEMENT INCLUDING THE MERITS AND RISKS INVOLVED.

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