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Company Background
Melissinos Trading is an investment firm intent on delivering market-beating returns while exhibiting low correlation to traditional and alternative investments. Our Approach: a systematic trend-following strategy that exploits long-term price trends in all asset-classes (equities, bonds, commodities, currencies, crypto).
Michael Melissinos founded the firm in 2011 with three limited partners. Today, we manage money for dozens of individuals, entrepreneurs, local business owners and family offices.
Our office is located in Beach Haven, NJ. We’re registered as a CTA/CPO with the CFTC & NFA.
Our Eupatrid Global Trends program is currently available two ways:
Retirement Accounts
You may invest with us via non-taxable accounts such as an IRA or 401k. Trading these accounts on your own carry significant restrictions such as not being able to access futures, take short positions or utilize leverage. An investment with us comes with none of these restrictions.
Please feel free to contact us. Our door is always open.
Michael Melissinos, Founder
Michael began his career in public accounting at Rothstein-Kass then transitioned to a market intelligence role at Bear Stearns (and later at J.P. Morgan). Bear’s collapse, and the Financial Crisis in general, motivated him to build a better investing approach for himself, his friends and family.
In 2007, he came across Trend-Following. It struck a chord. His interest grew so he began to build and test strategies. Throughout this phase, real-life experiences reinforced the validity of a trend-following investing approach.
After he built up enough expertise, confidence and courage, he launched Melissinos Trading in 2011.
He enjoys gardening, discussing life and the markets. He publishes all of his essays here on this site (and on Substack). He also hosts the Talking Trends Podcast.
Michael holds a B.S. in Accounting from Seton Hall University, where he was a pitcher on the baseball team. He lives in New York City with his wife Marisa and son Preston.
Our Name and Logo
Melissinos is of Greek origin. It literally means “honey wine”. The Melissinos family were nobles during the Byzantine Empire (more details here and here).
Even the first name of our flagship trading strategy, Eupatrid Global Trends, derives from Greek. In 2010, when Michael was setting up the business, he asked his grandfather George for a name for the strategy. He came back with “Eupatrid” which means “of a good father” or “well-ancestored”. A funny tounge-in-cheek name coming from him, but Michael went with it.
Our logo is meant to look like a cluster of hexagon-shaped grapes, a design that combines both honey and wine.
Disclosures. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. *Returns are through Nov-24; net of all fees and expenses and reflects the composite performance of all accounts advised. Data for the S&P 500 is sourced from CSI Data.
Eupatrid Global Trends trades virtual currency derivatives, specifically CME Bitcoin and CME Ether which may experience significant price volatility and the initial margin for these products may be set as a percentage of the value of a particular contract. Margin requirements for long and short positions can increase if the price of the contract rises or falls. Some futures commission merchants, such as the ones Melissinos Trading uses to trade these products may pose restrictions on customer trading activity in these products, such as requiring additional margin, imposing position limits, prohibiting naked shorting or give-in transactions. The rules of certain designated contract markets impose trading halts that may restrict our ability to exit a position during a period of high volatility.
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Summary Risk Disclosure Statement
THE RISK OF LOSS IN TRADING COMMODITIES CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION. THE HIGH DEGREE OF LEVERAGE THAT IS OFTEN OBTAINABLE IN COMMODITY TRADING CAN WORK AGAINST YOU AS WELL AS FOR YOU. THE USE OF LEVERAGE CAN QUICKLY LEAD TO LARGE LOSSES AS WELL AS LARGE GAINS. IN SOME CASES, MANAGED COMMODITY ACCOUNTS ARE SUBJECT TO SUBSTANTIAL CHARGES FOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISORY FEES. IT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THOSE ACCOUNTS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THESE CHARGES TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL TRADING PROFITS TO AVOID DEPLETION OR EXHAUSTION OF THEIR ASSETS. THE DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT CONTAINS A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINCIPAL RISK FACTORS AND EACH FEE TO BE CHARGED TO YOUR ACCOUNT BY Melissinos Trading (A COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR, OR “CTA”).
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