Abraham Trading Company brings an uncommon sensibility to the complex world of investments.
Abraham Trading Company is a research-driven commodity trading advisor and commodity pool operator managed by Salem Abraham. Since 1988, Abraham Trading Company has managed alternative asset portfolios on behalf of families, individuals, and institutions.
Our original program, the Abraham Trading Diversified Program, produced an average annual rate of return of 13.10% over its 31-year track record. Today, we operate the Abraham Fortress Fund, a complete investment solution built to meet the portfolio needs of both individual and institutional investors.
The Abraham Fortress Fund is designed to be a low risk alternative to traditional stock/bond portfolios. It does so in a balanced multi-strategy approach, combining traditional equity and fixed income investments (beta) with diversifying institutional-quality alternatives (alpha).
Beta is return from passively held positions and earns the market risk premium. The Fortress Fund includes equity and fixed income beta and caps equity beta exposure at 50%, thereby reducing portfolio volatility and reducing the fund's exposure to extreme moves in equity markets.
Alpha is return from actively trading and timing markets. The Fortress Fund's alpha selection identifies strategies that appear to be resilient through market cycles, exhibit low correlation to other strategies, and operate with the highest institutional standards.
By combining equity and fixed income investments with value-adding and risk-reducing alternatives, the Fortress Fund aims to outperform traditional stock/bond portfolios while minimizing portfolio drawdown and volatility.
Salem Abraham is the President and Founder of Abraham Trading Company. Salem started his investing career as a futures trader, using quantitative models to trade global futures markets from 1987 to 2019. He first began trading futures markets while attending the University of Notre Dame, where he graduated cum laude with a B.B.A. in Finance in 1987. In January of 1988, he began using his systematic approach to trade client investments. He registered as a Commodity Trading Advisor in October 1988 and organized Abraham Trading Company in 1990. Throughout his career, Salem has managed investments in stocks, bonds, options, derivatives, and private equity. In 1999, Salem and the Abraham Trading team became the first company in the world to send computer-generated orders electronically to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Salem has been featured in Michael Covel's books The Complete Turtle Trader and Trend Following. He has also appeared in Bloomberg Markets, Absolute Return, Barron's, and the NY Times. He held full memberships at both the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Salem is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and is a member of the National Futures Association.
Besides trading, Salem is highly experienced in orchards, farmland, ranchland, wind, water, and energy investments. His first investment experiences were shared with his grandfather, who employed him to buy and sell distressed minerals and ranches in the Texas Panhandle in the late 80s. In total, Salem has bought and sold more than 200,000 acres of land and resources. He manages investments in oil and gas properties, wind rights and residential, commercial, and agricultural real estate properties.
Salem has served on nonprofit investment boards for over 25 years. He assists with both large and small nonprofit endowments, with portfolios ranging from $2 million to over $4 billion in assets. His experiences with large and small institutional investors have provided insights into the unique mandates and challenges of managing institutional portfolios. The strategy for the Abraham Fortress Fund was originally used for Salem's half of the Pickens-Abraham Foundation that he started with T. Boone Pickens in 2008. The foundation provides college scholarships to accomplished graduating seniors in the the Texas Panhandle.
Salem continues to lead the research efforts at Abraham Trading Company. He resides with his family in Canadian, Texas.
Russell Fry has been with Abraham Trading for 17 years. He is responsible for compliance, operational management, and reporting duties. Russell graduated from Texas Tech University in 1996 magna cum laude with a B.A. in History.
Russell is registered with the CFTC as an associated person of Abraham Trading and is a member of the National Futures Association.
Larry graduated from West Texas A&M University in 1993 with a B.B.A. degree in Finance. Larry joined Abraham Trading in 1995. He has managed back office accounting, the trade desk, computer programming, system research, and risk management. As the Director of Research, he is responsible for strategy research and implementation as well as risk modeling and monitoring.
Larry is registered with the CFTC as an associated person of Abraham Trading and is a member of the National Futures Association.
LeAnn Sherman is the Director of Accounting at Abraham Trading Company. LeAnn has been a core member of the Abraham Trading team since the start of the company in 1988. Prior to Abraham Trading, she managed bookkeeping and accounting at General Motors and John Deere dealerships. For the past 31 years, she has managed the accounting, bookkeeping, human resources, and back office operations at Abraham Trading.
Christie Spence is an Executive Assistant for the Texas branch of Abraham Trading Company. Christie has extensive experience in mineral management, property management, and information management. She lives in Canadian with her family.
Dawn Ogren is an Executive Assistant for the Colorado branch of Abraham Trading Company. Dawn's administrative career spans more than 25 years. Her background includes non-profit arts administration, non-profit solar energy education, banking, and property management. Dawn lives in the Roaring Fork Valley in Colorado with her family. She enjoys the outdoors, hiking, and jewelry design and creation.
Salem Abraham is the President and Founder of Abraham Trading Company. Salem started his investing career as a futures trader, using quantitative models to trade global futures markets from 1987 to 2019. He first began trading futures markets while attending the University of Notre Dame, where he graduated cum laude with a B.B.A. in Finance in 1987. In January of 1988, he began using his systematic approach to trade client investments. He registered as a Commodity Trading Advisor in October 1988 and organized Abraham Trading Company in 1990. Throughout his career, Salem has managed investments in stocks, bonds, options, derivatives, and private equity. In 1999, Salem and the Abraham Trading team became the first company in the world to send computer-generated orders electronically to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Salem has been featured in Michael Covel's books The Complete Turtle Trader and Trend Following. He has also appeared in Bloomberg Markets, Absolute Return, Barron's, and the NY Times. He held full memberships at both the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Salem is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and is a member of the National Futures Association.
Besides trading, Salem is highly experienced in orchards, farmland, ranchland, wind, water, and energy investments. His first investment experiences were shared with his grandfather, who employed him to buy and sell distressed minerals and ranches in the Texas Panhandle in the late 80s. In total, Salem has bought and sold more than 200,000 acres of land and resources. He manages investments in oil and gas properties, wind rights and residential, commercial, and agricultural real estate properties.
Salem has served on nonprofit investment boards for over 25 years. He assists with both large and small nonprofit endowments, with portfolios ranging from $2 million to over $4 billion in assets. His experiences with large and small institutional investors have provided insights into the unique mandates and challenges of managing institutional portfolios. The strategy for the Abraham Fortress Fund was originally used for Salem's half of the Pickens-Abraham Foundation that he started with T. Boone Pickens in 2008. The foundation provides college scholarships to accomplished graduating seniors in the the Texas Panhandle.
Salem continues to lead the research efforts at Abraham Trading Company. He resides with his family in Canadian, Texas.
Russell Fry has been with Abraham Trading for 17 years. He is responsible for compliance, operational management, and reporting duties. Russell graduated from Texas Tech University in 1996 magna cum laude with a B.A. in History.
Russell is registered with the CFTC as an associated person of Abraham Trading and is a member of the National Futures Association.
Larry graduated from West Texas A&M University in 1993 with a B.B.A. degree in Finance. Larry joined Abraham Trading in 1995. He has managed back office accounting, the trade desk, computer programming, system research, and risk management. As the Director of Research, he is responsible for strategy research and implementation as well as risk modeling and monitoring.
Larry is registered with the CFTC as an associated person of Abraham Trading and is a member of the National Futures Association.
LeAnn Sherman is the Director of Accounting at Abraham Trading Company. LeAnn has been a core member of the Abraham Trading team since the start of the company in 1988. Prior to Abraham Trading, she managed bookkeeping and accounting at General Motors and John Deere dealerships. For the past 31 years, she has managed the accounting, bookkeeping, human resources, and back office operations at Abraham Trading.
Christie Spence is an Executive Assistant for the Texas branch of Abraham Trading Company. Christie has extensive experience in mineral management, property management, and information management. She lives in Canadian with her family.
Dawn Ogren is an Executive Assistant for the Colorado branch of Abraham Trading Company. Dawn's administrative career spans more than 25 years. Her background includes non-profit arts administration, non-profit solar energy education, banking, and property management. Dawn lives in the Roaring Fork Valley in Colorado with her family. She enjoys the outdoors, hiking, and jewelry design and creation.