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Ascent Capital Management CTA Report
Report Start Date: Jan-2019 - Report End Date: Sep-2024
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DUNN Capital Management / World Monetary and Agriculture (WMA)
Accepting New Investors: Yes
LT Trend Following / Revsersal
4.7 Exempt - Qualified Eligible Persons Only



Performance Since January 2019

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019-3.44% 1.59% 10.88% 1.57% 0.99% 4.28% 4.89% 12.10% -11.16% -6.04% 2.86% -0.47%
2020 0.17% -5.77% 7.79% 0.43% -2.87% -3.47% -1.20% 1.67% -5.22% -0.22% -0.43% 8.01%
2021 -1.66% 3.38% 1.64% 7.66% 2.54% -4.50% -2.57% -0.71% 1.13% 8.78% -15.30% 6.02%
2022 9.14% 8.45% 13.52% 8.41% -1.24% 1.99% -6.10% 13.15% 7.07% 0.56% -8.25% 4.05%
2023 -8.94% 11.41% -14.84% 8.24% 3.95% 7.36% -1.11% -2.60% 2.51% -6.43% -11.79% -3.42%
2024 9.27% 19.58% 2.46% -1.73% -7.47% -4.79% -2.19% -3.54% 1.03%  

 201920202021202220232024 YTD
ROR16.91%-2.10%4.12%60.24%-17.87%10.46%
Max DD-16.53%-11.31%-15.30%-8.25%-21.30%-18.33%

The Notes Below Are An Integral Part of this Report
| Track Record Compiled By: N/A

Program Description: DUNN's World Monetary and Agriculture (WMA) Program is 100% systematic long-term trend-following program which began trading in November 1984. The World Monetary and Agriculture Program utilizes DUNN's original trend following algorithm developed in 1974, and encompasses a portfolio of financials, energies, metals and agricultural markets.


Investment Information
Program Start Date Nov-1984
Minimum Investment 10,000,000
Management Fee 0.00%
Incentive Fee 25.00%
Margin 24%
Round Turns per Million 2,000
Currency US Dollars
NFA No: #0000526
Trading Strategy       Market Segment      

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Program Statistics
Peak-to-Valley Drawdown (1) (Aug 2019 - Nov 2020) -22.54%
Worst Monthly Return (Nov 2021) -15.30%
Current Losing Streak -17.49%
Average Monthly Return 1.03%
Annualized Statistics
Annualized Compounded ROR (2) 10.03%
Standard Deviation 23.76%
Sharpe Ratio (4) 0.48
36 Month Calmar Ratio (3) 0.57

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. PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS SHOULD NOT BASE THEIR DECISION TO INVEST SOLELY ON THE PAST PERFORMANCE PRESENTED HEREIN.

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


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Report Start Date: Jan-2019 - Report End Date: Sep-2024
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Time Window Analysis
Length Best Average Worst
1 mo 19.6% 1% -15.3%
3 mo 34.4% 3.3% -20.3%
6 mo 52.5% 6.5% -21.3%
12 mo 63.3% 12.2% -17.9%
18 mo 68.2% 20.8% -15%
24 mo 87.9% 32.2% -12.9%
36 mo 84.5% 55% 19.1%
Historical Drawdown and Recoveries***
Start Depth Length Recovery End
Sep-19 -22.56% 15 mo 15 mo Feb-22
Nov-22 -21.58% 14 mo 2 mo Feb-24
Apr-24 -18.32% 5 mo 1 mo n/a
Jul-22 -6.10% 1 mo 1 mo Aug-22
Jan-19 -3.44% 1 mo 2 mo Mar-19
May-22 -1.24% 1 mo 1 mo Jun-22


Comparisons                                        ProgramAG CTA Index
Annualized Compound ROR 10.03%5.27%
Cumulative Return 73.25%34.32%
Cumulative VAMI (5) 17321343
Largest Monthly Gain 19.58%2.99%
Largest Monthly Loss -15.30%-1.42%
Correlation 0.574
Last 12 Months -11.95%7.04%
Last 36 Months 42.01%14.76%

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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. PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS SHOULD NOT BASE THEIR DECISION TO INVEST SOLELY ON THE PAST PERFORMANCE PRESENTED HEREIN.

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


Ascent Capital Management CTA Report
Report Start Date: Jan-2019 - Report End Date: Sep-2024
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+ NOTES: Track Record includes notional and proprietary funds including interest income, expenses and pro forma fees of 0% and 25%.

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

AG CTA Index: The Autumn Gold CTA Index is a Non-Investable Index comprised of the client performance of all CTA programs included in the AG database and does not represent the complete universe of CTAs. CTA programs with proprietary performance are not included. Monthly numbers are updated until 45 days after the end of the month. Investors should note that it is not possible to invest in this index.

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