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About
Daily, rules-based blend of mini-strategies that buys strength or deep dips in tech/semis and gold miners, hedges when markets look overheated, and shifts to Treasuries/volatility/managed‑futures (KMLM) in risk‑off. Positions are sized by inverse volatility.
It runs several mini-systems each day (tech/semis momentum, gold‑miner swing, a managed‑futures toggle around KMLM, and a dip‑buyer). First it asks “risk‑on or risk‑off?” (SPY vs 200‑day). In risk‑on it buys 3x growth ETFs unless they look overheated (RSI is a 0–100 “hot/cold” gauge); then it hedges with volatility (UVXY) or parks in T‑Bills (BIL). In risk‑off it uses inverse Nasdaq, Treasuries (TLT/TMF), gold/BTAL. It splits across the best sleeves and sizes by recent volatility.
Daily, rules-based multi-strategy blending tech momentum, miners, volatility hedges and macro futures. Out-of-sample Calmar 2.75 with ~28.7% annualized return and ~10% max drawdown—risk-managed growth and diversification versus the S&P.
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YTD
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.59 | 0.8 | 0.02 | 0.13 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13.07% | 21.64% | 3.95% | 4.88% | 1.5 | |
| 719.33% | 2,763.6% | 2.47% | 170.52% | 4.31 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$81,933.45Regulatory Fees
$54.44
Total Slippage
$438.85
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Jul 18, 2026
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Multi-strategy,tactical asset allocation,momentum & mean-reversion,trend-following,leveraged etfs,volatility hedging,managed futures,sector rotation
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 97 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AAPX
T-Rex 2X Long Apple Daily Target ETF
Stocks
AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Stocks
AGQ
ProShares Ultra Silver
Stocks
AMDL
GraniteShares 2x Long AMD Daily ETF
Stocks
AMZN
Amazon.Com Inc
Stocks
AMZU
Direxion Shares ETF Trust Direxion Daily AMZN Bull 2X ETF
Stocks
AMZZ
GraniteShares 2x Long AMZN Daily ETF
Stocks
AVGO
Broadcom Inc. Common Stock
Stocks
BABA
Alibaba Group Holding Limited American Depositary Shares, each represents eight Ordinary Shares
Stocks
BAM
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd.
Stocks