Base 2 - FTLT or Bull or Bonds (UVXY)
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About
A tactical, rules-based switcher: fade “too hot” markets with UVXY, buy 3x tech/semis/S&P on “too cold,” and otherwise choose risk-on tech/energy or a defensive volatility/market‑neutral mix, with a bond‑vs‑dollar side toggle.
Every day it asks 3 things:
1) Is the stock market “red hot” short-term? If many market/sector funds look stretched up or Nasdaq just had a big up day, it buys UVXY (a fund that jumps when fear spikes) for a quick pullback bet.
2) Is the market “washed out”? If tech/semis/S&P look very sold off short-term, it buys 3x bull funds (TECL, SOXL, or SPXL) for a rebound.
3) If neither, it checks the 6‑month trend: if risk-on (S&P beats Utilities), it mainly holds 3x Tech (TECL), sometimes switching to 2x Energy (ERX) when commodities lead; if risk-off, it moves to a defensive mix of volatility funds (VIXM/UVXY/SVXY) plus a market‑neutral hedge (BTAL). At times, if long bonds look weak, it toggles between 3x long Treasuries (TMF) and a long‑U.S.-dollar fund (USDU).
Out-of-sample results show far higher upside vs the S&P (≈69.6% annualized vs 22.4%), with Calmar ~1.23 and Sharpe ~1.10. It uses volatility timing and risk-on/off rotations to seek durable gains, but expects larger drawdowns (~57%).
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6M
YTD
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.29 | 1.3 | 0.11 | 0.33 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 344.01% | 13.09% | -2.23% | -2.01% | 0.8 | |
| 356,994,166.34% | 247.29% | -9.69% | -6.66% | 2.16 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$35,699,426,634.27Regulatory Fees
$137,143,464.71
Total Slippage
$986,509,490.95
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OOS Start Date
Apr 29, 2023
Trading Setting
Threshold 10%
Type
Stocks
Category
Tactical, leveraged etfs, volatility timing, mean reversion, momentum, risk-on/risk-off, hedging, bonds, us dollar
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 25 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Stocks
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
DBC
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
Stocks
ERX
Direxion Daily Energy Bull 2X ETF
Stocks
FAS
Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x ETF
Stocks
QQQE
Direxion Shares ETF Trust Direxion NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index 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
SVXY
ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF
Stocks