Chris Rokos / 2020 / Macro

The policy response was the market.

Chris Rokos and a rates case during COVID.

Government Bonds / RatesRokos CapitalWorkbook estimate
The story

Before the outcome was obvious.

The Rokos entry focuses on government bonds, rates and Federal Reserve intervention during COVID. A rates portfolio can express views through maturities, curves and relative prices; reducing it to “long bonds” loses much of the mechanism. The workbook’s position and payoff therefore serve as a simplified scenario. The annual fund return shown in the source is not proof that one isolated bond position produced it.

What could have gone wrong

Yield-curve changes, leverage, liquidity and central-bank surprises can affect positions differently across maturities.

Distinguish a portfolio’s annual result from the result of a trade inside it.
The numbers / interactive

Put the thesis to the test.

Change the assumptions and watch the arithmetic update. These are simplified scenarios; they do not recreate the instrument’s pricing or the path of the trade.

Model profit$1bn
Profit / stated position20%
Position / fund assets0.417×
How this model works

Profit ratio = profit ÷ stated position. Exposure ratio = stated position ÷ fund assets. Neither is a measure of maximum loss or a net investor return.

The workbook’s simple annualisation is profit ratio × 365 ÷ duration = 81.1%. It is linear, not compounded, and is not a repeatable annual return. Fees, financing, collateral, premium carry and changing exposures are not modelled.

Evidence & source record

What these figures mean.

Source: Legendary Trades Models, Master Comparison!A23:L23; Trade P&L Models, case 20. The following are original workbook inputs, preserved for transparency. They are estimates, not independently audited results.

Workbook position
$5bn
Workbook “gross profit”
$1bn
Workbook duration
90 days
Workbook fund assets
$12bn
Workbook fund return
44%
Workbook position ROI
20%

The fund-return field is a separate source claim, not a calculated result of this trade. Its reporting period and gross/net basis are not independently established here. Model ratios are recalculated from inputs rather than copied from rounded source ROI values.

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