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The Plutus Grain Strategy is
a discretionary strategy based
on a combination of supply/demand
fundamentals and technical analysis
which attempts to define trends
and/or changes in trends in
various agricultural commodity
markets. Fundamental analysis
incorporates factors such as
production, domestic and foreign
demand, storage cost and availability,
governmental issues, and weather,
both in the United States and
around the world.
The
Plutus Grain Strategy primarily
trades agricultural futures
spreads including but not limited
to corn, soybeans, wheat, soybean
meal, soy oil, oats, and rice
with trade allocations between
the commodities based on potential
risk vs. reward. Positions taken
are primarily spreads:
Intra-commodity spreads between
calendar months (example: December
corn vs. March corn)
Inter-commodity spreads between
different commodities (example:
December soy oil vs. December
soybean meal)
Inter-market spreads between
markets (example: Chicago December
wheat vs. Kansas City December
Wheat)
The Plutus Grain Strategy uses
spreads as the primary source
of position in an attempt to
minimize the volatility of trading
futures. Approximately 90% of
the Plutus Grain Strategy positions
utilize futures spreads.
Additionally, the Plutus Grain
Strategy may take positions
in the futures and or options
markets when market conditions
meet our risk parameters. The
Plutus Grain Strategy does not
engage in selling options short.
Management Information: James
L. Koutoulas, Esq.
James L. Koutoulas, Esq., Chief
Executive Officer and Investment
Manager of Typhon Capital Management,
began his career as a webmaster
and computer programmer at Ursus
Telecom, Corp., an international
long-distance telephone carrier
and Internet media company based
in Sunrise, FL, where he worked
from December 1995 through December
1998. While at Ursus, he also
developed analytical software,
initially as an employee and
later as a consultant, for Salomon
Smith Barney, a securities broker
dealer, in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
from June 1997 through August
1999.
James Koutoulas
enrolled at the University of
Florida in Gainesville, FL in
August 1999, where he attended
as a National Merit Scholar
and AP National Scholar, and
earned a Bachelors of Science
in Finance in June 2003. While
at the University of Florida,
in July 2002, James Koutoulas
founded Khaos Enterprises, Inc.,
an information technology and
management consulting firm with
operations in five major metropolitan
markets. In September 2003,
James Koutoulas enrolled at
the Northwestern University
School of Law in Chicago, IL,
where he would graduate with
a Juris Doctorate degree in
June 2006. While at Northwestern,
he continued to operate Khaos
from Chicago, IL, and additionally
served as the COO and head of
software development at a risk
analytics developer whose name
is withheld under a non-disclosure
agreement from January 2006
through October 2006 in Chicago,
IL. In November 2006, he was
inducted as a member of the
Illinois Bar.
In March
2007, James Koutoulas accepted
a position as the COO and CLO
of St. Esprit Asset Management,
a boutique fund of funds consulting
firm, in Chicago, IL. In March
2008, he left St. Esprit to
form Typhon Capital Management,
a subsidiary of Khaos Enterprises
based in Chicago, IL. Typhon
Capital Management performs
operational, legal, and business
development functions for single-strategy
and multi-strategy commodity
and securities trading programs.
He serves as the Investment
Manager of the Treasury Inflection
Program utilizing technology
licensed from Acclivity, LLC.
During his tenure at Typhon,
James Koutoulas previously served
as the CEO for two affiliated
entities: Enki Capital Management,
a discretionary fed funds CTA,
in Lemont, IL, from April 2008
through November 2009, and Charon,
Inc., a guaranteed introducer
broker, in Chicago, IL, from
September 2008 through February
2010. In November 2011, in response
to the bankruptcy of MF Global,
Inc., James co-founded the Commodity
Customer Coalition, Inc., a
grass roots organization based
in Chicago, to advocate on behalf
of over 10,000 affected customers.
James serves as the CCC's President
and Lead Attorney.
Plutus Grain Strategy &
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Jerod Larry Leman
Jerod Larry Leman, Investment
Manager of the Plutus Grain
Strategy, was born and raised
in a small farm community in
Northern Indiana. He became
involved in the markets in July
1989, helping his family farm
distribute their grain. He enrolled
in Purdue University in Lafayette,
Indiana in August 1999 and graduated
in May 2003 with a degree in
Agriculture Economics. Upon
graduation, Jerod Larry Leman
joined Overmeyer Commodities,
a commodities brokerage firm
in Lafayette, Indiana as an
Account Executive. In September
2003, Mr. Leman transitioned
to a larger firm, Wellington
Commodities in Carmel, Indiana.
There, he worked with farmers,
commercial, and speculative
clients, and co-developed Plutus
with Gary Webster. Also, while
at Wellington, Jerod Larry Leman
helped operate a direct-ship
cash grain business, Starke
Indy Direct, in Carmel, Indiana,
where he has traded cash grain
for an elevator. Jerod Larry
Leman brought Plutus Tauros
to Typhon Capital Management
in September 2010 and July 2011,
respectively.
The descriptions above are from
the manager’s disclosure
document.
THE RISK OF LOSS IN TRADING
FUTURES, OPTIONS AND OFF-EXCHANGE
FOREX CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL.
PAST RESULTS ARE NOT NECESSARILY
INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
PLEASE READ THE CTA'S RISK
DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT CAREFULLY
BEFORE INVESTING MONEY.
Disclosure
Statement
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