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Maple Leaf Macro Volatility Fund May 2009 May-09 Month-end Capital Usage
STRATEGY: P&L (% VaR Budget)
To trade implied volatility as an asset class on a relative value Attrib Long Short RV Correl MacroV Net
or outright (long or short) basis, with a dual approach to trades
Equity -0.51% 12.0% 8.0% 3.0% 0.0% 1.0% 19.0%
from a volatility and macro perspective, within four markets
Fixed Income -0.16% 0.0% 2.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0%
(equity, fixed income, foreign exchange, commodity) as well 0.0% 23.0%
Currency -0.66% 19.0% 19.0% 0.0% 5.0%
as cross market volatility trades. The multi-asset volatility Commodity 0.13% 6.0% 0.0% 3.0% 0.0% 4.0% 13.0%
approach creates significant synergies for derivatives trading, model-
ling and research.
Performance Statistics
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals*
Standard Deviation 7.55%, Sharpe Ratio 0.65, Positive Months 68% May-09 estimate * After fees
Spot unch Spot 5sd Spot 5sd Spot unch Spot 5sd Spot 5sd
P&L Time Decay P&L Time Decay P&L Time Decay P&L Time Decay P&L Time Decay P&L Time Decay
Vols 20% -0.11% -0.01% 0.42% -0.01% 0.08% -0.01% Vols 20% -0.22% 0.00% -0.13% 0.00% -0.31% 0.00%
Vols 20% 0.12% -0.01% 0.63% -0.01% 0.27% -0.01% Vols 20% 0.21% 0.00% 0.33% 0.00% 0.10% 0.00%
Spot unch Spot 5sd Spot 5sd Spot unch Spot 5sd Spot 5sd
P&L Time Decay P&L Time Decay P&L Time Decay P&L Time Decay P&L Time Decay P&L Time Decay
Vols 20% -0.04% 0.01% -0.22% 0.01% -0.21% 0.01% Vols 20% -0.35% -0.01% -0.28% -0.01% -0.05% -0.02%
Vols 20% 0.04% 0.01% -0.16% 0.01% -0.15% 0.01% Vols 20% 0.38% -0.02% 0.28% -0.01% 0.87% -0.02%
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