CounterBalancer - Low R/R (Dec) (Low Risk)
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A daily, rules‑based strategy that rides tech uptrends with leveraged ETFs and quickly shifts to cash, defensives, or hedges when markets look overheated or risky. Uses simple gauges (trend, RSI, volatility) to buy dips, trim rips, and defend in selloffs.
- First, it checks the market’s health: is the S&P 500 (SPY) above its 200‑day average? Are fear gauges (VIX) rising? Did big tech just surge or plunge?
- If healthy/calm: it rides leaders (mostly tech and semiconductors) using leveraged ETFs like TQQQ, SOXL, TECL, UPRO, and sometimes SVXY. It sizes them so the calmer ones get more weight.
- If prices look overheated (RSI high) or volatility spikes: it quickly cuts risk and shifts to cash‑like T‑bills (BIL/SHV), defensive funds (staples/utilities/healthcare, BTAL, US dollar, gold), or even flips to inverse funds (SQQQ, SOXS, TECS) or volatility hedges (UVXY/VIXM).
- If prices look washed‑out (RSI low): it buys the dip in those same growth ETFs.
- In deeper or fast selloffs, special “Black Swan” rules move it into safety mixes and/or short/volatility funds. It rebalances every day.
Out-of-sample edge: ~137% annualized return vs ~27% SPY; Sharpe ~2.41 vs ~2.23; Calmar ~9.36; drawdown ~14.6% vs ~5.1%. A regime-aware tech/semis tilt that pursues upside while actively managing risk.
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OOS Start Date
May 19, 2025
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Tactical allocation, trend-following, mean-reversion, volatility-aware, leveraged etfs, hedged, long/short
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 142 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AAPD
Direxion Shares ETF Trust Direxion Daily AAPL Bear 1X ETF
Stocks
AAPL
Apple Inc.
Stocks
AAPU
Direxion Shares ETF Trust Direxion Daily AAPL Bull 2X ETF
Stocks
ADBE
Adobe Inc.
Stocks
ADP
Automatic Data Processing
Stocks
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
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AMGN
Amgen Inc
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AMZD
Direxion Shares ETF Trust Direxion Daily AMZN Bear 1X ETF
Stocks
AMZN
Amazon.Com Inc
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AMZU
Direxion Shares ETF Trust Direxion Daily AMZN Bull 2X ETF
Stocks