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Paul J. Adrian
Fund Manager
Mr. Adrian is fund manager for WexTrust Capital and is responsible for managing the WexTrade Funds, most notably the WexTrade Master Fund I Ltd., which is comprised of the WexTrade Principal Protected Fund I LLC, the WexTrade Diversified Futures Fund I LLC, the WexTrade Principal Protected Offshore Fund I Ltd. and the WexTrade Diversified Offshore Futures Fund I Ltd.
Mr. Adrian has been a successful trader for over 23 years in several different sectors, including equities, financials and agricultural markets. He knows how to appeal to traders, maintain their motivation and keep them focused and working within the boundaries of their chosen strategies. He has learned to successfully identify personal characteristics associated with successful traders, as well as how to match those characteristics appropriately to systems and markets to create a winning trading strategy. Discipline in trading is paramount to the philosophy that has made Mr. Adrian a successful trader. He has spent his entire career in the financial services industry and has obtained hands-on experience in almost every aspect of the futures industry, both on the trading floor and the business side.
Mr. Adrian is a member of both the Allocation Committee as well as the Trading Advisor Selection Committee of the Fund. He is responsible for the active daily monitoring of the Fund; identifying, selecting, managing and allocating assets to the individual CTAs that will trade Fund assets, and discovering new talent to be added to the initial stable of traders. Mr. Adrian is a strong advocate of hands-on, proactive management of each CTA. After an apprenticeship on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) where he began as a runner, Mr. Adrian learned the technical side of the futures industry. He started a business of selling technical information to local traders, working as a technical assistant to traders and providing technical analysis for many markets. After a period,
Mr. Adrian leased, then bought a membership and began trading his own futures account and has been doing so for the last 23 years. While trading, he also provided execution services for Mentor Capital Management in the Treasury Bonds, Foreign Currencies and Euro Dollar markets.
During his career at the CME, Mr. Adrian had the honor of being selected as one of the members to be a liaison between the exchange and the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. The committee’s primary responsibility was to meet with members of congress and educate U.S. lawmakers on the issues and workings of the CME. Mr. Adrian also served on numerous exchange committees. From 1987-1992, Mr. Adrian served on the Membership Committee interviewing prospective members for the CME. From 1992-1994, he served on the Clearing House Oversight Committee which set policy for the performance of clearing members of the exchange. Also in 1992-1993, he served on the Clearing House Performance Bond Committee establishing margin requirements for all futures related products at the CME. From 1994-1996, Mr. Adrian served on the Foreign Currency Committee which set policy for all foreign currencies traded at the exchange. During his career he was nominated to the Nominating Committee of the Board of Governors of the Exchange.
Paul joined WexTrust Capital in 2005 to create the Fund. He brought not only his years of experience and expertise, but also a personal network of traders. As a local trader for over 23 years, Mr. Adrian has developed relationships with many other local traders who have successfully migrated off the trading floor and have subsequently become successful CTAs managing commodity funds. He will utilize these relationships to the Fund’s full advantage.
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