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A daily-rebalanced, multi‑strategy ETF portfolio using momentum, trend, and volatility signals to tilt among stocks, leveraged ETFs, bonds, gold, and cash, with built‑in hedges to target roughly 7–15% APY and 5–10% max drawdown.
NutHow it works
- What it is: a daily-rebalanced, ETF-based portfolio made of many conditional bets across stocks, bonds, gold, commodities, and volatility. It uses simple signals (momentum, trend, and volatility) to decide which assets to hold. - Signals you’ll hear about: RSI (a momentum gauge), moving-average checks (is the price/trend above or below a long-term average), and momentum rankings (which asset is currently strongest or weakest by returns). - How it picks assets: in many parts, it selects a single asset from a group using a top/bottom rule (e.g., the strongest 1 asset by a momentum metric, or the weakest by an inverse/short signal). It also sometimes uses multiple assets with cash/equal weighting to maintain a buffer. - What it buys or uses: broad market exposure (SPY, QQQ proxies), high-quality bonds (IEI, SHY, AGG, BND), inflation/deflation hedges (GLD for gold, TLT for long Treasuries, TMF for leveraged treasury exposure), cash proxies (BIL), and hedges/leveraged bets for volatility and bear markets (UVXY, VIXY, SQQQ, SDS, SOXS, TECL, TQQQ, UVXY, VIXY). - How it adapts to regimes: when signals indicate risk-on (uptrends, strong momentum), leverage and growth-linked ETFs may be favored. When signals indicate risk-off (overbought momentum, instability, or deteriorating trend), the model shifts toward cash, Treasuries, gold, and hedges, often via inverse or volatility vehicles. - Why it can be attractive: diversification across many regimes can, in theory, capture upside from several sources and provide protective hedges during downturns, with a disciplined daily rebalance. - Important caveats: the strategy relies on back-tested indicators and levered ETFs, which magnify gains and losses. Leveraged/short ETFs can experience decay and may require close risk management. The approach is not a guarantee of returns and may underperform during sustained regime shifts or during periods when correlations across assets rise. - In plain terms: think of it as a big machine that looks at many parts of the financial world every day, tries to predict which part will do best next, and then moves money around between those parts while keeping some cash and hedges in place to protect you if the market turns unfriendly.
CheckmarkValue prop
Out-of-sample Sharpe ~2.51 vs SPY ~1.10; Calmar ~2.89; max drawdown 4.3% vs 18.8%. Higher risk-adjusted returns with diversified hedges, offering more durable growth than the S&P 500.

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OOS Start Date
Mar 24, 2024
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Multi-strategy, momentum & trend following, leveraged etfs, volatility hedging, fixed income & cash, etf-based
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 53 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
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
BSV
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
Stocks
CURE
Direxion Daily Healthcare Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
DBC
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
Stocks
DIG
ProShares Ultra Energy
Stocks
EEM
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Stocks
EFA
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
Stocks
EPI
WisdomTree India Earnings Fund ETF
Stocks

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 toIEF, VGSH, SOXL, VOO, UUP, DBC, SHY, JEPI, TQQQ, SHV, SOXS, IEI, XLU, GLD, TLT, XLY, BILandXLP. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, the symphony has returned 11.44%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for the symphony is 4.29%. 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, and options.