Pages accessed beyond this point report hypothetical testing results of several trading systems.

HYPOTHETICAL OR SIMULATED PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORDS, SIMULATED RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL TRADING. ALSO, SINCE THE TRADES HAVE NOT ACTUALLY BEEN EXECUTED, THE RESULTS MAY HAVE OVER OR UNDER COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPACT, IF ANY, OF CERTAIN MARKET FACTORS SUCH AS A LACK OF LIQUIDITY. SIMULATED TRADING PROGRAMS IN GENERAL ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN.

THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY ANY PARTICULAR TRADING PROGRAM. ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL TRADING IS THAT SUCH TRADING DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK AND NO HYPOTHETICAL TRADING RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ABILITY TO WITHSTAND LOSSES OR TO ADHERE TO A PARTICULAR TRADING PROGRAM IN SPITE OF TRADING LOSSES ARE MATERIAL POINTS WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS. THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER FACTORS RELATED TO THE MARKET IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY SPECIFIC TRADING PROGRAM WHICH CANNOT BE FULLY ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS AND ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS.

BECAUSE THERE ARE NO ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS, CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THESE HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS

No independent party has audited the hypothetical performance record shown below, nor has any independent party undertaken to confirm that they reflect the trading method under the assumptions or conditions specified hereafter. While the results presented below are based upon certain assumptions believed to reflect actual trading conditions, these assumptions may not include all variables that will affect, or have in the past affected, the execution of trades indicated by the program.

The following hypothetical results are based on the following assumptions:

1. The performance results assume that no additions are made except for the starting equity of  $0.0 and that the profits made in the account are withdrawn at the end of each calendar year.

2. The hypothetical record does not include any deductions for brokerage commissions, exchange fees or slippage. To the extent that the fees charged to a client are higher than the fees assumed to be charged to the hypothetical account, the rates of return included in the performance record of the hypothetical account are higher than that which the client would have obtained. 

3. The simulation assumes that prices are not influenced by the programs trades regardless of the number of contracts executed.

4. The simulation assumes purchase and sale prices based the first print. In actual trading, prices received may or may not be the same as the assumed order prices120

 We caution prospective subscribers to take seriously the warning required by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. 
PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. AN INVESTMENT IN COMMODITIES IS SPECULATIVE AND INVOLVES A SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF LOSS. We believe that the performance record presented herein may be of interest to prospective subscribers, but encourage subscribers to look at such information more as a statement of our objectives than as any reliable indication that such objectives will, in fact, be achieved.

JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
New York  Chichester Weinheim Brisbane  Singapore Toronto
ISBN: 0-471-41482-4
June 2001
320 Pages
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