Adam Rude, principal of Veerpoint Capital, has been developing trading systems for the last decade. He began designing the ContraCOT strategy in 2021 and started trading it in his proprietary account in Oct 2022. In Jan 2025, he launched Veerpoint Capital, welcoming its first client in May 2025. Mr. Rude graduated summa cum laude from the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh with a double major in Finance and Economics, where he also pitched for the university’s baseball team.