John J. Lothian &
Company, Inc. (“JJLCO”) is an Illinois, United
States-based corporation registered with the National
Futures Association and Commodity Futures Trading
Commission as a Commodity Trading Advisor. As a
CTA, it serves individual and institutional clients
with a range of managed futures programs.
JJLCO also publishes the
John Lothian Newsletter and the Environmental Markets
Newsletter. Additionally, JJLCO owns
MarketsWiki.com, an online open source encyclopedia, or
wiki, powered by contributions from the paid
subscribers of both newsletters.
JJLCO managed futures
programs deal in a limited number of futures and
options markets while allowing investors a choice of
programs with minimum investment requirements as low as
$15,000.
JJLCO was established in 2003 and became
registered with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading
Commission as a Commodity Trading Advisor and a member
of the National Futures Association in February of
2004. JJLCO began trading client assets as of December
1, 2004.
JJLCO in November 2004
acquired rights to the managed futures programs of
Defender Capital Management, Inc. (Defender), which
began managing client assets in June of 1998. In 2006,
JJLCO acquired the exclusive intellectual property
rights for the trading strategies Defender trading
programs. The Defender managed futures programs
acquired by JJLCO are named “Maple Sugar” and “Big
ED.”
In March of 2008, JJLCO hired Jon Matte, founder of
Defender, as chief operating officer.
At the same time, JJLCO hired Jim Kharouf as editor in
chief and Jeffrey Bergstrom as chief information
officer.
JJLCO’s Maple Sugar
program trades No. 11 World Sugar futures and options
on the ICE US, formerly the New York Board of Trade, and Canadian Dollar
futures and options on the International Monetary
Market of the Chicago Mercantile Group. JJLCO’s
Big ED program trades Eurodollar futures and options on
the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
The two programs employ a
directional trading methodology developed to generate
trade signals, and incorporate risk management
techniques to provide insurance against a shifting
market.
