Recent market volatility caught many investors flat-footed. Among the few winners were traders who let a computer be their guide.

Hedge-fund managers who employ complicated, automatic-trading strategies made millions off the wild swings in currency and commodity markets in recent weeks, investors said. Niederhoffer Capital Management Inc. They also have capitalized on what was until recently a consistent plunge in oil prices without worrying about when they would hit a bottom.

Computer-Driven, Automatic Trading Strategies Score Big

The volatility is a rare treat for automated traders, who make their livings jumping on markets moving out of sync but have been stymied by the placid markets since the crisis and yearslong march higher for U. The Newedge CTA Index, a broad measure of traders who use futures, options and other financial instruments to make rapid-fire bets on market moves, rose 4. That is more than the average hedge fund made in all of , according to research firm HFR Inc.

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Instead, they frequently use significant leverage, or borrowed money, to invest based on momentum, using computer models to forecast which prices will continue rising or falling. Meanwhile, the firm had bets against energy assets across the board.

The computer-driven BlueTrend fund, run by the Brazil-born Ms. Braga, one of the most prominent women in the hedge-fund industry, produced its largest monthly win since It remains to be seen if the recent gains can slow a stampede of investors from such funds.

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BlueTrend, for one, is only half the size it was in , thanks to investor redemptions amid an Some already are shifting again. At least one high-profile manager appears to have missed the recent turn.

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