ABOUT THE FIRM
Built by someone who watched the old system fail from the inside
In the fall of 2007, Michael Melissinos took a job at Bear Stearns. He spent the next two years watching the firm collapse — not from bad people, but from smart people running strategies with no answer for what was actually happening. Concentrated bets. Emotional overrides. No systematic risk controls.
He left J.P. Morgan in 2009, spent two years building a rules-based trend-following program, and launched Melissinos Trading in January 2011 with three limited partners. That program — Eupatrid Global Trends — has run without interruption since.
The approach hasn’t changed in response to any market environment. Not 2015. Not 2018. Not 2022.
FOUNDER & PORTFOLIO MANAGER
Michael Melissinos
Michael is responsible for every decision: research, portfolio management, risk, and investor relationships. There is no team between you and the person making the trades. When something happens, you ask him directly and he answers.
He started his career at Rothstein-Kass auditing hedge funds, then moved to Bear Stearns in 2007. He held his role through the firm’s collapse and stayed at J.P. Morgan through 2009. He launched Melissinos Trading two years later and has run it continuously since.
He holds an accounting degree from Seton Hall University. He lives in NYC with his wife Marisa and son Preston.
SUBSTACK ESSAYS
Michael writes regularly about trend-following, market behavior, and long-term investing. It’s the clearest window into how he thinks and how he’ll communicate with you as an investor.
THE INVESTOR RELATIONSHIP
Working here is not like working with a large institutional manager
There is no relationship manager who passes your questions to a portfolio manager who passes them to a risk team. You work directly with Mike.
The investors who have stayed longest are the ones who understood the strategy before they invested, held through difficult periods without second-guessing the process, and viewed the relationship as long-term.
Direct Access
You have Mike's email and phone number. When you have a question, you ask him directly. No intermediaries.
Honest Communication
Mike would rather tell you this strategy isn't right you than manage money for someone who doesn't understand what they own. That conversation happens before you invest.
Long-Term Orientation
The strategy's returns don't arrive in a smooth, predictable stream. The investors who benefit most are the ones who made peace with that before they wrote a check, and honored it during the difficult periods.
Aligned Capital
Mike invests right alongside you. He is not managing money for others while keeping his own capital elsewhere. He experiences the ups and downs as you do.
Schedule a Call
Book 30 minutes with Mike. No deck. No sales process. Just a conversation about whether our strategy fits with what you’re building.
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