UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-17f-1

 

Certificate of Accounting of Securities and Similar

Investments of a Management Investment Company

in the Custody of Members of

National Securities Exchanges

 

Pursuant to Rule 17f-1 [17 CFR 270.17f-1]

 

1.     Investment Company Act File Number:

Advisors Preferred Trust 811-22756

Quantified Alternative Investment Fund

 

Date examination completed:

January 27, 2026

2. State identification Number:
AL By Fund
#47248		 AK By Fund
#60077333		 AZ

By Class
Investor
#91624

 

 AR By Fund
#60030611		 CA By Trust
#ORG109463		 CO By Trust
#2013-52-250		  
CT By Fund
#1076861		 DE By Fund
#71608		 DC

By Class
Investor Class

#60073598

 FL None required GA By Trust
#SC-MF-049318		 HI By Fund
no permit #		  
ID By Fund
#72151		 IL By Trust
60027229		 IN By Trust
#FCS-P-002292		 IA By Class
Investor Class
#I-109013		 KS By Fund
2014S0000261		 KY By Prospectus
#60026404		  
LA By Prospectus
#164348		 ME

By Class
Investor Class

#10040322

 MD

By Class
Investor Class

#SM20192716

 MA By Class
Investor Class
none		 MI By Class
Investor Class
#993038		 MN By Trust
#R-55307.1		  
MS

By Class
Investor Class

#60088158

 MO By Fund
R2013-1,964		 MT

By Class
Investor Class

#270238

 NE

By Class
Investor

# 95515

 NV By Fund
No permit #		 NH

By Class
Investor Class

#MF19-0085260

  
NJ

By Prospectus
investor Class
#MF19547

 

 NM

By Class
Investor Class

#69294

 NY By Fund
#S33-37-61		 NC By Trust
No permit #		 ND

By Class
Investor Class

#MF20-0443

 OH

By Prospectus
#BE1957520

Investor & Advisor Class

  
OK By Class
Investor Class
#SE-2246220		 OR By Fund
#2013-1756		 PA By Trust
#2013-02-070MF		 RI By Fund
no permit #		 SC By Fund
#MF20157		 SD

By Class
Investor Class

# 59861

  
                             

 

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TN By Class
Investor Class
#RN2023B-1281		 TX

By Class
Investor Class

#C124149

 UT By Prospectus
007-2777-03		 VT By Class
Investor Class
#7/21/20-02		 VA By Trust
#183038		 WA

By Class
Investor Class

#60065519

  
WV

By Class
Investor Class

#107363

 WI

By Class
Investor Class

#856292

 WY By Trust
No permit #		 PR

By Class
Investor Class

#60387-0

 GU By Trust
#2018-10728		 VI By Trust
None required 		 
                         
                         
2.     Other (specify):
 
3. Exact name of investment company as specified in registration statement: Quantified Alternative Investment Fund, a series of the Advisors Preferred Trust
 
4. Address of principal executive office (number, street, city, state, zip code): 1445 Research Boulevard, Suite 530, Rockville, MD  20850

 

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MANAGEMENT STATEMENT REGARDING COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN

PROVISIONS OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

 

January 27, 2026

 

We, as members of management of the Quantified Alternative Investment Fund (the “Fund”), a series of Advisors Preferred Trust, are responsible for complying with the requirements of subsections (b)(1) and (b)(6) of Rule 17f-1, “Custody of Securities with Members of National Securities Exchanges,” of the Investment Company Act of 1940. We are also responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal controls over compliance with those requirements. We have performed an evaluation of the Fund’s compliance with the requirements of subsections (b)(1) and (b)(6) of Rule 17f-1 as of January 31, 2025, and from December 31, 2024, through January 31, 2025.

 

Based on this evaluation, we assert that the Fund was in compliance with the requirements of subsections (b)(1) and (b)(6) of Rule 17f-1 for the Investment Company Act of 1940 as of January 31, 2025, and from December 31, 2024, through January 31, 2025, with respect to securities reflected in the investment accounts of the Fund.

 

Quantified Alternative Investment Fund

 

 

 

/s/___________________________________________

Catherine Ayers-Rigsby, Principal Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

/s/____________________________________________

Christine Casares, Principal Financial Officer

 

 

 

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Report of Independent Public Accountant

 

To the Board of Trustees of

Advisors Preferred Trust

We have examined management of Quantified Alternative Investment Fund’s assertion, included in the accompanying Management Statement Regarding Compliance With Certain Provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, that the Quantified Alternative Investment Fund (the “Fund”), a series of Advisors Preferred Trust, complied with the requirements of subsections (b)(1) and (b)(6) of Rule 17f-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”) (the “specified requirements”) as of January 31, 2025. Quantified Alternative Investment Fund’s management is responsible for its assertion. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management's assertion about the Fund’s compliance with the specified requirements based on our examination.

Our examination was conducted in accordance with attestation standards established by the AICPA. Those standards require that we plan and perform the examination to obtain reasonable assurance about whether management's assertion about compliance with the specified requirements is fairly stated, in all material respects. An examination involves performing procedures to obtain evidence about whether management's assertion is fairly stated in all material respects. The nature, timing, and extent of the procedures selected depend on our judgment, including an assessment of the risks of material misstatement of management's assertion, whether due to fraud or error. We believe that the evidence we obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

We are required to be independent and to meet our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with relevant ethical requirements relating to the engagement.

Included among our procedures were the following tests performed as of January 31, 2025, and with respect to agreement of security purchases and sales, for the period from December 31, 2024 (the date of our last examination), through January 31, 2025:

·Confirmation of all securities held by institutions in book entry form at National Financial Services, LLC (“NFS”) and U.S. Bank, N.A. (the “Custodian”)

 

·Confirmation of all securities hypothecated, pledged, placed in escrow, or out for transfer with brokers, pledgees, or transfer agents

 

·Reconciliation of all such securities to the books and records of the Fund, NFS and the Custodian

 

·Agreement of thirteen security purchases and twelve security sales or maturities since our last report from the books and records of the Fund to broker confirmations

Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Fund’s compliance with specified requirements.

In our opinion, management's assertion that Quantified Alternative Investment Fund complied with the requirements of subsections (b)(1) and (b)(6) of Rule 17f-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as of

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January 31, 2025, with respect to securities reflected in the investment account of the Fund are fairly stated, in all material respects.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Trustees of Advisors Preferred Trust and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.

COHEN & COMPANY, LTD.

Cleveland, Ohio

January 27, 2026

 

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