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(C) E$[NO K-1 50/50] ☢️ V1.11 The Manhattan Project | 50% TQQQ Minimal | 50% Beta Baller + TCCC (856%/30%MDD)
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About

A complex, rule-driven tactical strategy using a big basket of 3x leveraged and inverse ETFs to switch between risk-on stock bets and risk-off hedges based on momentum, trend, and volatility signals. It’s busy, highly levered, and designed for dynamic regime shifts.
NutHow it works
- The strategy is a large, nested decision tree that looks for market strength, weakness, and volatility cues every day. - It doesn’t buy a mix of assets at once; it picks the one asset that best matches its current rule set and allocates 100% of capital to that instrument. - Assets are usually 3x leveraged bets on broad market indices, sectors, or risk-on/risk-off proxies; hedges include volatility and bond-related ETFs. - Signals come from price trends (is the price following a long-term uptrend?), momentum (is recent performance strong or fading?), and volatility (is volatility rising, as shown by VXX signals?). - In simple terms, when market signals look favorable for stocks and momentum is strong, the system leans into levered stock exposures (TECL, SOXL, TQQQ, SPXL, UPRO). When signals flip toward risk-off, it pivots into hedges and safer assets (TMF, TMV, SQQQ, VXX, SHY, BIL, GLD). - The code-like structure shows a lot of “IF this, THEN that” blocks with “TOP” or “BOTTOM” selectors, meaning it ranks potential assets by a criterion and then buys the top-ranked one. - The approach is tactical and high-risk, designed to adapt to regime changes rather than follow a long-run buy-and-hold mindset.
CheckmarkValue prop
Out-of-sample, this levered ETF strategy shows higher risk-adjusted returns vs the S&P 500 (OOS Sharpe ~1.51 vs 1.39; Calmar ~2.60) and higher upside (OOS annualized ~107% vs 23%), but with larger drawdowns.
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YTD
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
AlphaBetaR2R
1.940.920.080.29
Performance Metrics
Cumulative ReturnAnnualized ReturnTrailing 1M ReturnTrailing 3M ReturnSharpe Ratio
137.1%14.7%-1.77%0.2%0.78
13,845,804.81%556%-6.99%10.24%3.24
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$1,384,590,481.19
Regulatory Fees
$4,126,446.86
Total Slippage
$29,628,384.67
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Dec 7, 2023
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Leveraged etf basket, tactical asset allocation, risk-on risk-off, volatility trading, trend-following
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 38 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Stocks
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
CURE
Direxion Daily Healthcare Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
DBC
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
Stocks
DIG
ProShares Ultra Energy
Stocks
EEM
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Stocks
EFA
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
Stocks
EPI
WisdomTree India Earnings Fund ETF
Stocks
ERX
Direxion Daily Energy Bull 2X ETF
Stocks
EWZ
iShares MSCI Brazil ETF
Stocks

FAQ

A Composer symphony is an automated trading strategy that executes trades based on parameters of your choice. Some symphonies are similar to holding one ETF in normal conditions and rotating to a different ETF when market conditions shift, for example a 5% drop in the S&P 500, while others use complex rules with dozens of triggers. However, complex doesn’t always mean better. A simple, well-structured symphony can be just as effective as an intricate one. Learn more about how symphonies work here.

The symphony is currently performing the same as yesterday today. Performance updates in real time during market hours.

The symphony is currently allocated toTQQQandSOXS. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, the symphony has returned 80.49%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for the symphony is 41.18%. The maximum drawdown measures the largest peak-to-trough decline. It's an important metric to evaluate risk and the strategy's behavior during market stress.

To invest in the symphony, simply click the Invest button on this page. You'll need to open an account with Composer if you don't have one yet, then you can start investing. Composer will automatically execute the trades for you based on the strategy's rules. Composer also supports trading individual stocks, ETFs, and options.