CTA Report

Report Start Date Report End Date

Quest Partners LLC / AlphaQuest Original
Accepting New Investors: Yes Short-Term / Momentum / Diversified
4.7 Exempt - QEPs Only

Pro-Forma Performance from Feb 2002 to January 2009 based on one-client account. Results Feb 2009 represents total client performance.

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2019	-7.73%	-2.46%	3.98%	-1.54%	6.52%	6.06%	2.10%	8.47%	-4.44%	-0.90%	-0.38%	-1.80%
2020	7.32%	0.58%	8.81%	-0.18%	-4.36%	-0.43%	5.35%	-3.43%	-6.69%	0.17%	-4.29%	1.44%
2021	-4.84%	13.09%	2.90%	2.68%	-1.23%	-0.33%	0.74%	-1.82%	-0.12%	7.65%	-4.82%	-1.90%
2022	-0.60%	0.69%	13.38%	9.81%	-0.73%	1.23%	-1.70%	2.00%	7.19%	-2.54%	-5.72%	1.26%
2023	-4.21%	-0.26%	-7.43%	2.08%	-1.77%	0.22%	0.85%	-5.85%	7.48%	-0.54%	-2.31%	-1.16%
2024	2.81%	-0.29%	5.65%	7.45%	-4.58%	-1.12%	-4.93%	-1.25%	4.82%

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 YTD
ROR	6.79%	3.07%	11.13%	25.23%	-12.89%	8.09%
Max DD	-10.00%	-13.61%	-6.63%	-8.11%	-15.61%	-11.40%

The Notes Below Are An Integral Part of this Report

Program Description: AQO is a short term momentum strategy with trades lasting 8 days on average. Trades are filtered for maximum volatility expansion potential and are timed using short term trade entry techniques. Trading systems are weighted within the portfolio based on their contributions to targeted volatility and drawdown levels. Integrated risk models manage risks by monitoring volatility metrics, market liquidity and sector exposure limits.

Investment Information

Program Start Date	Feb-2002
Minimum Investment	20,000,000
Management Fee	1.50%
Incentive Fee	20.00%
Margin	15-35%
Round Turns per Million	0
Currency	US Dollar
NFA No:	#0309370

Trading Strategy

Market Segment

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Program Statistics
Peak-to-Valley Drawdown (1) (Sep 2022 - Aug 2023)	-21.48%
Worst Monthly Return (Jan 2019)	-7.73%
Current Losing Streak	-12.40%
Average Monthly Return	0.64%

Annualized Statistics
Annualized Compounded ROR (2)	6.58%
Standard Deviation	16.35%
Sharpe Ratio (4)	0.41
36 Month Calmar Ratio (3)	0.27

Ascent Capital Management
311 S. Wacker Drive - Suite 600 * Chicago, IL 60606
Office: 312-283-3350 Email: [email protected] | Web Address: http://www.ascentcm.com

Time Window Analysis

Length	Best	Average	Worst
1 mo	13.4%	0.6%	-7.7%
3 mo	25.4%	2.1%	-11.6%
6 mo	28.1%	4.7%	-17.7%
12 mo	35.9%	8%	-15.8%
18 mo	43.8%	10.8%	-12.9%
24 mo	45.5%	15.5%	-12.4%
36 mo	65.5%	27.6%	6.6%

Historical Drawdown and Recoveries***

Start	Depth	Length	Recovery	End
Oct-22	-21.48%	11 mo	13 mo	n/a
Aug-20	-16.61%	6 mo	9 mo	Oct-21
Jan-19	-10.00%	2 mo	4 mo	Jun-19
Sep-19	-7.36%	4 mo	2 mo	Feb-20
Nov-21	-7.19%	3 mo	2 mo	Mar-22
Apr-20	-4.94%	3 mo	1 mo	Jul-20

Comparisons	Program	SP 500 TR
Annualized Compound ROR	6.58%	17.52%
Cumulative Return	44.23%	152.99%
Cumulative VAMI (5)	1442	2530
Largest Monthly Gain	13.38%	12.82%
Largest Monthly Loss	-7.73%	-12.35%
Correlation	—	-0.322
Last 12 Months	3.80%	36.36%
Last 36 Months	18.52%	40.18%

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Ascent Capital Management
311 S. Wacker Drive - Suite 600 * Chicago, IL 60606
Office: 312-283-3350 Email: [email protected] | Web Address: http://www.ascentcm.com

+ NOTES: For the periods Feb 2002 through Oct 2002 and Feb 2005 through Jan 2009, the performance shown represents the pro forma extracted trading results of one client account managed by Quest. Beginning Feb 2009, the performance shown represents the total trading results of client accounts in this program and therefore no longer includes extracted performance or pro forma adjustments.

A Qualified Eligible Person ('QEP') 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 $2,000,000 in securities holdings OR $200,000 in margin on deposit with a Futures Commission Merchant OR a combination of the two (for example, $1,000,000 in securities and $100,000 in margin).

PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION IN CONNECTION WITH ACCOUNTS OF QUALIFIED ELIGIBLE 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 ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR DISCLOSURE. CONSEQUENTLY, THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION HAS NOT REVIEWED OR APPROVED THIS TRADING PROGRAM OR THIS BROCHURE OR ACCOUNT DOCUMENT.

** The drawdown begins in the month listed as start. The length in months of the drawdown is listed under length. The recovery begins in the following month, and the length of the recovery period is listed under recovery. The date listed as end is the month that the program recovered from the drawdown.

Please note that the monthly performance numbers, ROR and Drawdowns are based on end of month values and are not reflective of intramonth volatility.

Statistical Notes

1. Peak to Valley Drawdown ("Maximum Drawdown") is the worst drawdown % loss over the period of 2019-01-31 to 2024-09-30

2. The Annualized Compounded ROR is the average return of an investment over a number of years. It smoothes out returns by assuming constant growth.

3. Calmar Ratio Uses last 36 months of Data

ROR = Rate of Return

SP 500 TR: The S&P 500 indices are designed to reflect all sectors of the U.S. equity markets. The S&P 500 includes 500 blue chip, large cap stocks, which together represent about 75% of the total U.S. equities market. Companies eligible for addition to the S&P 500 have market capitalization of at least US$3.5 billion. The TR Index accounts for the reinvestment of dividends.

This report has been prepared from information provided by the Trader and is believed to be reliable. This report should be read in conjunction with the Trader's Disclosure Document.

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. TRADING FUTURES AND OPTIONS INVOLVES SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF LOSS AND IS NOT SUITABLE FOR ALL INVESTORS. THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES OF PROFIT NO MATTER WHO IS MANAGING YOUR MONEY. THERE IS AN UNLIMITED RISK OF LOSS IN SELLING OPTIONS. YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHETHER COMMODITY FUTURES AND OPTIONS IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION. AN INVESTOR MUST READ AND UNDERSTAND THE MANAGER'S CURRENT DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT BEFORE INVESTING.

Ascent Capital Management
311 S. Wacker Drive - Suite 600 * Chicago, IL 60606
Office: 312-283-3350 Email: [email protected] | Web Address: http://www.ascentcm.com