Adaptive All Weather Portfolio v1
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A dynamic, all-weather-inspired, rules-based portfolio that uses crash protection, regime-based tilts between risk-on/risk-off and rate environments, levered equity exposure, bond sub-strategies, and a rotating commodities sleeve to aim for long-run outperformance with enhanced risk controls.
- The portfolio starts with a crash-protection rule. If a volatility indicator (roughly a 97-day look at VIXY) exceeds a threshold (RSI > 54), it shifts toward safety by allocating a chunk (about 30%) to short-term Treasuries via the SHY ETF to cushion potential drawdowns.
- If volatility is not signaling crash protection, the portfolio maintains a core equity tilt (about 30% of the total) but manages it through regime-based tilts rather than a fixed stock/bond split.
- Equities sleeve is split into regimes: <b>Risk On – Bullish Market Conditions</b> uses levered equity ETFs (such as 2-3x exposure) to capture momentum in a strong, rising market. The specific levered ETFs are filtered and ranked by their recent performance (cumulative return over a short window) and a subset is chosen to participate.
- If signals indicate a tougher environment, the strategy moves to <b>Risk Off</b>, which uses defensive or hedged exposures to dampen risk, including bear/short proxies and market-neutral or dollar-bairing components.
- There is a separate <b>Bonds</b> sleeve (about 55% of the portfolio) with sub-strategies for different rate environments: <i>Normal Market – 1x Bonds</i> (longer-term and intermediate Treasuries in a 60/40 style split); <i>Rising Rates</i> (USD/ bond-focused tilt using dollar-strong exposures plus bear/short-treasury instruments); and <i>Falling Rates</i> (3x leveraged-bond positions to benefit from falling rates). The exact assets rotate within each sub-scenario to reflect regime signals.
- The <b>Commodities</b> sleeve (about 15%) diversifies into a basket of commodity ETFs (broad commodity exposure, oil, gold, silver and related baskets). The framework selects the top performers over a short lookback to build exposure.
- The system uses a corridor (rebalance tolerance) to avoid always reordering every day; it rebalances within a small band to maintain target allocations.
- Overall, the objective is to capture growth when conditions favor risk assets and to defend capital when conditions worsen, while keeping a tax-friendly ETF-only structure and avoiding K-1 complexities.
- Important caveats: leveraged ETFs carry higher volatility and compounding risks; regime signals can lag or give false positives; this is a sophisticated strategy intended for investors who understand leverage and multi-asset timing.
Adaptive, all-weather strategy with crash protection and regime tilts. OOS: beta 0.56; max drawdown 18.0%; annualized return 19.1%; Sharpe 1.04; Calmar 1.06. Diversified to complement SPY with downside protection.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.19 | 0.31 | 0.13 | 0.36 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 260.51% | 14.59% | -2.02% | -1.16% | 0.84 | |
| 728.95% | 25.18% | 1.5% | 1.83% | 1.54 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$82,895.46Regulatory Fees
$334.24
Total Slippage
$1,992.56
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OOS Start Date
Oct 13, 2022
Trading Setting
Threshold 10%
Type
Stocks
Category
Dynamic asset allocation, leveraged etfs, risk management, all-weather-inspired, multi-asset
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 30 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
COMT
iShares U.S. ETF Trust iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF
Stocks
FAS
Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x ETF
Stocks
GLD
SPDR Gold Trust, SPDR Gold Shares
Stocks
GLTR
abrdn Physical Precious Metals Basket Shares ETF
Stocks
OILK
ProShares K-1 Free Crude Oil ETF
Stocks
PDBC
Invesco Actively Managed Exch-Traded Commodity Fd Tr Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF
Stocks
QID
ProShares UltraShort QQQ
Stocks