Blue Fin Financial, LLC (the "Advisor"), a Colorado limited liability company, manages commodity trading accounts for qualified investors. The Advisor was formed on March 30, 2007 and became registered as a commodity trading advisor with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and a member of the National Futures Association on October 3, 2007.
The Atlantic 2 Program is a blend of global commodities that seeks to capture major daily and weekly price moves. Using its proprietary methods, the Advisor attempts to position itself for a potential gain while minimizing risk. The Advisor primarily uses futures, but may use options on occasion. The Atlantic II Program is based on the following groups of commodities: Bonds, Currencies, Energies, Grains, Indices, Meats, Metals and the Softs.
(The Atlantic 1 Program was the precursor to the Atlantic II Program)
The Precious Metals Program will use the Advisor's proprietary methods to trade in the four main precious metals: Gold, Silver Platinum and Palladium. Although the Precious Metals Program will primarily trade in precious metals, it may use the industrial metals as well. The Advisor believes that each program provides an attractive opportunity for investors looking for an investment with the following features:
Commodity trading, however, involves substantial risks due in part to the highly speculative nature of such trading. As a result, an investment in a commodity trading account is only suitable for you if you have adequate means to provide for your current needs and personal contingencies and you can bear the economic risk of losing your entire investment. You must also possess an appropriate level of financial sophistication and experience.
Rick Ackerman is a trading principal of the Advisor and is currently editor and publisher of Rick's Picks, a daily, web-based service for traders of stocks, futures and options. He has published Rick's Picks since January 2003, but its predecessor, Black
Box Forecasts reached an audience of mostly professional traders for nine years before that. Mr. Ackerman has freelanced articles to numerous publications, including Barron's, Stocks, Futures & Options magazine, and Commodity Trader. Besides teaching seminars on technical analysis online and around the world, and running a trading chat room during market hours, Mr. Ackerman is a public relations consultant affiliated with Prime Time Media, a Mill Valley, California-based firm. He was also a registered commodity trading advisor from October 2005 to January 2007. Mr. Ackerman became a principal of the Advisor in May 2007, withdrew in September 2007 and reinstated in March 2008. Mr. Ackerman helps formulate the Advisor's trade strategies.
John R. Boutiette is a trading principal of the Advisor. He has been a partner at a pet care
service company since October 1997. Mr. Boutiette has also been investing in equities for his own account since 1994 and futures/options on futures since 2003.
Mr. Boutiette became a principal of the Advisor in October 2007. He is responsible for the
day-to-day trading operations of the Advisor. As a trader Mr. Boutiette has a focus on Macroeconomics, which he applies to his studies in several fields of technical analysis. These studies include Conventional Technical Analysis by James Dines, and The Hidden Pivot Method, as practiced by Rick Ackerman. Most recently he has practiced Median Line Theory, under the tutelage of Timothy Morge
Steven F. Houck is a non-trading principal of the Advisor. Since May 2004, Mr. Houck has also been a trading principal of SOHO Capital Management, LLC, a commodity trading advisor. He
became an associated person of SOHO in June 2004. He was an associated person of Open E Cry LLC, a futures commission merchant, from December 2003 to April 2007, and its branch office manager from February 2004 to April 2007. Mr. Houck was also an associated person and branch officer manager of Optioneer, LLC and Strikepoint Trading LLC, introducing brokers, from June 2006 to September 2007 and from November 2006 to September 2007, respectively. He was the Chief Water Plant Operator for the City of Boulder from February 1983 to October 2005. Mr. Houck has been a principal and associated person of the Advisor since April 2007. He is responsible for the marketing of the Advisor and assisting with its back-office and day-to-day operations.