Overview
Thor Asset Management USA, LLC. (TAM) is an alternative asset manager with a particular expertise in the development of market-neutral, absolute-return oriented quantitative trading strategies. TAM’s trading programs, which are high frequency and, for the most part, contrarian, are developed by a highly qualified team of theoretical physicists, mathematicians, and computer scientists that use the latest advances in data collection and analysis and trading infrastructure. The New York – based firm manages assets for institutions, family offices, private banks and high net worth investors in the Americas, Europe and Asia. TAM is registered as a Commodity Pool Operator (CPO) and as a Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and is a member of the National Futures Association (NFA).
Approach
TAM believes that diversification, reliability of trading infrastructure and quickness of execution, low slippage and quality backtesting are the keys to successful high-frequency trading. TAM dedicates a significant amount of time and resources towards achieving these goals in an effort to stay competitive and be one step ahead of its rivals.
Diversification
TAM currently trades close to 130 different systematic models that use most liquid global equity index and currency futures, covering North American, European and Asian markets. Each strategy is run independently from each other and has individually optimized parameters that are updated on a monthly basis. Trading is done continuously around the clock, starting in Asia on Sunday evening, rolling into the European session at night and then rolling over into the U.S. trading session in the morning.