7. Pop Bot W/ 1x 60/40 (INVEST) | TLT VS SHY EDITION
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About
A fast-moving strategy that rotates daily between aggressive stock bets, a volatility trade, or a safer 60/40-style mix across the S&P 500, big tech, and semiconductors.
This strategy splits money into 3 equal buckets: the S&P 500, big tech, and semiconductor stocks.
For each bucket, it checks whether prices have recently moved too far, too fast using RSI (a speedometer for recent price moves). If a market looks extremely overheated, it buys UVXY, a very aggressive bet on market fear. If it looks heavily beaten down, it buys a 3x leveraged version of that market to play a rebound.
If neither extreme is true, it uses a calmer approach: 60% in the regular stock fund and 40% in government bonds. If bonds have been acting well, it uses long-term bonds (TLT). If not, it uses short-term bonds (SHY). If the stock trend is weak, it steps aside into very short-term Treasury bills (BIL).
Out-of-sample annualized return ~41% vs S&P ~20%; Sharpe ~1.33; Calmar ~1.55. A tactical, three-sleeve rotation—levered bets, volatility hedge, and risk controls—seeks higher growth with disciplined risk vs the S&P 500.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.3 | 0.71 | 0.22 | 0.47 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 679.17% | 14.92% | -0.05% | 3.57% | 0.93 | |
| 26,157.79% | 45.84% | -1.08% | 13.17% | 1.61 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$2,625,778.92Regulatory Fees
$8,356.92
Total Slippage
$71,301.62
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Nov 19, 2022
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Tactical asset allocation, leveraged etfs, momentum, mean reversion, volatility hedge, equities, treasuries
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 11 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks
SHY
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
SMH
VanEck Semiconductor ETF
Stocks
SOXL
Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
SPXL
Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bull 3x ETF
Stocks
SPY
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Stocks
TLT
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
TQQQ
ProShares UltraPro QQQ
Stocks