Argus Capital Management Achieves New Highs New Autumn Gold Year to Date Rankings 2005

AutumnGold's 2005 Year to Date Rankings present the performance of their top 100 CTAs ending October 2005. As of November 8, 2005 Argus Capital Management S&P Option Writing Program is ranked #1 with a return of 64.91%! Argus Capital Management, LLC is a New Jersey based investment manager registered as a commodity trading advisor ("CTA") with the CFTC and is a Member of National Futures Association. Argus Capital Management's primarily objective is managing the risk capital portion of its clients' investment portfolio. Its goal is to add diversification to one's investments by decreasing portfolio risk while enhancing returns.

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AutumnGold's 2005 Year to Date Rankings present the performance of their top 100 CTAs ending October 2005. As of November 8, 2005 Argus Capital Management S&P Option Writing Program is ranked #1 with a return of 64.91%! Argus Capital Management, LLC is a New Jersey based investment manager registered as a commodity trading advisor ("CTA") with the CFTC and is a Member of National Futures Association. Argus Capital Management's primarily objective is managing the risk capital portion of its clients' investment portfolio. Its goal is to add diversification to one's investments by decreasing portfolio risk while enhancing returns.

The basic strategy of Argus Capital Management’s program is to attain profits by selling options on the S&P stock index futures, balancing collection of premium with risk management. This is executed with the use of selling option spreads, with the objective that both options expire worthless and all the premium collected from the sale is retained as profit. It is a way to take advantage of time decay in a limited risk strategy.

Argus Capital concentrates on selling out-of-the-money option spreads. In doing so, Argus Capital believes that the probability of profit is increased without an equal amount of an increase in risk. The program uses both fundamental and technical analysis of the Stock market.

At the backbone of Argus Capital is a technically based system utilized to trade options on S&P Futures. The basic strategy of Argus Capital is to attain profits by selling options on the S&P stock index futures, balancing collection of premium with risk management. Argus Capital deploys the strategy by selling option spreads with the objective that both options expire worthless and the entire premium collected from the sale is retained as profit. In essence, Argus Capital is taking advantage of the time decay of the options while attempting to keep a limit on the risk in the trade. Argus Capital concentrates on selling out-of-the-money option spreads. In doing so, Argus Capital believes that the probability of profit is increased without an equal amount of an increase in risk.

Trading Methodology

At the present moment, Argus Capital is selling options on S&P stock index futures. Argus Capital establishes a combination of out-of-the-money option spreads of varying degrees of days to expiration, ranging from 30 to 90 or more days. Of course, this range could be lesser or greater depending on the circumstances at the time of the trade. Argus makes the use of spreads since the maximum risk is limited compared to "naked" options. The number of spreads in a trading account is limited to the percentage of total equity in an account less allowable margin on the trade. In determining the types of option spreads to sell, Argus Capital needs to analyze a wealth of information. Argus Capital needs to consider criteria such as the current market range; the amount of time to expiration; the dollar amount of how far the out-of-the-money of option spread is; and fundamental and technical indicators.

Argus Capital Management, LLC is a New Jersey based investment manager registered as a commodity trading advisor ("CTA") with the CFTC and is a Member of National Futures Association.

Argus Capital Management's primarily objective is managing the risk capital portion of its clients' investment portfolio. Its goal is to add diversification to one's investments by decreasing portfolio risk while enhancing returns.

Stephen N. Zielinski Sr. heads Argus Capital Management, LLC. Mr. Zielinski began his career in the futures industry in 1999 becoming a Member of the National Futures Association and registered associated person. In 2004 he established his own introducing broker operation, and in 2005 Mr. Zielinski became principal and registered AP of Argus Capital Management, LLC. Mr. Zielinski is responsible for making all trading decisions on behalf of Client accounts.

Before establishing Argus Capital Management, Stephen N. Zielinski had written articles on the subject of limited risk option selling strategies. A few titles are Using Stock Index Credit Spreads, "How does Your Margin Grow", describing SPAN® as a risk management tool, and "To Limit or Go Naked, That Is The Question".

Further information can be found at its website. www.arguscapitalmanagement.com

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. THE RISK OF LOSS INHERENT IN AN OPTIONS WRITING PROGRAM IS SUBSTANTIAL. AN INVESTOR COULD LOSE MORE THAN THE INITIAL INVESTMENT. INVESTORS MUST READ THE CURRENT DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT BEFORE THEY INVEST. A COMPLETE DISCUSSION OF FEES AND CHARGES ARE REPORTED IN THE CTA's DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT.

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