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About
A daily, rules-based “playbook” that chases tech-driven upside in uptrends, buys sharp dips, and quickly flips to cash, bonds, dollar, gold, or volatility hedges when markets overheat or break trend. It also rotates bonds, oil and commodities by momentum.
It’s a daily rulebook that flips between offense and defense.
- Offense: In uptrends it buys strong growth (mainly tech/Nasdaq/semis, often with 3x funds like TQQQ/TECL/SOXL/UPRO). If the market’s “heat gauge” (RSI: a 0–100 speedometer) is very low (~30), it buys the dip.
- Defense: If prices are below trend, after big pops, or when RSI is very high (~80), it moves to T‑bills/short‑term bonds, defensive funds (staples, gold, dollar), or hedges with VIX ETFs (UVXY/VIXY).
- Bonds/commodities: It rotates between long Treasuries (TLT/TMF) and short‑bond bets (TMV/USD) by trend, and adds oil/commodities (DIG/UCO/DBC) or gold when their momentum improves.
Out-of-sample, this strategy beats the S&P on risk-adjusted terms: Sharpe ~1.27 vs ~1.22; Calmar ~1.44; max drawdown ~14.1% vs 18.8%; annualized return ~20.26% vs 20.58%. Growth with downside protection.
1M
3M
6M
YTD
1Y
3Y
Max
Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.3 | 0.41 | 0.27 | 0.52 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 291.59% | 13.58% | -0.15% | 0.4% | 0.8 | |
| 3,980.81% | 41.33% | 2.44% | 3.91% | 2.52 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$408,081.15Regulatory Fees
$830.19
Total Slippage
$5,060.59
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Feb 17, 2024
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Tactical multi-asset, trend-following, mean-reversion, volatility hedging, leveraged etfs, momentum rotation, bonds and commodities
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 79 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
BOIL
ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas
Stocks
BSV
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
Stocks
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
DBC
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
Stocks
DBO
Invesco DB Oil Fund
Stocks
DIA
State Street SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust
Stocks
DIG
ProShares Ultra Energy
Stocks
DRN
Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3X Shares
Stocks