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Advanz Analytics, Inc. Welcome to Advanz Please read the following risk disclosure before you proceed. The risk of loss in trading Forex contracts/lots can be substantial. You should therefore carefully consider whether such trading is suitable for you in light of your financial condition. You may sustain a total loss of the initial margin funds and any additional funds that you deposit with your broker to establish or maintain a position in the commodity futures market. Advanz Analytics, Inc. is a one-stop financial boutique specializing in trading strategy and software development for the investment community since 1997. It is our opinion that market challenges are more numerous and complex than ever before, causing demands on investors to grow rapidly. Today, investment opportunities are progressively more global in nature. Investment success is increasingly measured in aggregate terms, not only by pure returns, but also by their contribution to overall portfolio performance. Advanz Analytics is designed to help individual and institutional clients meet these challenges. The Advanz Companies LLC 7301 SW 57th Court, Suite 525, Miami, FL 33143 Telephone: 305-573-1110 Fax 305-573-3223 www.advanzteam.com Advanz Analytics, Inc. We are a global organization committed to performance, innovation and service. Both individual and institutional investors can count on Advanz Analytics to deliver more than a wide range of skills and resources. We deliver solutions. This is the next generation of asset management. We invite you to be part of it. Advanz Analytics, Inc. The GnosQ Portfolio Manager Joe Garcia-Rios, co founder and President of Advanz Analytics is also the Chief Portfolio Manager of the GnosQ FX Portfolio Management Program. He is a 20 year veteran who has worked for some of the biggest names on Wall Street including Prudential Securities, CitiBank and Smith Barney. While at Prudential Securities he was a portfolio manager for the Quantum Portfolio Management program. A successful investment management program that utilized highly disciplined quantitative models incorporating extensive fundamental, technical and statistical analysis. Garcia-Rios has received several industry awards and recognition from large financial institutions including Franklin Templeton Group and Oppenhiemer Funds. While at Smith Barney he excelled as a qualifying member of the Blue Chip Council. He is regarded as a leader and pioneer in trading strategy development as well as a speaker on the topic of electronic trading. Advanz Analytics, Inc. Advanz Solutions for Algorithmic and Quantitative Trading Automated Trade Execution & Management Software • Advanz Auto4x enables us to trade numerous quantitative models and unique strategies via API, fast and efficient computer to computer trade execution and position management. •Our proprietary software, is powerful, flexible, and accurate to meet the needs of complex institutional trading departments. Advanz Analytics, Inc. The GnosQ FX Portfolio Managed Account Program The GnosQ FX program is a unique and innovative foreign currency managed account program. It is comprised of two of our proprietary trading models combined with our quantitative research analysis. The GnosLevels, the GnosTICK systems and our quantitative analysis approach are at the core of the GnosQ program. GnosQ provides you with the quality of professional management previously reserved for high net-worth individuals and institutions. Each GnosQ managed account receives the individual supervision necessary to achieve future growth, relieving you from day-to-day investment concerns. Advanz Analytics, Inc. The GnosQ Approach The central theme of the GnosQ approach is that history reveals enduring patterns of price behavior, which can be unlocked by statistical techniques; that risk of loss is closely related to volatility, which is related to return; and that management of risk, return, covariance and time frames can be usefully predictable. An important key to achieving GnosQ’s objectives is Advanz Analytics innovative technologies, which incorporates our proprietary quantitative valuation model with our premier trading strategies, the GnosLevels and the GnosTICK algorithmic systems. Advanz Analytics, Inc. Risk Disclosure PAST RESULTS ARE HYPOTHETICAL. THE STRATEGIES HAVE BEEN BACK TESTED USING TRADE STATION. HYPOTHETICAL OR SIMULATED PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORD, SIMULATED RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL TRADING. ALSO, SINCE THE TRADES HAVE NOT ACTUALLY BEEN EXECUTED, THE RESULTS MAY HAVE UNDER- OR OVERCOMPENSATED OR THE IMPACT, IF ANY, FOR CERTAIN MARKET FACTORS, SUCH AS LACK OF LIQUIDITY. SIMULATED TRADING PROGRAMS IN GENERAL ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN. FUTURES, OPTIONS, FOREX, AND STOCK TRADING INVOLVE RISK AND IS NOT FOR ALL INVESTORS. PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS AN OFFER TO BUY, SELL, OR HOLD AND SECURITIES, FUTURES CONTRACTS, AND CASH FOREIGN EXCHANGE CURRENCIES. THIS IS INTENDED FOR INFORMATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. TRADING INVOLVES RISK AND SHOULD BE PURSUED WITH RISK CAPITAL ONLY. Advanz Analytics, Inc. Risk Disclosure THE RISK OF LOSS IN FOREX TRADING CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION. IN CONSIDERING WHETHER TO TRADE OR TO AUTHORIZE SOMEONE ELSE TO TRADE FOR YOU, YOU SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING: FOREX TRANSACTIONS ARE NOT TRADED ON AN EXCHANGE, AND THOSE FUNDS DEPOSITED WITH THE COUNTERPARTY FOR FOREX TRANSACTIONS MAY NOT RECEIVE THE SAME PROTECTIONS AS FUNDS USED TO MARGIN OR GUARANTEE EXCHANGE-TRADED FUTURES AND OPTIONS CONTRACTS. IF THE COUNTERPARTY BECOMES INSOLVENT AND YOU HAVE A CLAIM FOR AMOUNTS DEPOSITED OR PROFITS EARNED ON TRANSACTIONS WITH THE COUNTERPARTY, YOUR CLAIM MAY NOT RECEIVE A PRIORITY. WITHOUT A PRIORITY, YOU ARE A GENERAL CREDITOR AND YOUR CLAIM WILL BE PAID, ALONG WITH THE CLAIMS OF OTHER GENERAL CREDITORS, FROM ANY MONIES STILL AVAILABLE AFTER PRIORITY CLAIMS ARE PAID. CONTINUED ON THE NEXT SLIDE Advanz Analytics, Inc. Risk Disclosure Continued EVEN CUSTOMER FUNDS THAT THE COUNTERPARTY KEEPS SEPARATE FROM ITS OWN OPERATING FUNDS MAY NOT BE SAFE FROM THE CLAIMS OF OTHER GENERAL AND PRIORITY CREDITORS. THE HIGH DEGREE OF LEVERAGE THAT IS OFTEN OBTAINABLE IN FOREX TRADING CAN WORK AGAINST YOU AS WELL AS FOR YOU. THE USE OF LEVERAGE CAN LEAD TO LARGE LOSSES AS WELL AS GAINS. MANAGED ACCOUNTS MAY BE SUBJECT TO SUBSTANTIAL CHARGES FOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISORY FEES AND THE ACCOUNT MAY NEED TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL TRADING PROFITS TO AVOID DEPLETING OR EXHAUSTING ITS ASSETS. THIS DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT CONTAINS A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF EACH FEE TO BE CHARGED TO YOUR ACCOUNT BY THE ACCOUNT MANAGER. THIS BRIEF STATEMENT CANNOT DISCLOSE ALL THE RISKS AND SIGNIFICANT ASPECTS OF THE FOREX MARKETS. THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THIS DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT BEFORE YOU TRADE, INCLUDING THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINCIPAL RISK FACTORS OF THIS INVESTMENT. NATIONAL FUTURES ASSOCIATION HAS NEITHER PASSED UPON THE MERITS OF PARTICIPATING IN THIS TRADING PROGRAM NOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT. Advanz Analytics, Inc. Contact Information Advanz Analytics, Inc. 7301 SW 57 Court Suite 525 Miami, FL 33143 Phone# 305 573 1110 Fax# 866 449 8811 www.advanzteam.com General Information [email protected] New Accounts [email protected] Technical Support [email protected] Customer Service [email protected]