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Basic Portfolio | 2011-09-13
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A rules‑based, daily “on/off” portfolio across stocks, Treasuries, and commodities. It rides uptrends, avoids weak or overheated markets by parking in T‑bills, and sometimes hedges with volatility (VIXY). Tech‑tilted when risk is on; defensive when it’s not.
NutHow it works
Daily, money is routed into sleeves: stocks, bonds, and commodities. Signals use moving averages (trend: price vs its past average), RSI (0–100 heat gauge: >70 hot, <30 cold), and a volatility check. Stocks: mostly QQQ (big tech). If the market looks overheated, it briefly buys VIXY (volatility). In weak markets it may use SOXX/XLK (tech) or defensive SPHB/BTAL. Commodities (gold, oil, nat gas, metals) and Treasuries (TMF/TMV) turn on/off similarly; otherwise sit in T‑bills (BIL).
CheckmarkValue prop
Out-of-sample, this strategy delivers 30.6% annualized return with 10.6% max drawdown, vs SPY's 21.7% return and 18.8% drawdown. Sharpe ~1.91, Calmar ~2.89—strong, diversified trend/hedge that beats the S&P 500.
1M
3M
6M
YTD
1Y
3Y
Max
Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
Alpha
Beta
R2
R
0.28
0.21
0.09
0.29
Performance Metrics
Cumulative Return
Annualized Return
Trailing 1M Return
Trailing 3M Return
Sharpe Ratio
653.7%
15.43%
3.07%
6.63%
0.93
6,878.55%
35.2%
1.01%
0.22%
2.54
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$697,854.52
Regulatory Fees
$1,673.68
Total Slippage
$10,556.00
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
May 4, 2024
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Tactical multi-asset, trend-following, momentum, mean-reversion, volatility hedge, equities, bonds, commodities
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 0 assets in total
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