Enhanced Strategy with Leveraged Assets
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Daily, rules-based tactical allocation using levered equity ETFs for up markets and hedges with cash/bonds for risk control. Momentum (RSI) and price trend (200-day MA) guide sector picks (tech, financials) and the choice between long or bear hedges. Potentially high upside with leverage, but higher risk and volatility.
- Daily check: is the market in an uptrend? SPY vs its 200-day moving average decides the macro stance. If yes, the system looks for strong recent momentum (RSI) on SPY and on sector proxies like XLK and XLF. - If momentum is very strong (RSI above about 80), it positions in levered long ETFs such as UPRO (broad market), TECL (tech), TQQQ (QQQ), and FAS (financials) based on which signal is strongest. - If momentum signals are strong but not at the extreme, it may still take leveraged long bets but with different triggers. - If momentum is weak or market signals conflict, it moves to Stable Assets (50/50 BIL and TLT) to reduce risk while staying exposed to some upside. - Bear branch: when signals indicate weakness, the strategy can flip toward bearish/shortened exposure on QQQ (QLD, PSQ, SQQQ) and related hedges, aiming to profit from declines or to hedge long exposures. - Cross-asset checks (including less-common ETFs like KMLM) test momentum across several assets to help decide when to tilt more aggressively or retreat. - Rebalance is daily, so weights can shift quickly in response to new signals. Important to know: all of this uses leveraged products, which magnify both gains and losses; the aim is to ride momentum and trend while attempting to guard against reversals with hedges and cash-like assets.
Out-of-sample annualized return ~84.8% vs SPY ~31.3%, Calmar ~3.72. A rules-based, momentum-driven strategy uses levered bets in uptrends with hedges to protect in drawdowns—potentially stronger risk-adjusted upside than the S&P 500.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.19 | 1.15 | 0.13 | 0.36 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94.96% | 13.63% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 0.84 | |
| 54,279.78% | 233.74% | 1.49% | 8.75% | 2.49 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$5,437,977.66Regulatory Fees
$10,786.05
Total Slippage
$71,679.94
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Apr 1, 2025
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Equities, leveraged etfs, momentum, trend following, tactical allocation, hedging
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 21 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
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
FAS
Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x ETF
Stocks
IEF
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
KMLM
KraneShares Mount Lucas Managed Futures Index Strategy ETF
Stocks
PSQ
ProShares Short QQQ
Stocks
QLD
ProShares Ultra QQQ
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks