(C) QLD For The Long Term (62% APY 38.7% DD) 2007
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About
A fast-moving strategy that makes aggressive bets on Nasdaq/tech when trends are strong, but shifts into bonds, cash-like funds, or bearish Nasdaq funds when markets look overheated or weak.
This strategy is an aggressive market-timer built around big bets on the Nasdaq and tech stocks.
Most of the time, if the market trend looks healthy, it buys QLD, a fund that tries to deliver about 2x the daily move of the Nasdaq-100. If tech has fallen sharply very recently, it may buy ROM, a 2x technology fund, to bet on a rebound.
If stocks look too hot or risky, it moves into Treasury bond funds like TLT or IEF, or even cash-like SHV.
When the market looks weak, it can bet against the Nasdaq using PSQ or QID, which go up when the Nasdaq falls.
In short: it tries to press hard on tech when conditions look good, and hide in bonds/cash or turn bearish when conditions worsen.
Out-of-sample, this strategy delivers ~56% annualized return vs ~21% for the S&P, Sharpe ~1.37 and Calmar ~1.73, with agile shifts to bonds/cash when risk rises—offering substantially higher upside while maintaining disciplined risk controls.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.44 | 1.14 | 0.27 | 0.52 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 679.17% | 14.92% | -0.05% | 3.57% | 0.93 | |
| 314,295.88% | 72.55% | -4.77% | 6.71% | 1.69 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$31,439,587.57Regulatory Fees
$46,138.05
Total Slippage
$421,423.39
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Apr 6, 2023
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Tactical asset allocation, market timing, leveraged nasdaq, tech sector, semiconductors, inverse etfs, bonds, daily rebalancing
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 11 assets in total
Ticker
Type
IEF
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
PSQ
ProShares Short QQQ
Stocks
QID
ProShares UltraShort QQQ
Stocks
QLD
ProShares Ultra QQQ
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks
ROM
ProShares Ultra Technology
Stocks
SHV
iShares Trust iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
SMH
VanEck Semiconductor ETF
Stocks
SPY
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Stocks
TLT
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks