(B) FTL Starburst | Interstellar Mods (519/20%MDD) Since 2024
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About
FTL Starburst is a daily-rotating, multi-asset strategy that uses a large toolbox of leveraged ETFs, volatility hedges, biotech/China plays, and managed-futures exposure. It selects one best rotation path each day based on recent performance and risk screens, then allocates capital accordingly.
- The system is a multi-layer decision tree that rebalances daily.
- It starts by splitting cash into major modules (FTL Starburst, WYLD Mean Reversion, WAM rotators, NOVA/KMLM switchers).
- Each module contains sub-strategies that pick specific tickers (eg. TQQQ, TECL, UVXY, SQQQ, YINN/YANG, LABU/LABD, KMLM) based on simple, rules-based checks of recent performance and risk.
- Mean reversion modules look for extremes in recent moves and tilt toward bullish or bearish plays accordingly.
- The WAM and NOVA blocks run rotating “packages” of assets designed to tilt toward growth, defense, or hedges, and they often compare several assets on windows like 4, 10, 20, 60 days to decide which one to fund.
- A separate “max drawdown” group scans pairs of high-leverage or hedged assets (for example TQQQ vs UVXY or TQQQ vs SOXL) and screens for the smallest worst drop to select a path that minimizes big losses.
- Exposures include tech/QQQ-related plays, biotech/biotech-levered plays, China plays, energy, gold, bonds, and VIX-related hedges, providing broad cross-asset diversification.
- The final portfolio is a single chosen path with cash allocated across the selected assets in that path (often near 100% if the path is full-weighted).
- The strategy uses a lot of rules around “relative strength” and “moving averages” to decide which package to run, with risk controls embedded via drawdown/risk screens. Note: many tickers are levered or inverse and carry high risk; this is not a passive or simple buy-and-hold approach.
Out-of-sample tested daily rotation across a diversified toolbox with hedges and managed futures aims to deliver higher risk-adjusted returns and smoother drawdowns than the S&P 500 by catching leadership rotations and limiting losses.
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OOS Start Date
May 15, 2025
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Multi-asset rotation, leveraged etfs, mean reversion, volatility hedging, managed futures, sector rotation, rotation-based diversification
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 90 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Stocks
AVUV
Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF
Stocks
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
CONL
GraniteShares ETF Trust GraniteShares 2x Long COIN Daily ETF
Stocks
CORP
PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund
Stocks
COST
Costco Wholesale Corp
Stocks
CTA
Simplify Managed Futures Strategy ETF
Stocks
DBMF
iMGP DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF
Stocks