Ease Up on the Gas V2a (add a little nitro)
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About
A risk-off baseline that hedges in wild markets and opportunistically buys a single leveraged tech/equity play on short dips, selected by momentum, with daily rebalancing.
- Start with cash as the default posture. The system tries to keep cash balanced and ready rather than fully invested.
- Monitor momentum/volatility signals using RSI (a momentum gauge) on a handful of widely known ETFs and on volatility proxies. If these signals indicate extreme fear or overextended moves, the system reduces risk (cash or hedges).
- When signals indicate a stabilization or a dip with potential upside, switch to a Dip Buy basket. This basket consists of leveraged tech/stock ETFs (like TECL, TQQQ, UPRO, QLD) and related instruments, with a mechanism to pick the single best candidate based on momentum ranking and allocate 100% to that asset.
- Use additional assets (BSV, TMF) as ballast to soften drawdowns when the market is choppy or risk-off conditions persist.
- Rebalance daily so the posture reflects the most recent signals rather than a fixed allocation.
- The overall vibe is “ease up on the gas when risk is high, but be ready to hit the gas on a measured dip-buy opportunity.”
Important notes for a layman: the strategy uses 3x and 2x leveraged ETFs (which can magnify gains and losses quickly). The signals are based on momentum indicators (RSI) and volatility measures, not on long-term value or fundamentals. It’s a tactical approach designed for shorter horizons and can be very volatile itself.
Out-of-sample, this strategy pursues higher upside with risk discipline: ~88% annualized return vs ~22% S&P, Sharpe ~1.46, Calmar ~2.90, aided by cash/hedge ballast and daily rebalances to capture selective leveraged-tech dip buys.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.74 | 0.7 | 0.06 | 0.24 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 597.07% | 14.51% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 0.89 | |
| 4,107,028.13% | 109.83% | -14.31% | -5.93% | 1.73 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$410,712,812.86Regulatory Fees
$616,353.48
Total Slippage
$4,417,492.02
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Jun 6, 2023
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Risk management, market timing, leveraged equities, volatility hedges, dip buying
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 13 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BSV
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
Stocks
QLD
ProShares Ultra QQQ
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks
SPY
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Stocks
TECL
Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3x ETF
Stocks
TMF
Direxion Daily 20+ Year Treasury Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
TQQQ
ProShares UltraPro QQQ
Stocks
UPRO
ProShares UltraPro S&P 500
Stocks
UVXY
ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF
Stocks
VIXM
ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF
Stocks