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Chicken & Fried Rice (120.6% RR, 14.3% MD, 20.2% SD, 2022 BT)
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A symphony is an automated trading strategy — Learn more about symphonies here

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A highly diversified, rules-based strategy that rotates through gold, bonds, emerging markets, equities sectors, energy, and volatility exposure with a KMLM-driven switcher, aiming to capture trends while managing risk through hedges.
NutHow it works
Think of this as a big jigsaw puzzle made of several smaller puzzles. Each puzzle focuses on a market theme (gold, bonds, tech stocks, emerging markets, oil, volatility) and uses simple signals to decide what to own. A common signal is momentum: has the price been rising over a window of days? If yes, that puzzle tends to lean long; if not, it may suggest hedging or rotating into something else. Other signals check how volatile things are and whether recent performance is stronger or weaker than usual. Every day, the pieces are reassembled: the strategy buys the most promising themes and hedges risky ones with volatility or inverse positions. A special part of the mix (the KMLM switcher) rotates among managed-futures-like exposures to diversify how risk is taken. In short: a diversified, rules-based blend of stocks, bonds, precious metals, oil, and volatility bets that shifts focus as market signals change.
CheckmarkValue prop
Out-of-sample, this diversified, rules-based strategy delivers ~72% annualized return with ~4.16 Sharpe vs SPY ~28%/2.37, while maintaining a low beta (~0.37) and robust hedges to manage risk.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
AlphaBetaR2R
0.690.420.150.38
Performance Metrics
Cumulative ReturnAnnualized ReturnTrailing 1M ReturnTrailing 3M ReturnSharpe Ratio
59.47%12.7%-1.77%0.2%0.77
1,603.72%106.71%0.39%17.94%3.89
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$170,372.36
Regulatory Fees
$313.06
Total Slippage
$1,938.00
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Jun 6, 2025
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Multi-asset, momentum, hedging, sector rotation, volatility, managed-futures flavor
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 96 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AAPL
Apple Inc.
Stocks
AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Stocks
AMZN
Amazon.Com Inc
Stocks
AVGO
Broadcom Inc. Common Stock
Stocks
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
BOND
PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund
Stocks
BRK/B
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B
Stocks
BSV
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
Stocks
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
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 toMETA, AVGO, XOM, BOND, SVXY, UUP, NVDA, DBO, UGL, GOOG, TQQQ, LLY, SHV, EDC, AAPL, MA, BRK/B, AMZN, UNH, ORCL, V, FTLS, JPM, TSLA, HD, GLD, TSM, PG, WMT, MSFT, BIL, SQQQ, COST, KMLM, BNDandPSQ. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, the symphony has returned 78.30%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for the symphony is 6.80%. 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.