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Common Trend Switchboard
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A daily-rebalanced, multi-asset trend-following engine that rotates among risk-on (levered equity baskets) and risk-off assets (dollar, Treasuries, gold, currencies, bonds, commodities) using momentum, moving averages, and relative strength signals across many ETFs. It uses Pareto-style selection to keep the final mix manageable, and it blends dozens of tickers (SPY, QQQ, SPXL, TQQQ, UUP, TMF, GLD, DBC, TIP, BIL, etc.) into a dynamic, regime-driven portfolio. The goal is to maximize upside from strong trends while limiting drawdown through hedges and diversification, updated daily.
NutHow it works
- It runs many small decision modules (buckets) that look at different parts of the market (US equities like SPY/QQQ/DIA, sector and quality names, currency exposures like UUP, commodities via DB C and COM, bonds like BND/AGG/IEF, and hedges like GLD/UGL/VIX-related products). - Each bucket computes momentum or trend signals using familiar ideas like moving averages and recent performance. When a bucket’s signals look strong, it’s considered “risk-on” and may contribute to the portfolio; if signals look weak or volatility spikes, the bucket may be damped or moved into a “safe haven” bucket (dollar, Treasuries, gold, or cash-like assets). - Within each bucket, it selects a small number of top assets (top 2, 4, etc., depending on the bucket and window) based on momentum measures (for example, higher cumulative return or higher moving-average return over a window). - Some baskets include leveraged ETFs (SPXL, TQQQ, UDOW, SPXS) to pursue stronger trends, but these come with higher risk, so the system blends them with other baskets and hedges. - A high-level Pareto logic is used to summarize many sub-choices into a smaller set of positions (e.g., picking the top 4 assets across many groups) so the final portfolio isn’t overwhelmed by too many tiny bets. - Rebalancing happens daily, so the portfolio rotates as signals change, always trying to tilt toward the strongest, most robust trends across asset classes while keeping risk in check with safe-haven allocations when conditions deteriorate. - It actively uses risk-off signals (for example, rising volatility, or when short-term momentum in risk assets falls below certain thresholds) to shift exposures toward U.S. dollar exposure (UUP), Treasuries (TMF/TMV, IEF, HYG), cash-like ETFs (BIL), and precious metals (GLD, UGL). - The overall effect is a dynamically allocated mix that seeks to ride upward trends across equities and sectors while protecting capital with hedges and safer assets during downturns. It’s not a simple buy-and-hold or a single-indicator system; it’s a comprehensive, rule-based engine across many markets.
CheckmarkValue prop
Out-of-sample annualized return ~32.8% vs SPY ~22.2%, powered by a dynamic, multi-asset momentum engine with built-in hedges. It rides strong trends across regimes while managing risk, though oos drawdowns can be larger (27.8% vs 18.8%).
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
AlphaBetaR2R
0.331.030.480.69
Performance Metrics
Cumulative ReturnAnnualized ReturnTrailing 1M ReturnTrailing 3M ReturnSharpe Ratio
212.8%14.28%-1.77%0.2%0.8
4,390.59%56.1%-4.09%-5.2%1.72
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$449,059.31
Regulatory Fees
$1,886.14
Total Slippage
$11,656.18
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Jan 15, 2024
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Multi-asset momentum, trend-following, risk-management, quantitative/algorithmic.
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 76 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AAPL
Apple Inc.
Stocks
ADBE
Adobe Inc.
Stocks
AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Stocks
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
Stocks
AMGN
Amgen Inc
Stocks
AMZN
Amazon.Com Inc
Stocks
AVGO
Broadcom Inc. Common Stock
Stocks
AXP
American Express Company
Stocks
BA
Boeing Company
Stocks
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill 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.

"Common Trend Switchboard" is currently performing the same as yesterday today. Performance updates in real time during market hours.

"Common Trend Switchboard" is currently allocated toUPRO, IEO, NFLX, USDU, TMF, XOM, DBC, NVDA, SPXL, SPXS, TQQQ, AMZN, XLU, CRM, CSCO, TMV, TRVandVIXM. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, "Common Trend Switchboard" has returned 24.90%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for "Common Trend Switchboard" is 27.78%. 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 "Common Trend Switchboard", 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.