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About
A high-risk market-timing strategy that bets on emerging-market stocks, sometimes with 3x leverage, and flips bullish, bearish, or partly to T-bills based on stock-market trend and risk signals.
This strategy is a market-timing system focused on emerging-market stocks.
It first checks if the overall U.S. stock market is healthy using SPY (an S&P 500 fund). If yes, it gets aggressive; if not, it uses less risk.
It then trades EEM (emerging markets), EDC (a 3x bullish version), EDZ (a 3x bearish version), or BIL (very short-term Treasury bills/cash-like). It uses simple health checks like: Is price above its long-term average? Has it fallen very hard recently? Are bonds acting stronger than stocks?
In good conditions it often bets hard on rising emerging markets. In weaker conditions it may switch to a bearish position or partly sit in T-bills.
EM timing with leverage aims for higher out-of-sample upside (roughly 41%/yr) vs SPY’s ~24%, plus negative beta provides diversification from the S&P 500. But it carries sizable drawdowns, so it’s for risk-tolerant growth seekers.
1M
3M
6M
YTD
1Y
3Y
Max
Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.72 | 0.47 | 0.03 | 0.16 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,067.67% | 14.76% | -1.04% | -0.34% | 0.87 | |
| 11,992,974.68% | 92.55% | -20.61% | -8.87% | 1.53 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$1,199,307,468.28Regulatory Fees
$2,616,695.60
Total Slippage
$25,159,263.81
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Apr 30, 2025
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Tactical asset allocation, trend following, momentum, emerging markets, leveraged long/short
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 9 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
EDC
Direxion Daily MSCI Emerging Markets Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
EDZ
Direxion Daily MSCI Emerging Markets Bear 3X ETF
Stocks
EEM
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Stocks
IEI
iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
IGIB
iShares Trust iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
Stocks
IWM
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
Stocks
SHV
iShares Trust iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
SPY
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Stocks