Q: What is needed (checklist, step by step, guide, etc) to setup a non-trading 4.7 exempt CTA for a stand alone entity? A: “Selecting and Recommending CTAs – A Recommending CTA is one who recommends various trading advisors to clients (e.g., individuals, other CTAs or CPOs) but does not have any other authority regarding these trading CTAs. The recommending CTA is not required to provide its own disclosure document to clients and as such is not required to provide past performance information of the clients for which it has acted as a recommending CTA. The client should however receive the disclosure…