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Symphonies
🌭 Operation: Meat Shield | [Low Touch] | 3Y BT ~ AR: 31.7%, DD: 21.7%
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About

Own UnitedHealth (80%) and Costco (20%) only when they aren’t overheated. If they are—or if the market just crashed—sit in a T‑bill ETF (BIL). Weekly checks aim to ride steady uptrends and hide in cash during spikes and panics.
NutHow it works
Each week, split 80% UnitedHealth (UNH) and 20% Costco (COST). For each: if its “heat score” (RSI: a 0–100 measure of how fast it’s been rising) is below a cap (UNH 79, COST 69), buy it—unless the S&P 500 fund (SPY) just plunged >12% in 5 days. If too hot or a plunge, park in BIL (T‑bill ETF).
CheckmarkValue prop
Defensive, rules-based sleeve using RSI gates and crash-stops into T-bills. Diversification overlay, not core. Out-of-sample: about -6.8% annualized return and ~52% drawdown vs SPY's ~19%, so not a stand-alone winner.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
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SPY
0.090.750.30.55
Performance Metrics
Cumulative ReturnAnnualized ReturnTrailing 1M ReturnTrailing 3M ReturnSharpe Ratio
SPY
531.1%10.47%1.2%6.23%0.6
🌭 Operation: Meat Shield | [Low Touch] | 3Y BT ~ AR: 31.7%, DD: 21.7%
1,197.37%14.86%-0.09%3.15%0.65
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$129,737.31
Regulatory Fees
$84.59
Total Slippage
$480.89
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OOS Start Date
Nov 25, 2022
Trading Setting
Weekly
Type
Stocks
Category
Defensive timing, rsi-based, large-cap single-stock, crash switch, t-bills/cash, weekly rebalance
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 0 assets in total
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FAQ

A Composer symphony is an automated trading strategy that executes trades based on parameters of your choice. Some symphonies are similar to holding one ETF in normal conditions and rotating to a different ETF when market conditions shift, for example a 5% drop in the S&P 500, while others use complex rules with dozens of triggers. However, complex doesn’t always mean better. A simple, well-structured symphony can be just as effective as an intricate one. Learn more about how symphonies work here.

The symphony is currently performing the same as yesterday today. Performance updates in real time during market hours.

The symphony is currently allocated toUNHandCOST. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, the symphony has returned -7.36%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for the symphony is 52.49%. The maximum drawdown measures the largest peak-to-trough decline. It's an important metric to evaluate risk and the strategy's behavior during market stress.

To invest in the symphony, simply click the Invest button on this page. You'll need to open an account with Composer if you don't have one yet, then you can start investing. Composer will automatically execute the trades for you based on the strategy's rules. Composer also supports trading individual stocks, ETFs, crypto, and options.