EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Kenneth A. Shewer, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Preferred Investment Solutions Corp., the
Managing Owner of Futures Strategic Trust, do hereby certify that:



| | 1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Futures Strategic Trust (Registrant);
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| | 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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| | 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
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| | 4. | The Registrants other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Registrant and we have:
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a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrants disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

c) Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrants most
recent fiscal quarter (the Registrants fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrants internal control over financial reporting; and



| | 5. | The Registrants other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrants
auditors and the audit committee of Registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role
in the Registrants internal control over financial reporting.



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|Date: March 30, 2007 |  | By: |  | /s/ Kenneth A. Shewer        
|                     |  |     |  | Kenneth A. Shewer            
|                     |  |     |  | Co-Chief Executive Officer   
|                     |  |     |  | (Principal Executive Officer)