Buy the Dips Else Not Boring v1.2
Today’s Change (Mar 17, 2026)
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About
Buys 3× Nasdaq after weekly dips, unless a big one‑day bounce just happened. Otherwise runs a simple risk‑on/risk‑off mix of Treasuries, tech, financials, gold, dollar, and volatility, sized by recent calmness. Uses leveraged ETFs; expect big swings.
If QQQ (big‑tech index) fell >5% in 5 days, buy TQQQ (a 3× QQQ) to play a rebound—unless TQQQ already jumped >5% today; then use the backup model.
Backup model: If QQQ just had a sharp 10‑day drop, hold a mix of GLD (gold), TMF (long Treasuries), UUP (US dollar), UVXY (volatility), and FAS (financials), giving more to the calmer ones.
Else, if Treasuries also plunged, stay defensive. Otherwise, go risk‑on with TMF, TQQQ, and FAS, again favoring the steadier one.
Out-of-sample edge: about 28.3% annualized return vs ~22.6% for the S&P, with Calmar ~0.90 and disciplined risk controls. Higher upside, diversified hedges, but larger drawdowns and volatility due to leverage.
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3M
6M
YTD
1Y
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.2 | 1.17 | 0.42 | 0.65 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 582.04% | 14.44% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 0.89 | |
| 11,247.77% | 39.42% | -5.98% | -4.32% | 1.25 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$1,134,776.67Regulatory Fees
$3,238.62
Total Slippage
$19,170.74
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Feb 21, 2023
Trading Setting
Threshold 5%
Type
Stocks
Category
Tactical allocation, buy-the-dip, risk-parity, drawdown filters, inverse-vol weighting, leveraged etfs, macro hedging
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 7 assets in total
Ticker
Type
FAS
Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x ETF
Stocks
GLD
SPDR Gold Trust, SPDR Gold Shares
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks
TMF
Direxion Daily 20+ Year Treasury Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
TQQQ
ProShares UltraPro QQQ
Stocks
UUP
Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund
Stocks
UVXY
ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF
Stocks