CTA Report

Blue Creek Capital Management / Metals Alpha Program
Accepting New Investors: Yes Fundamental / Quantitative / Diversified
4.7 Exempt - QEPs Only

Pro-Forma Performance is based on metals trades only. The returns are extracted from live trading within Blue Creek's Global Opportunities program by its manager Bill Baruch. It is estimated that metals make up 40% of the program's allocation, and this weighting is reflected in the stated performance.

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2023				1.38%	-4.48%	-5.56%	7.02%	-2.03%	0.03%	-0.98%	5.86%	2.40%
2024	-6.88%	-6.18%	14.11%	0.54%	11.34%	-2.92%	0.58%	2.03%	8.81%	3.86%

	2023	2024 YTD
ROR	2.95%	25.64%
Max DD	-9.79%	-12.64%

The Notes Below Are An Integral Part of this Report | Track Record Compiled By: Turkey Trading Partners

Program Description: Blue Creek Capital Management, LLC's Metals Alpha Program uses a top-down method, beginning with a fundamental approach, digesting quantitative data, and rounding out with technical analysis.

The Advisor will look to current and future central policy shifts, anticipate economic data trends, and assess the macro landscape at large. Expressing a view in markets will also include an assessment of current and future supply-demand imbalances with a favorable risk/reward ratio in the market. While Blue Creek is a CTA, Metals Alpha utilizes a quantimental trend & sentiment approach that stems from the Trading Principal's discretion on asset class selection, sizing, and execution.

The program trades metals, which is assigned specific fundamental triggers and trade structures are designed to limit risk without taking outright short option positions in the market. The Global Opportunities program only trades exchange listed futures and options on futures contracts.

Investment Information

Program Start Date	Apr-2023
Minimum Investment	1,000,000
Management Fee	2.00%
Incentive Fee	20.00%
Margin
Round Turns per Million	5,000
Currency	US Dollars
NFA No:	#0532562

Trading Strategy

Market Segment

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Program Statistics
Peak-to-Valley Drawdown (1) (Dec 2023 - Feb 2024)	-12.64%
Worst Monthly Return (Jan 2024)	-6.88%
Current Losing Streak	0.00%
Average Monthly Return	1.52%

Annualized Statistics
Annualized Compounded ROR (2)	17.65%
Standard Deviation	20.37%
Sharpe Ratio (4)	0.85
36 Month Calmar Ratio (3)	N/A

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	14.1%	1.5%	-6.9%
3 mo	27.7%	4.2%	-10.5%
6 mo	27.3%	9.1%	-6.3%
12 mo	36.2%	18.1%	1.8%
18 mo	27.6%	26.1%	24.5%

Historical Drawdown and Recoveries***

Start	Depth	Length	Recovery	End
Jan-24	-12.63%	2 mo	2 mo	Apr-24
May-23	-9.79%	2 mo	6 mo	Dec-23
Jun-24	-2.92%	1 mo	3 mo	Sep-24

Comparisons	Program	SP 500 TR
Annualized Compound ROR	17.65%	24.86%
Cumulative Return	29.35%	42.12%
Cumulative VAMI (5)	1293	1421
Largest Monthly Gain	14.11%	9.13%
Largest Monthly Loss	-6.88%	-4.77%
Correlation	—	0.173
Last 12 Months	36.20%	38.01%
Last 36 Months	29.35%	29.81%

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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: Pro-Forma Performance is based on metals trades only. The returns are extracted from live trading within Blue Creek's Global Opportunities program by its manager Bill Baruch. It is estimated that metals make up 40% of the program's allocation, and this weighting is reflected in the stated performance.

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 2023-04-30 to 2024-10-31

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