SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
 
                                   FORM 10-Q
 
(Mark One)
 
/X/ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
    ACT OF 1934
 
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 1996
 
                                       OR
 
/ / TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
    ACT OF 1934
 
For the transition period from _______________________ to ______________________
 
Commission file number: 33-80443
 
                          WILLOWBRIDGE STRATEGIC TRUST
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             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware                                                              13-7075398
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(State or other jurisdiction of             (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)                                            
 
One New York Plaza, 13th Floor, New York, New York                         10292
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(Address of principal executive offices)                              (Zip Code)
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (212) 778-7866
 
                                      N/A
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Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report
 
   Indicate by check CK whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ____  No CK
 

 
                         Part I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
                          ITEM 1--FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                          WILLOWBRIDGE STRATEGIC TRUST
                          (a Delaware Business Trust)
                        STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
                                 MARCH 31, 1996
                                  (Unaudited)
 
                                     ASSET
 

                                                                                        
Cash....................................................................................    $1,000
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                                           TRUST EQUITY
                                                                                        
General Interests--10 Interests outstanding.............................................    $1,000
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         The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.
 
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                          WILLOWBRIDGE STRATEGIC TRUST
                          (a Delaware Business Trust)
                   NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
                                 MARCH 31, 1996
                                  (Unaudited)
 
A. General
 
   Willowbridge Strategic Trust (the ``Trust'') was organized under the Delaware
Business Trust Statute on October 16, 1995 but had not commenced operations as
of March 31, 1996. The Trust will terminate on December 31, 2015 unless
terminated sooner as provided in the Second Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust and Trust Agreement (the ``Trust Agreement''). The Trust was formed to
engage in the speculative trading of commodity futures, options and forward
contracts. The Trustee of the Trust is Wilmington Trust Company. The managing
owner is Prudential Securities Futures Management Inc. (the ``Managing Owner''),
a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Securities Incorporated (``PSI''),
which, in turn, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Securities Group Inc.
PSI is the principal underwriter and selling agent for the Trust's interests
(the ``Interests'') as well as the commodity broker (``Commodity Broker'') of
the Trust.
 
   The Trust Agreement provides that at least 100,000 Interests at $100 per
Interest must be subscribed for and accepted during the Initial Offering Period
(as defined in the Trust Agreement) before Trust operations may commence. The
Trust is offering a maximum of $100,000,000 of limited interests. Following the
close of the Initial Offering Period, additional Interests will be offered
monthly at the then current net asset value per Interest until no later than two
years from the date of the prospectus (February 7, 1996) but in no event after
$100,000,000 in limited interests are sold (the ``Continuous Offering Period'').
A minimum initial contribution of $5,000 ($2,000 for an IRA account) is required
for each new limited owner unless the Managing Owner, in its sole discretion,
approves a contribution of a lesser amount. Existing limited owners will be
permitted to make additional contributions in increments of not less than $100
during the Continuous Offering Period.
 
   Redemptions may occur monthly, on at least 10 days' prior written notice,
commencing with the end of the first full quarter of Trust trading activity.
Redemptions will be at the net asset value per Interest, however, Interests
redeemed on or prior to the end of the first and second successive six-month
periods after their purchase will be subject to a redemption charge of 4% and
3%, respectively, of the net asset value at which they are redeemed. These
redemption charges will be paid to the Managing Owner. Partial redemptions will
be permitted.
 
   As of March 31, 1996, $1,000 had been contributed to the Trust by the
Managing Owner. The Managing Owner will contribute to the Trust an additional
amount between $100,000 and $1,009,000 depending upon the total number of
limited interests sold. In return, the Managing Owner will receive a
proportionate number of general interests and will have at least a 1% interest
in the profits and losses of the Trust. The Managing Owner will be required to
maintain at least a 1% interest in the Trust so long as it is acting as the
Managing Owner.
 
   The Managing Owner, on behalf of the Trust, entered into an agreement (the
``Advisory Agreement'') with Willowbridge Associates Inc., an independent
commodity trading manager (the ``Trading Manager''). The Managing Owner will
make 100% of the Trust's assets available for trading by the Trading Manager,
however, the Managing Owner retains the authority to override trading
instructions that violate the Trust's trading policies. In its trading on behalf
of the Trust, the Trading Manager will initially allocate the Trust's assets to
the following five trading strategies: XLIM-50%, Argo-20%, and Titan, Vulcan,
and Siren-10% each. The Advisory Agreement is for an initial term of
approximately one year and may be renewed thereafter for additional successive
one-year terms. The Managing Owner retains the right to retain additional or
substitute commodity trading managers at its discretion.
 
B. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
Basis of Accounting
 
   The books and records of the Trust are maintained on the accrual basis of
accounting in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
 
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Income Taxes
 
   The Trust is not required to provide for, or pay, any federal or state income
taxes. Income tax attributes that arise from its operations will be passed
directly to the individual limited owners and the Managing Owner. The Trust may
be subject to other state and local taxes in jurisdictions in which it operates.
 
Profit and loss allocations and distributions
 
   The Trust intends to allocate profits and losses for both financial and tax
reporting purposes to the limited owners and the Managing Owner monthly on a
pro-rata basis based on each owner's Interests outstanding during the month.
Distributions will be made at the sole discretion of the Managing Owner on a
pro-rata basis in accordance with the respective equity balances of the Managing
Owner and limited owners.
 
C. Fees
 
Organizational, Offering, General and Administrative Costs
 
   PSI or its affiliates will pay the costs of organizing the Trust and offering
its Interests as well as administrative costs incurred by the Managing Owner or
its affiliates for services it performs for the Trust. These costs include, but
are not limited to, those discussed in Note D below. Routine legal, audit,
postage, and other third party costs also will be paid by PSI or its affiliates.
 
Management and Incentive fees
 
   The Trust will pay the Trading Manager a monthly management fee of 1/4 of 1%
(3% per annum) of the Trust's Net Asset Value allocated to its management as of
the last day of each month and a quarterly incentive fee of 20% of such Trading
Manager's ``New High Net Trading Profits'' (as defined in the Advisory
Agreement).
 
Commissions
 
   The Managing Owner, on behalf of the Trust, entered into an agreement (the
``Brokerage Agreement'') with PSI to act as Commodity Broker whereby the Trust
will pay a fixed monthly fee for brokerage services rendered. The monthly fee
will equal .64583 of 1% (7.75% per annum) of the Trust's Net Asset Value as of
the first day of each month. From this fee, PSI will pay all of the Trust's
execution (i.e., floor brokerage expenses, give-up charges and NFA, clearing and
exchange fees) and account maintenance costs, as well as compensation to
employees who sell Interests in the Trust.
 
D. Related Parties
 
   The Managing Owner or its affiliates will perform services for the Trust
which will include but not be limited to: brokerage services, accounting and
financial management, registrar, transfer and assignment functions, investor
communications, printing and other administrative services.
 
   One hundred percent of the proceeds of this offering will be received in the
Trust's name and deposited in cash in segregated trading accounts at PSI for as
long as the Trust's Brokerage Agreement with PSI remains in effect. PSI will
credit the Trust monthly with the interest earned on 80% of the equity in these
accounts and will retain the interest earned on the remaining 20%.
 
   When the Trust engages in forward foreign currency transactions, it will
trade with PSI who will simultaneously engage in back-to-back transactions with
an affiliate who, pursuant to the Trust's prospectus, is obligated to charge a
competitive price.
 
E. Credit and Market Risk
 
   Since the Trust's business will be to trade futures, forward and options
contracts, its capital will be at risk due to changes in the value of these
contracts (market risk) or the inability of counterparties to perform under the
terms of the contracts (credit risk).
 
   Futures, forward and options contracts involve varying degrees of off-balance
sheet risk; and changes in the level of volatility of interest rates, foreign
currency exchange rates or the market values of the contracts (or commodities
underlying the contracts) will frequently result in changes in the Trust's
unrealized gain (loss) on open commodity positions reflected in the statements
of financial condition. The Trust's exposure to market risk will be influenced
by a number of factors including the relationships among the contracts to be
held by the Trust as well as the liquidity of the markets in which the contracts
are to be traded.
 
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   Futures and options contracts are traded on organized exchanges and are thus
distinguished from forward contracts which are entered into privately by the
parties. The credit risks associated with futures and options contracts are
typically perceived to be less than those associated with forward contracts
because exchanges typically provide clearinghouse arrangements in which the
collective credit (subject to certain limitations) of the members of the
exchanges is pledged to support the financial integrity of the exchange. On the
other hand, the Trust must rely solely on the credit of its broker (PSI) with
respect to forward transactions. The Trust will present unrealized gains and
losses on open forward positions as a net amount in the statement of financial
condition because it has a master netting agreement with PSI.
 
   The Managing Owner will attempt to minimize both credit and market risks by
requiring the Trust's Trading Manager to abide by various trading limitations
and policies. The Managing Owner will monitor compliance with these trading
limitations and policies which include, but are not limited to, executing and
clearing all trades with creditworthy counterparties (currently, it is intended
that PSI will be the sole counterparty or broker); limiting the amount of margin
or premium required for any one commodity or all commodities combined; and
generally limiting transactions to contracts which are traded in sufficient
volume to permit the taking and liquidating of positions. The Managing Owner may
impose additional restrictions (through modifications of such trading
limitations and policies) upon the trading activities of the Trading Manager as
it, in good faith, deems to be in the best interests of the Trust.
 
   PSI, when acting as the Trust's futures commission merchant in accepting
orders for the purchase or sale of domestic futures and options contracts, will
be required by Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'') regulations to
separately account for and segregate as belonging to the Trust all assets of the
Trust relating to domestic futures and options trading and not to commingle such
assets with other assets of PSI. Part 30.7 of the CFTC regulations also will
require PSI to secure assets of the Trust related to foreign futures and options
trading. There are no segregation requirements for assets related to forward
trading.
 
F. Subsequent Event
 
   On May 1, 1996, the Trust accepted subscriptions for 125,352 limited
interests and an additional 1,500 general interests and commenced its trading
activities. The proceeds to the Trust were $12,685,200.
 
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                          WILLOWBRIDGE STRATEGIC TRUST
                          (a Delaware Business Trust)
      ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
                           AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
   As of March 31, 1996 the minimum required capital of $10,000,000 raised by
the Trust through its public offering of Interests had not yet become available.
This caused the Trust to have limited funds on March 31, 1996. The Trust plans
to use the funds raised from investors by means of this offering of Interests
for the speculative trading of a portfolio consisting primarily of commodity
futures, forward and options contracts. On May 1, 1996 the Trust commenced its
trading activities with gross proceeds of $12,686,200. Additional Interests will
be offered monthly at the then current net asset value per Interest until no
later than two years from the date of the prospectus (February 7, 1996) but in
no event after $100,000,000 in limited interests are sold.
 
   The Trust's net assets will be held in accounts at PSI. A significant portion
of the net assets will be held in cash which will be used as margin for the
Trust's trading in commodities. Inasmuch as the sole business of the Trust will
be to trade in commodities, the Trust will continue to own such liquid assets to
be used as margin. PSI will credit the Trust monthly with 80% of the interest it
earns on the equity in these accounts and will retain the remaining 20%.
 
   The commodities contracts are subject to periods of illiquidity because of
market conditions, regulatory considerations and other reasons. For example,
commodity exchanges limit fluctuations in commodity futures contract prices
during a single day by regulations referred to as ``daily limits.'' During a
single day, no trades may be executed at prices beyond the daily limit. Once the
price of a futures contract for a particular commodity has increased or
decreased by an amount equal to the daily limit, positions in the commodity can
neither be taken nor liquidated unless traders are willing to effect trades at
or within the limit. Commodity futures prices have occasionally moved the daily
limit for several consecutive days with little or no trading. Such market
conditions could prevent the Trust from promptly liquidating its commodity
futures positions.
 
   Since the Trust's business will be to trade futures, forward and options
contracts, its capital will be at risk due to changes in the value of these
contracts (market risk) or the inability of counterparties to perform under the
terms of the contracts (credit risk). The Managing Owner will attempt to
minimize these risks by requiring the Trust's Trading Manager to abide by
various trading limitations and policies. See Note E to the financial statements
for a further discussion of the credit and market risks associated with the
Trust's futures, forward and options contracts.
 
   The Trust does not have, nor does it expect to have, any capital assets.
 
   Future redemptions and contributions will impact the amount of funds
available for investment in commodity contracts in subsequent periods.
 
Results of Operations
 
   Through March 31, 1996, the Trust had no operations.
 
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                           PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
 
Item 1. Legal Proceedings--There are no material legal proceedings pending by or
        against the Registrant or the Managing Owner
 
Item 2. Changes in Securities--None
 
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities--None
 
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders--None
 
Item 5. Other Information--None
 
Item 6. (a) Exhibits--
 
         3.1
         and
          4.1--Second Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust
               Agreement of the Registrant dated as of December 14, 1995
               (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to 4.1 to the
               Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No.
               33-80443, dated as of December 14, 1995)
 
          4.2--Subscription Agreement (incorporated by reference to
               Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
               Form S-1, File No. 33-80443, dated as of December 14, 1995)
 
          4.3--Request for Redemption (incorporated by reference to
               Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant's Registration
               Statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-80443, dated as of
               December 14, 1995)
 
        10.8--Form of Foreign Currency Addendum to Brokerage
              Agreement between the Registrant and Prudential
              Securities Incorporated (filed herewith)
 
        27.1--Financial Data Schedule (filed herewith)
 
        (b) Reports on Form 8-K--None
 
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                                   SIGNATURES
 
   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
WILLOWBRIDGE STRATEGIC TRUST
 

                                               
By: Prudential Securities Futures Management
Inc.A Delaware corporation, Managing Owner
     By: /s/ Steven Carlino                       Date: May 15, 1996
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     Steven Carlino
     Vice President
     Chief Accounting Officer for the
     Registrant

 
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