**EXHIBIT 31.02**

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**RULE13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) CERTIFICATIONS**

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I, Barbra E.Kocsis, Chief Financial Officer, President and Manager of Merrill LynchAlternative Investment LLC, the manager of ML Trend-Following, L.P. certifythat:

 

1.I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of MLTrend-Following Futures Fund L.P.;

 

2. Based on my knowledge,this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit tostate a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge,the financial statements, and other financial information included in thisreport, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, theperiods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s othercertifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d - 15(f)) for the registrant andhave:

 

 a) Designedsuch disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the registrant, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b) Designed such internal control over financialreporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to bedesigned under our supervision, to provided reasonable assurance regarding thereliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statementsfor external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accountingprinciples;

 

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’sdisclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusionsabout the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of theend of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;

 

d)  Disclosed inthis report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter thathas materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s othercertifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation,of internal control over financial reporting to the registrant’s auditorsand  the audit committee of theregistrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions):

 

a) All significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrol over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adverselyaffect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and reportfinancial information; and

 

b) Any fraud, whether ornot material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 
| Date:  May 15, 2009 | By                                            | /s/  Barbra E. Kocsis |
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|                     | Barbra  E. Kocsis                             |
|                     | Chief  Financial Officer                      |
|                     | (Principal  Financial and Accounting Officer) |

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