CTA – WHITE RIVER GROUP

TRADER: CTA - WHITE RIVER GROUP – ANDREAS DIESSBACHER

Andreas Diessbacher is principal and trader for White River Group. His academic and work credentials are exemplary. Throughout high school and college Andreas excelled in mathematics receiving A’s in his courses. His education focused on vital elements of commodity trading ranging from statistics, probability theory and global financial markets. After completing his studies at Germany’s Fachhochschule University (out of 2000 applicants he was one of 30 accepted), he moved to the United Kingdom where he furthered his studies at Coventry University. There he studied under Keith Redhead who is noted for writing financial books used to do in house training for major financial institutions in London. (Among the many books, Redhead wrote are Financial Derivatives: An Introduction to Futures, Forwards, Options & Swaps and Financial Risk Management). At Coventry University, Andreas received his B.A. in Business Studies with honors. His honors project reflected his main interest and passion: “An Evaluation of Option Pricing Models”.


In 1998 he began his professional career as a commodities broker. He utilized his educational training in the markets and began honing his options and futures trading skills. A good part of his professional learning experience occurred at Refco where he oversaw over 1000 accounts and carefully observed how traders made, lost and preserved money. This experience helped him select what he believed were the optimal strategies for option trading and risk management, and he formulated his own proprietary option writing trading strategy that he has used with clients for years.

Around ten years later, with much experience and lessons learned, Mr. Diessbacher offered his Diversified Option Writing Strategy for retail investors in November 2008 through his CTA White River Group. The program's performance has proved to be substantial and has been included numerous times in Barclay's Hedge's Top Performing CTAs and Recognition for Excellence. Past performance does not necessarily imply future performance. The risk of loss exists in futures trading.

While work keeps Mr. Diessbacher very busy, he still finds the time to help the youth of Chicago by sponsoring high school education for inner city kids at risk through PEAK (Partnership to Educate and Advance Kids). He is also a member of Chicago Council on Global Affairs. When Mr. Diessbacher feels it’s time to take a break, he can be found traveling the world: India, Tibet, New Zealand, Australia, Morocco, Costa Rica and Patagonia are only a few of the fifty countries he has visited. In the little down time he has he can be found reading, mountain hiking, skiing and biking.

Please be advised that trading futures and options involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors. There are no guarantees of profit no matter who is managing your money. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. An investor must read and understand the Commodity Trading Advisors current disclosure document before investing. This material mentions services which rank the performance of commodity trading advisors. Please note that the rankings apply only to those CTAs who submit their trading results. Customer accounts only were included, and the performance was not audited by Barclay Hedge. The rankings in no way purport to be representative of the entire universe of commodity trading advisors. The material in no way implies these results are officially sanctioned results of the commodity industry. White River Group is a d/b/a of Arctic Asset Management LLC.