Commander BND V2 | 4 Trade Days / Year | Garen Mod
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A quarterly, regime-driven momentum system using bond/cash signals to switch between 4x-leveraged equity bets (risk-on) and defensive hedges (risk-off), selected by RSI rankings from pools of ETFs.
The plan runs in quarterly cycles. It first checks if the bond market has outperformed cash over about 60 days. If yes, it goes Risk-On and buys 4 of 6 highly leveraged ETF bets (SOXL, TECL, TQQQ, UPRO, FAS, TMF) that have the strongest momentum, chosen by an RSI-based ranking over roughly a year. If bonds haven’t beaten cash, it looks at rate expectations by testing if long-term Treasuries underperform cash over about 20 days. If rates are rising, it shifts into a hedged, defensive mix (3 assets chosen from a list of hedges plus a USD fund); if rates are falling, it chooses a different defensive set (XLP, XLV, SHY, UGL, TLT). In all cases, the assets are rebalanced every quarter according to the latest signals. The strategy relies on RSI as a momentum filter to rank candidates and on a few macro signals (bond vs cash, long-duration vs cash) to determine the risk regime.
Out-of-sample annualized return ~45.7% vs S&P ~22%; Sharpe ~1.10; Calmar ~0.96. A tactical, regime-switching strategy using leverage and hedges, rebalanced quarterly for big upside - higher risk, ideal for seasoned investors.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.56 | 0.52 | 0.05 | 0.22 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 355.73% | 13.22% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 0.81 | |
| 84,858.31% | 73.71% | 5.29% | 17.67% | 1.58 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$8,495,831.49Regulatory Fees
$2,126.23
Total Slippage
$14,226.70
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Oct 5, 2022
Trading Setting
Quarterly
Type
Stocks
Category
Momentum, leveraged etfs, tactical asset allocation, macro regime switching, risk-on/risk-off, bond vs cash signaling, rate-driven hedging
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 22 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
FAS
Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x ETF
Stocks
PST
ProShares Trust UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury
Stocks
QID
ProShares UltraShort QQQ
Stocks
SDS
ProShares UltraShort S&P500
Stocks
SHY
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
SOXL
Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
TBT
ProShares Trust UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury
Stocks