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About
An ultra-advanced, multi-regime momentum system that rotates among levered tech/semis bets and hedges, selecting top performers within each market-basket and shifting based on volatility, trend, and RSI-like signals. Highly aggressive with leverage.
What the strategy is doing, in plain language:
1) It splits the market into different “scenes” or groups (for example, a bull tech/semis group, a bear/defense group, a volatility-hedge group, and several risk-off defense baskets). Each group contains many ticker symbols (funds with price movement that tracks specific market ideas).
2) Within each group, it looks at how each asset performed recently and ranks them. The ranking is usually based on a short-term momentum measure (things like the last few days’ price changes or a moving-average return). The idea is to pick the one asset in that group that has shown the strongest recent up-momentum.
3) For each group, it takes the top-ranked asset (often the plan is to allocate the full stated weight to that single choice) and holds it. So you might end up with several different assets owned at once, each representing a different market viewpoint (for example, a levered tech/semis bet like SOXL or TECL, a broad bull bet like SPXL, a volatility hedge like UVXY, or defense like SHY/GLD).
4) The strategy uses signals to switch: signals such as being “overbought” in SPY (high RSI) or “oversold” in markets, or volatility spikes, trigger selling and rotation to hedges or different baskets. There are also explicit regimes like “Bear Market,” “Defense,” or “High Inflation” that push you into hedges (e.g., SQQQ, UVXY, TMV) or into defensive fixed-income/precious metal positions.
5) The approach blends momentum with regime rules, attempting to exploit bursts of pent-up returns in levered bets while preserving capital with hedges and defense in risk-off regimes. It’s highly rules-driven and data-dependent, with many nested conditions guiding whether to go long, hedge, or stay in cash at any moment. It is not a simple indicator-cross strategy; it is a large, layered tree designed to navigate a wide set of market environments.
Notes for a lay reader: RSI is a momentum gauge (weaker in simple terms: “how strong the recent price move is”). Levered ETFs (like SOXL, TECL, TQQQ, SPXL) magnify moves (both upside and downside) and can produce bigger gains or bigger losses than non-levered funds. The plan relies on scoring assets by recent performance and picking the best, which is a robust but aggressive approach. The description shows a preference for holding mostly one asset per group at a time, with multiple groups contributing to a multi-asset exposure, and a heavy emphasis on risk hedges during volatile or stretched conditions. This is not suitable for all investors and requires careful risk management and understanding of the levered products involved.
Out-of-sample edge: higher annualized return (23.57% vs 23.06% SPY) from regime-switching momentum and levered bets with hedges. Be aware of larger drawdowns and a lower risk-adjusted return—ideal for growth-focused, risk-tolerant investors.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.23 | 0.59 | 0.02 | 0.15 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 222.82% | 14.21% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 0.81 | |
| 7,463,198,278.12% | 680.69% | -27.44% | -4.07% | 3.12 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$746,319,837,811.86Regulatory Fees
$7,069,170,990.50
Total Slippage
$12,831,515,938.93
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Dec 29, 2022
Trading Setting
Threshold 4%
Type
Stocks
Category
Momentum, leveraged etfs, regime switching, tactical allocation, volatility hedges
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 49 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Stocks
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BSV
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
Stocks
CURE
Direxion Daily Healthcare Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
DBC
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
Stocks
DRN
Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
EEM
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Stocks
EFA
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
Stocks
EPI
WisdomTree India Earnings Fund ETF
Stocks
ERX
Direxion Daily Energy Bull 2X ETF
Stocks