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0001598841-17-000001.txt : 20170210 0001598841-17-000001.hdr.sgml : 20170210 20170210105322 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001598841-17-000001 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20161231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170210 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170210 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20170210 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Advisors Preferred, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001598841 IRS NUMBER: 364702719 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 13F-HR SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 028-16005 FILM NUMBER: 17590598 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1445 RESEARCH BOULEVARD STREET 2: #530 CITY: ROCKVILLE STATE: MD ZIP: 20850 BUSINESS PHONE: 240-223-1998 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1445 RESEARCH BOULEVARD STREET 2: #530 CITY: ROCKVILLE STATE: MD ZIP: 20850 13F-HR 1 primary_doc.xml 13F-HR LIVE false false false 0001598841 XXXXXXXX 12-31-2016 12-31-2016 Advisors Preferred, LLC

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13F HOLDINGS REPORT 028-16005 N Angela Holland Compliance Manager 240-233-1988 Angela Holland Rockville MD 12-31-2016 1 197 192364 false 1 028-12656 Flexible Plan Investments, Ltd. 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505 SH OTR 1 505 0 0 Dow Chemical Co/The COM 260543103 471 8223 SH OTR 1 8223 0 0 Hull Tactical US ETF COM 301505806 187 7258 SH OTR 1 7258 0 0 FNB Corp/PA COM 302520101 148 9244 SH OTR 1 9244 0 0 F5 Networks Inc COM 315616102 27 185 SH OTR 1 185 0 0 Fiserv Inc COM 337738108 147 1383 SH OTR 1 1383 0 0 Francesca's Holdings Corp COM 351793104 51 2818 SH OTR 1 2818 0 0 Getty Realty Corp REIT 374297109 494 19378 SH OTR 1 19378 0 0 Gibraltar Industries Inc COM 374689107 26 623 SH OTR 1 623 0 0 Hancock Holding Co COM 410120109 26 609 SH OTR 1 609 0 0 Hanover Insurance Group Inc/The COM 410867105 271 2978 SH OTR 1 2978 0 0 Jack Henry & Associates Inc COM 426281101 482 5426 SH OTR 1 5426 0 0 Illumina Inc COM 452327109 12 92 SH OTR 1 92 0 0 International Bancshares Corp COM 459044103 399 9779 SH OTR 1 9779 0 0 International Business Machines Corp COM 459200101 455 2739 SH OTR 1 2739 0 0 iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF COM 464286319 56 1617 SH OTR 1 1617 0 0 iShares MSCI BRIC ETF COM 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