A rules-based, volatility-aware swing strategy. It rides strong stock trends with leveraged equity and short‑volatility positions, but flips quickly to cash, inverse funds, Treasuries, gold, managed futures (KMLM), or long‑volatility when markets overheat or break.

Goal: ride stock uptrends, cut risk fast when danger rises. Signals: 1) Trend (is SPY above its 200‑day average?). 2) Speed/heat (RSI, a 0–100 speedometer; >~80 overheated, <~30 washed out). 3) Panic brakes (sharp recent losses in short‑vol). Calm/uptrend: holds leveraged US‑equity funds or short‑vol (SVXY). Hot or falling: shifts to cash (BIL), inverse equity, long‑vol (VIXY/UVXY), Treasuries, gold, or energy; sometimes a low‑beta pair trade (BTAL). It also checks semis (SMH) vs KMLM, a managed‑futures trend fund; if broad trends beat tech, it leans defensive.

Out-of-sample Sharpe 2.05 vs 0.98; OOS return 86.8% vs 18.5%; Calmar 4.27. A volatility-aware strategy that flexes between leveraged equities and hedges to capture upside while limiting drawdowns—delivering higher risk-adjusted returns than the S&P.