HTAA’s sophisticated, tactical approach is grounded in the decades of experience of its founder, Blair Hull. Throughout his career in trading, Mr. Hull’s multi-disciplinary approach has been responsible for the design and implementation of a steady stream of systematic innovations that have combined trading experience with state-of-the-art technology and quantitative modeling.

For decades, some have questioned the wisdom of market timing—the strategy of attempting to take advantage of predicted future price movements—however, with the explosion of data as well as the development of predictive analytics, HTAA believes market timing is not just possible but necessary. HTAA also believes in the predictability of volatility, leading to some options being overpriced and others being cheap. Volatility forecasts are used to build a portfolio of index options and other volatility-related products to enhance the core equity models.

If market participants must adapt to a changing investing environment, so too must models and strategies. Recognizing that no single model can indefinitely survive the test of time, the HTAA team is continually re-evaluating and adapting their models, combining strategies into a blended signal that informs fund allocations on a day-to-day basis.

Hull’s approach to investing is rooted in capturing and combining into an “ensemble” an array of signals spanning statistical, behavioral-sentimental, technical, fundamental, and economic data sources. Using data science and statistical modeling tools, the portfolio managers continually investigate and evaluate the evolving complete relationships between these factors and the market.