Dereck's Custom Beta Baller
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About
Daily regime-driven beta-rotation into levered ETFs (long and inverses) with volatility hedges (UVXY). Tries to pick the strongest levered exposure per regime, often allocating fully to a single asset, and shifts to hedges in risk-off conditions.
- Every day, the system examines a large set of signals across multiple assets.
- It classifies the market into regimes (e.g., bullish, bearish, defensive) using trend and momentum measures, and it uses RSI (relative strength) and moving-average tests as triggers.
- Within a regime, it scans a pool of levered ETFs (long and inverse) and ranks them by recent performance or strength. It then buys the top candidate (or the top two in some baskets) with a full allocation of capital to that exposure.
- It also includes hedging logic (notably UVXY) to protect against spikes in volatility; if volatility indicators fire, it may switch into hedges rather than equity levered bets.
- The process is designed to be daily, with rapid reallocation when regime signals change.
- The risk: high leverage, concentration risk (often 1 asset), and heavy dependence on technical/momentum rules.
Out-of-sample annualized return: 60.97% vs SPY 21.74%; Calmar ~1.22. Regime-driven levered-ETF rotation with hedging targets big upside, but drawdowns can reach ~50%—suitable for risk-tolerant, disciplined investors.
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OOS Start Date
Sep 2, 2023
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Regime-rotating, levered etf rotation, momentum/trend, market timing, volatility hedging
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 48 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Stocks
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BSV
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
Stocks
CURE
Direxion Daily Healthcare Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
DBC
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
Stocks
DIA
State Street SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust
Stocks
DIG
ProShares Ultra Energy
Stocks
EEM
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Stocks
EFA
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
Stocks
EPI
WisdomTree India Earnings Fund ETF
Stocks