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2025 YTD Return35.40%Thematic AllocationTotal Notional Exposure
Total Notional Exposure202.44% Aerospace & Defense5.95%
Equity Exposure103.23%Metals & Mining24.24%
Futures/Forex Exposure99.21%Oil & Gas / Energy14.51%
Current Cash Value (%)35.00%Other58.53%
Total Capital At-Risk (%)8.81%TTM 3YR Total Return109.30%Crypto0.00%
Total Drawdown Risk (%)13.71%Rolling 3YR CAGR27.91%
Futures, Bonds & FXTickerContractsCapitalNotionalActual RiskDD RiskCost BasisCurrent PriceCurrent Stop-LossInitial Stop-LossCurrent P&LR-Multiple (Curr.)Total NotionalTotal RiskTotal Drawdown Risk
Note: Cost Basis Reflects Rolled Contract Cost Basis99.21%1.90%4.51%
Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 FuturesMNQZ20254$200,752.004.38%-0.19%-0.05%$24,098.75$25,094.00$25,201.00$23,265.004.13%1.19
Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 Futures (2nd leg)MNQZ20253$150,564.003.28%-0.14%-0.01%$24,098.75$25,094.00$25,201.00$23,265.004.13%1.19
Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 Futures (3rd leg)MNQZ20254$200,752.004.38%-0.21%-0.02%$24,015.00$25,094.00$25,201.00$23,003.004.49%1.07$297.80$289.55
Mexican Peso Futures6MZ202533$898,590.0019.60%0.28%0.60%$0.05357$0.05446$0.05280$0.052801.66%1.16
Micro Silver FuturesSILZ20253$152,055.003.32%-0.57%0.18%$39.14$50.6947.905$37.7229.50%8.13
Micro Silver Futures (2nd leg)SILZ20252$101,370.002.21%0.25%0.12%$53.60$50.6947.905$45.60-5.44%-0.36
Micro Silver Futures (3rd leg)SILZ20265$253,425.005.53%0.50%0.60%49.75$50.69$45.16$45.161.88%0.20
Micro Gold FuturesMGCZ20255$204,710.004.46%0.66%0.76%$3,996.50$4,094.20$3,394.00$3,394.002.44%0.16
Crude Oil FuturesCLZ202517$1,021,530.0022.28%0.00%0.98%57.444$60.09$57.45$55.954.61%1.77
Soybean FuturesZSF20269$506,025.0011.04%0.58%0.53%$1,129.75$1,124.50$1,070.75$1,070.75-0.46%-0.09
Soybean Oil FuturesZLZ20258$240,720.005.25%0.27%0.02%$50.86$50.15$48.25$48.25-1.40%-0.27
Euro Stoxx Bank futuresFESBZ202522$617,913.7813.48%0.48%0.79%$274.36$280.87$264.31$264.312.37%0.65
EquitiesTickerSharesCapitalNotionalActual RiskDD RiskCost BasisCurrent PriceCurrent Stop-LossInitial Stop-LossCurrent P&LR-Multiple (Curr.)Total NotionalTotal RiskTotal Drawdown Risk
Aerospace & Defense103.23%6.91%9.20%
RheinmetallRHM.XTE53$106,364.512.32%0.28%0.13%$2,137.43$2,006.88$1,897.06$1,734.32-6.11%-0.32
Rheinmetall (2nd Leg)RHM.XTE83$166,570.843.63%0.74%0.20%$2,305.50$2,006.88$1,897.06$1,872.66-12.95%-0.69
Metals & Mining
Idaho Strategic Resources, Inc.IDR2,139$75,143.071.64%-0.25%0.38%$21.63$35.13$27.00$12.1962.41%1.43
Idaho Strategic Resources, Inc. (2nd leg)IDR3569$125,378.972.73%0.52%0.63%$33.73$35.13$27.00$26.604.15%0.20
Magna MiningNICU4,367$7,440.980.16%0.00%0.00%$1.69$1.70$1.68$1.370.59%0.03
Magna Mining (2nd Leg)NICU19,851$33,827.780.74%0.15%0.01%$2.03$1.70$1.68$1.75-15.98%-1.18
Magna Mining (3rd Leg)NICU146,547$249,731.605.45%0.80%0.57%$1.78$1.70$1.53$1.53-4.02%-0.29
Emerita Resources Corp.EMO.TSXV16,927$15,207.200.33%0.09%0.06%$0.96$0.90$0.72$0.72-6.85%-0.28
Copper Miners ETFCOPX816$49,898.401.09%0.24%0.44%$49.90$61.15$36.65$36.6522.55%0.85
Metals X LimitedMLX.ASX381,178$211,710.554.62%0.76%1.09%$0.5162$0.56$0.42$0.39217.59%0.32
Talon Metals CorpTLO.T244,829$69,826.701.52%0.04%-0.10%$0.3102$0.29$0.30$0.25-8.05%-0.44
Blue Moon MetalsMOON.V22,770$61,694.341.35%0.29%0.15%$2.99$2.71$2.41$0.00-9.52%-0.10
Andean Precious MetalsAPM.T42,428$211,460.084.61%1.05%0.67%$5.39$4.98$4.26$4.26-7.54%-0.36
Oil & Gas / Energy
Solar ETFTAN992$49,113.921.07%-0.16%0.02%$41.08$49.51$48.60$36.0020.52%1.66
Sprott Uranium ETFU.UN825$14,429.460.31%-0.02%-0.01%$17.25$17.49$18.14$15.701.39%0.16
Sprott Uranium ETF (2nd Leg)U.UN713$12,470.550.27%0.02%-0.01%$19.16$17.49$18.14$16.80-8.71%-0.71
Nextracker NXT576$54,000.001.18%-0.27%0.02%$71.19$93.75$92.37$52.4631.69%1.20
Uranium ETFURA836$37,411.000.82%-0.05%-0.01%$42.60$44.75$45.35$36.005.05%0.33
Kodiak Gas Services KGS846$28,510.200.62%0.06%0.00%$37.00$33.70$33.62$30.00-8.92%-0.47
Marathon Petroleum CorpMPC304.00$60,793.921.33%0.26%0.28%$196.00$199.98$157.00$157.002.03%0.10
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.SEDG1,957$70,804.261.54%0.26%-0.01%42.49$36.18$36.45$30.23-14.85%-0.51
Bloomberg Natural Gas ETFBOIL5,058$177,131.163.86%0.53%0.57%34.66$35.02$29.88$29.881.04%0.08
Valeura Energy Inc.VLE.T31,576$160,751.113.51%0.51%0.61%$4.94$5.09$4.21$4.213.01%0.20
Other
Tesla IncTSLA474$191,661.904.18%-0.52%0.14%$340.50$404.35$391.00$297.3518.75%1.48
Apple IncAAPL1,462$398,263.428.69%-1.08%0.30%$229.00$272.41$263.00$215.0018.96%3.10
Cloudflare, Inc.NET1422$299,473.206.53%0.49%0.33%$215.65$210.60$200.00$200.00-2.34%-0.32
Semiconductor VanEck ETFSMH643$221,822.144.84%0.52%0.91%$316.80$344.98$280.00$280.008.90%0.77
Defiance Quantum ETF QTUM811$86,704.011.89%0.26%0.26%$106.50$106.91$92.00$92.000.38%0.03
Plug PowerPLUG3,597$8,093.250.18%0.05%-0.07%$3.77$2.25$3.08$2.07-40.32%-0.89
Bloomberg All Commodity ETFBCI56,002$1,256,684.8827.41%1.10%1.39%$22.20$22.44$21.30$21.301.08%0.27
Bloomberg All Commodity ETF (2nd Leg)BCI9,836$220,719.844.81%0.27%0.24%$22.54$22.44$21.30$21.30-0.44%-0.08
Crypto
OptionsTickerContractsCapitalNotionalActual RiskDD RiskCost BasisCurrent (Mid) PriceCurrent Stop-LossInitial Stop-LossCurrent P&LR-Multiple (Curr.)Total NotionalTotal RiskTotal Drawdown Risk
Cash Net Interest
Cash Value (as of 08/29)$1,459,966
IBKR Interest on Cash4.00%
YTD Interest Received$48,479
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Brandon Beylo

Value Investor

Brandon has been a professional investor focusing on value for over 13 years, spending his time in small to micro-cap companies, spin-offs, SPACs, and deep value liquidation situations. Over time, he’s developed a deeper understanding for what deep-value investing actually means, and refined his philosophy to include any business trading at a wild discount to what he thinks its worth in 3-5 years.

Brandon has a tenacious passion for investing, broad-based learning, and business. He previously worked for several leading investment firms before joining the team at Macro Ops. He lives by the famous Munger mantra of trying to get a little smarter each day.

AK

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AK is the founder of Macro Ops and the host of Fallible.

He started out in corporate economics for a Fortune 50 company before moving to a long/short equity investment firm.

With Macro Ops focused primarily on institutional clients, AK moved to servicing new investors just starting their journey. He takes the professional research and education produced at Macro Ops and breaks it down for beginners. The goal is to help clients find the best solution for their investing needs through effective education.

Tyler Kling

Volatility & Options Trader

Former trade desk manager at $100+ million family office where he oversaw multiple traders and helped develop cutting edge quantitative strategies in the derivatives market.

He worked as a consultant to the family office’s in-house fund of funds in the areas of portfolio manager evaluation and capital allocation.

Certified in Quantitative Finance from the Fitch Learning Center in London, England where he studied under famous quants such as Paul Wilmott.

Alex Barrow

Macro Trader

Founder and head macro trader at Macro Ops. Alex joined the US Marine Corps on his 18th birthday just one month after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He subsequently spent a decade in the military. Serving in various capacities from scout sniper to interrogator and counterintelligence specialist. Following his military service, he worked as a contract intelligence professional for a number of US agencies (from the DIA to FBI) with a focus on counterintelligence and terrorist financing. He also spent time consulting for a tech company that specialized in building analytic software for finance and intelligence analysis.

After leaving the field of intelligence he went to work at a global macro hedge fund. He’s been professionally involved in markets since 2005, has consulted with a number of the leading names in the hedge fund space, and now manages his own family office while running Macro Ops. He’s published over 300 white papers on complex financial and macroeconomic topics, writes regularly about investment/market trends, and frequently speaks at conferences on trading and investing.

Macro Ops is a market research firm geared toward professional and experienced retail traders and investors. Macro Ops’ research has been featured in Forbes, Marketwatch, Business Insider, and Real Vision as well as a number of other leading publications.

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