| 1. | S. Li | $21,624.98 |
| 2. | G. Sharma | $8,564.76 |
| 3. | J. Law | $1,882.22 |
| 1. | L. Steinberg | $58,241.78 |
| 2. | G. Sharma | $51,379.12 |
| 3. | S. Li | $43,905.31 |
| Symbol | Last | Chg |
| DOW JONES INDUS.(DAY)-$10 | 7487 | -540 |
| S&P 500 | 75490 | 660 |
| NASDAQ 100 | 104500 | 550 |
| US TREASURY BOND | 128090 | 2160 |
| US DOLLAR INDEX | 88400 | 835 |
| CANADIAN DOLLAR | 7705 | -77 |
| EURO | 124350 | -650 |
| GOLD | ||
| SILVER | ||
| CORN (DAY) | 3636 | -150 |
| WHEAT (DAY) | 5116 | -152 |
| SOYBEANS (DAY) | 8560 | -410 |
| HEATING OIL | 16655 | -104 |
| LIGHT CRUDE OIL | ||
| COFFEE | 10795 | -305 |
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PFGBEST is committed to the discovery of new and emerging CTA talent. PFGBEST’s Managed Funds Division identifies and establishes long- term relationships with select CTAs to expand its managed funds marketing programs. By entering the CTA challenge PFGBEST is able to monitor, track and promote winning CTAs. The winner of each quarter, based on the best risk-adjusted performance, becomes eligible to trade a PFGBEST account in the amount of $250,000. The CTA winning the CHAMPIONSHIP SHOWDOWN will be allowed to trade a PFGBEST account of $1,000,000.
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Contest Results
Hrushikesh Nalubola
HRUSHIKESH "RISHI" NALUBOLA has won the 2nd annual $1,00,000 showdown challenge. Rishi posted a six-month return of 100.21% and a risk-adjusted rate of return of 3.41.
Rishi is President of Shri Capital LLC, a CTA firm he founded in 2004. He is the sole principal of Shri Capital LLC. He has been trading stocks and options since 1992 and has been trading futures and futures options since 1998. He received an M.B.A. from George Washington University in 2000. Prior to founding Shri Capital LLC, he held several progressively responsible engineering and marketing positions for over 12 years in the semiconductor industry. He was a lead technical engineer and a marketing manager for Philips Semiconductors, a designer and producer of integrated circuits. Rishi focused on developing and refining his trading strategies upon leaving Philips at the end of 2002. He uses both technical and fundamental analysis to assist in determining possible trades.
Shri Capital’s MARKET NEUTRAL PROGRAM will engage primarily in selling or writing options (puts and calls) on S&P 500 index futures. The program may also include buying options or buying or selling futures contracts.
Sam Butler
Sam Butler is the winner of the 2nd quarter of the 2008 challenge. Mr. Butler is the winner of two previous quarters, 1st quarter of 2006 and the 4th quarter of 2007.
Mr. Butler is the President of Steadfast Resource Associates.
SRA's trading strategy utilizes two main proprietary algorithms developed by Mr. Butler to determine short-term market direction and volatility. SRA's first approach analyzes 60 separate data points on the underlying commodity as well as on volatility to determine short-term market direction. Our second approach is a determination of short-term volatility based off of the standard Gaussian model. SRA uses these two proprietary methods to implement a short-term opportunistic trading approach primarily on S&P 500 options. Trades are only placed when SRA determines the risk reward scenario to be shifted in our favor.
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For more information please contact:
Debra Stepanek (dstepanek@pfgbest.com) - (312) 775-3580
Paul Moran (pmoran@pfgbest.com) - (312) 775-3526
*The period rate of return divided by the daily standard deviation.