BUY THE DIP
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About
A daily-rebalanced dip-buying strategy that checks 1-year drawdowns for SPY and QQQ; if either is down >10%, it bets 3x on that index (via TQQQ); otherwise it holds the plain index. Exposed to equities with high leverage risk and path-dependence due to daily resets.
Layman's view of how it operates:
1) The system looks at two things separately: SPY (the broad U.S. stock market) and QQQ (the tech-heavy Nasdaq). It checks how much each has fallen over the previous year.
2) For SPY: if SPY’s price is down more than 10% over the last 365 days, the system buys the 3x-leveraged version of QQQ (TQQQ). If SPY hasn’t fallen that much, it buys SPY instead.
3) For QQQ: if QQQ’s price is down more than 10% over the last 365 days, the system buys TQQQ. If not, it buys QQQ.
4) The two decisions are combined and rebalanced every trading day, so you end up with a position that’s either TQQQ, SPY, or QQQ, depending on which signals fired.
5) The result is a concentrated equity exposure with a bias toward the levered-tech bet (TQQQ) when the market has experienced a meaningful drawdown in the past year, otherwise a regular exposure to the broad market (SPY) or tech market (QQQ).
Out-of-sample dip-buying strategy targeting higher upside than SPY via selective 3x QQQ bets after 1-year dips. Returns ~26% annually vs SPY ~22%, Sharpe ~1.18, Calmar ~1.52. Note: higher drawdown risk (~17%).
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.04 | 1.19 | 0.85 | 0.92 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 726.91% | 14.06% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 0.85 | |
| 2,052.03% | 21.05% | -0.72% | 0.42% | 0.97 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$215,202.75Regulatory Fees
$148.56
Total Slippage
$447.14
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OOS Start Date
Feb 27, 2025
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Dip-buying, levered equities, 3x qqq, spy, qqq, daily rebalance, signal-driven allocation, equity strategy