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# Third Eye Flagship

## Overview

Third Eye Flagship is a directional and market-neutral liquid fund strategy curated by Third Eye. The strategy seeks to generate alpha in both up and down markets through a combination of relative value, event-driven, and carry trades across spot, perpetuals, options, overlaid with selective directional positioning driven by macro, narrative, and fundamental theses.

The strategy is designed to thrive in high-volatility environments and is positioned as a higher-octane complement to lower-variance market-neutral vaults on Neutral Trade.

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*Live on Neutral Trade: \[DATE TO BE CONFIRMED]*

*Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.*

## How it Works

Third Eye Flagship combines a directional and market-neutral trading, alongside a set of opportunistic trading sleeves.

#### Trading Styles

* **Relative value** — Long/short positioning in spot and perpetuals to express views on outperformers versus underperformers within and across asset baskets.
* **Directional overlay** — Selective directional positioning expressed through large-cap perpetuals and options, driven by macro, narrative, and fundamental theses.
* **Event-driven** — Trading altcoins around catalysts, narratives, and idiosyncratic events.
* **Carry** — Funding rate arbitrage, deployed to generate yield on excess cash with minimal risk.

#### Other Trading Strategies

* **Liquidity provision and quasi market-making** — trades servicing flow across the crypto ecosystem.
* **On-chain flow analysis** — tracking and trading notable wallet activity and protocol-level signals.

### Yield Sources

* Cross-asset relative value spreads within crypto.
* Directional alpha from discretionary macro and narrative-driven positioning.
* Funding rate, basis, and on-chain carry on idle balance sheet.

#### **Venues**

**Centralized:** Binance

## Risk Factors

**Discretionary risk** — A meaningful portion of returns is driven by discretionary positioning on macro, narrative, and event-driven theses. This introduces manager judgment risk.

**Concentration and event risk** — Event-driven and special situations trades can be concentrated in single names or single catalysts, with binary outcomes and limited liquidity around the event window.

**Counterparty and exchange risk** — Exposure to venue-level failure, insolvency, or operational disruption. Mitigations include: Off-exchange custody and settlement via Ceffu (MirrorX) for centralised exchange trading.

**Operational risk** — Strategy execution depends on the continuous availability of trading infrastructure, exchange APIs, and custody integrations.

**Leverage and liquidation risk** — Use of perpetuals and options introduces leverage. Sharp adverse moves can trigger forced liquidations or margin calls.

### Risk Management

The strategy operates within a defined risk framework:

* **Leverage limits** — Maximum 200% net leverage and 600% gross leverage relative to NAV.
* **Position sizing** — Limits applied to mid-cap and small-cap token exposures to manage concentration and liquidity.
* **Short constraints** — Short positions are prohibited on small-cap tokens, including synthetic short exposure expressed through TradFi instruments or option greeks.

## Custody & Security

Ceffu (MirrorX) is used for institutional off-exchange custody/settlement.

On-chain vault infrastructure, covering deposits, withdrawals, and onchain operations, operates under Neutral Strategy Vaults standard multi-party approval framework, independent of the centralised exchange custody arrangements. Full details: [Security](https://docs.neutral.trade/vault-infrastructure/security).

## Why Third Eye?

[Third Eye](https://www.third-eye.co/) is a discretionary and systematic liquid fund focused on directional and market-neutral strategies.

The team combines TradFi derivatives and credit experience with crypto-native trading and special situations experience. **Tian Zeng (CEO/CIO)** brings 15 years of TradFi experience trading macro and credit derivatives at Citigroup, Citadel Securities, and Deutsche Bank, and founded Phoenix Digital, a distressed and special situations fund active in FTX claims and event-driven crypto opportunities. **Federico Natali (Portfolio Manager / Head of Risk)** is a buy-side trader focused on derivatives, alternatives, and distressed opportunities across crypto markets, with prior experience at JPMorgan Exotics Trading and as founder of a Solana-based DeFi protocol.

Third Eye Flagship adds a directional and event-driven sleeve to a Neutral Trade strategy shelf that has been predominantly market-neutral. It is designed for allocators seeking concentrated alpha exposure alongside lower-variance core holdings.