Base 2 - FTLT or Bull or Bonds (UVXY)
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About
A momentum-driven, multi-ETF rotation that shifts between bonds, leveraged bulls, and volatility hedges based on short-term and longer-term momentum signals to balance upside with risk control.
What happens in plain language:
- The system decides where to invest by looking at short-term momentum across many ETFs. Momentum here means “is this asset showing strength lately?”, measured with a simple gauge (an RSI-like indicator) computed over 10 days. A high reading (above 79) signals intense recent strength. If any of several broad ETFs (including QQQE, VTV, VOX, TECL, SPY, XLK, and others) show that very strong momentum, the model puts you into a volatility hedge (UVXY) with full weight. This is a protective tilt toward volatility when momentum is extreme.
- If those momentum gates don’t fire, the engine explores other paths: a ballast/bond route via FTLT (low-duration bond exposure) or “Safety Town,” and then a set of bullish/leveraged tilt ideas. These include leveraged tech/market leaders (TECL, SOXL, TQQQ, SPXL, ERX, etc.) and related sector/broad-market proxies. The choice among these is driven by additional signals such as which asset has the strongest recent performance (ranked by cumulative return) and other momentum checks over longer windows (21–126 days).
- Exposures are set with explicit weights (often 100% to the chosen asset, sometimes 15% to another candidate, or smaller splits), producing a clear tilt rather than a blended basket. There are hedges and anti-beta components (BTAL, SVXY, VIXM, BTAL) used in sub-groups to dampen risk in how the system allocates capital.
- Rebalancing in the example is labeled as none, with a small corridor parameter indicating a potential limit to how far allocations can drift before a true signal would trigger a switch. Overall, the strategy aims to ride favorable regimes with levered long exposures while using volatility hedges and bond ballast to protect against sharp downturns, all governed by a dense network of momentum and trend checks across a wide set of ETFs.
Momentum-rotation strategy aims for far higher out-of-sample gains than the S&P 500, backed by solid risk-adjusted metrics (Calmar ~1.23, Sharpe ~1.10). Uses hedges and bonds to reduce risk, but expect larger drawdowns in downturns.
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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 345.99% | 13.12% | -2.02% | -1.16% | 0.8 | |
| 367,575,987.94% | 247.84% | -3.85% | -1.63% | 2.16 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$36,757,608,794.20Regulatory Fees
$139,158,030.62
Total Slippage
$1,001,001,000.78
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Apr 29, 2023
Trading Setting
Threshold 10%
Type
Stocks
Category
Momentum rotation, tactical asset allocation, leveraged etfs, volatility hedges, risk management
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