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About
A tactical, risk‑managed strategy that rides tech‑led uptrends with leveraged funds, hedges overheated bursts, buys sharp dips, and shifts to safe havens or managed‑futures (e.g., KMLM) when trends break or volatility spikes. It’s fast, adaptive, and defensive.
- When the market is trending up and calm, it owns fast movers (mostly tech-heavy funds like TQQQ/TECL/SOXL) to ride the uptrend.
- If prices get “too hot” (big 1‑day pop or very strong momentum), it briefly hedges or takes the opposite side (SQQQ/UVXY) to avoid a giveback.
- If prices get “too cold” (quick drop/oversold), it buys the dip in those same fast movers for a rebound.
- If the trend breaks (below key moving averages, sharp drawdowns) or bonds look stronger than stocks, it moves to safety: cash‑like T‑bills, long Treasuries, gold, the US dollar, defensive stock sectors, or “managed futures” funds such as KMLM that can do well when stocks/bonds struggle.
- It keeps checking these conditions and rotates as they change.
Adaptive, risk-managed strategy with hedges and safe-haven rotations. Out-of-sample: ~9.9% annualized return, max drawdown ~12.7%, Calmar ~0.78, Sharpe ~0.46. Offers diversification and downside control beyond a single SPY bet.
1M
3M
6M
YTD
1Y
3Y
Max
Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.47 | 0.64 | 0.06 | 0.25 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85.8% | 18.41% | 2.19% | 5.01% | 1.07 | |
| 22,554.12% | 338.85% | -2.47% | -0.54% | 3.5 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$2,265,412.23Regulatory Fees
$7,586.87
Total Slippage
$48,586.82
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
May 18, 2025
Trading Setting
Threshold 10%
Type
Stocks
Category
Tactical allocation, risk-managed growth, leveraged etfs, volatility hedged, trend-following, mean reversion, managed futures, defensive rotation
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 114 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AAPL
Apple Inc.
Stocks
ADBE
Adobe Inc.
Stocks
AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Stocks
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
Stocks
AMGN
Amgen Inc
Stocks
AMZN
Amazon.Com Inc
Stocks
AVGO
Broadcom Inc. Common Stock
Stocks
AXP
American Express Company
Stocks
BA
Boeing Company
Stocks
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks