Innovative Approach To Markets
About TitansFX
TitansFX created the Athena trading strategy to selectively trade major currency pairs on an intraday basis. We believe markets that focus on buy and hold strategies mask both competence and incompetence making it difficult for investors to accurately judge the quality of both their financial managers and investments. We crystallize our returns on a monthly basis. We make every trade in our own account and are largely compensated on our monthly performance.
Our Values
Winning
We define winning as generating positive monthly returns and argue that our intraday strategy provides accountability that most practitioners blur by telling investors to focus on the long term. We believe the standard mantra of "invest for the long term" to some obscure point in the future makes it difficult for investors to accurately judge the competency of the people managing their money.
Consistency
We argue that consistency is the most important financial measurement. Any trader/investor can have a lucky month/quarter/year but the sign of true greatness is measured in the day to day, month to month and year to year results. The same is true in sports, investments, and trading. We practice sound trading strategies that we developed based on mathematical statistics we believe are repeatable into the future.
Meritocracy
We eat what we kill. We are compensated on our results. Our performance fee is based on profits we generated each month. We employ a monthly high water mark and trade our own account proportionally alongside our clients.
Transparency
TitansFX is fully transparent with clients giving us trading permission to their own account through a Limited Power of Attorney. No lock up period and our clients have full access to their money at any time. We are regulated in the U.S. with the National Futures Association (NFA)
NFA ID 0513221
Accountability
We believe that crystillizing returns on a monthly basis accurately portrays trading competency and is a more practical approach to the markets. Through our intraday trading approach, we attempt to mitigate risk that usually arises from long term market exposure.
Management Team
TJ Villano, CFA CTA
FOUNDING PARTNER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND HEAD TRADER
TJ Villano is the CEO and Head Trader at TitansFX. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) licensed with the National Futures Association (NFA ID 0513221). TJ began trading FOREX over a decade ago, testing and refining his trading strategy before incubating the Athena strategy with TitansFX. Prior to creating TitansFX he was an Assistant Portfolio Manager for an ESG hedge fund, Founding Partner at REK Partners, Restaurant owner, and an Equity Analyst covering technology stocks.
TJ served in the U.S. Air Force working on the avionics components on the A/10 and F-16 aircraft.
TJ holds a BA in Global Economics from the University of California Santa Cruz and a MBA in Finance from Indiana University. His interests are soccer, chess, reading, travel and golf.
Sara Buray
CHIEF OF STAFF
Sara brings to the TitansFX team over 15 years of experience as an EA in both the legal and financial areas. She is equipped with exceptional ability to facilitate all aspects of internal and external communications. Her talent and knowledge as Chief of Staff aligns our business objectives to achieve maximum operational impacts, conserve time and boost efficiency. Collaborating with our executive team members to determine and prioritize business strategies and to oversee strategic business initiatives, from development through successful execution.
Sara is a born and raised Canadian but her career has provided her the opportunity to previously work and live in Dubai where she gained extensive knowledge working with top tier law firms in the Middle East. .
Sara holds a BSc in Business and Management from the University of London,UK. Her interests are spending quality time with her kids, yoga, travel and wake surfing.
PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT THE PRODUCT TRADES IN LEVERAGED PRODUCTS WHICH CARRY A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF LOSS. EXPECTED RETURN NUMBERS MAY BE BASED ON HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE, AND ACTUAL RETURNS MAY VARY SIGNIFICANTLY AND MAY INCLUDE EXTENDED PERIODS OF LOSSES. NO RELIANCE MAY BE PLACED FOR ANY PURPOSE ON THIS INFORMATION AND NO REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR UNDERTAKING, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IS GIVEN AS TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE INFORMATION AND NO LIABILITY IS ACCEPTED BY SUCH PERSONS FOR THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR OPINIONS, AND NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE RELIED UPON AS A PROMISE OR REPRESENTATION WHETHER AS TO PAST OR FUTURE PERFORMANCE. PLEASE NOTE THAT PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT AN INDICATOR OR GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS. INVESTORS SHOULD DETERMINE FOR THEMSELVES THE RELEVANCE OF THIS INFORMATION AND ANY SUBSEQUENT DECISION TO INVEST SHOULD BE BASED ON SUCH INVESTIGATION AS THEY THEMSELVES DEEM NECESSARY.
