Excellent Adventures (with NVDA)
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Daily momentum-rotating, high-risk strategy that selects 1–3 levered tech/AI bets (NVDA-focused in many branches) from a large pool, with equal cash weights and a volatility hedge (UVXY) when signals imply risk. Multiple time-window variants exist, including No K-1 versions.
- Build a large pool of assets, including Nvidia-related bets (NVDA, NVDU/NVDD), tech-leveraged bets (TECL, TQQQ, TSLL, TSLS, AMZU/AMZD, GGLL/GGLS, AAPU/AAPD), and broad market proxies (QQQ, SPY, IEF, BIL) plus a volatility hedge (UVXY).
- For each daily run, look back over multiple short windows (roughly 14–49 days across variants) to estimate momentum (how much money the asset would have earned recently) and risk (how variable that return was).
- Rank assets by momentum and/or risk-adjusted momentum using the chosen metric (e.g., cumulative return, standard deviation of returns, moving-average returns) and select a small number (often 1 or 3) of top candidates.
- Allocate equal cash to the selected assets (cash-equal weighting) so each chosen position has the same dollar weight.
- Some branches insert hedges when short-term momentum indicators signal overbought conditions (e.g., RSI over 80). In those cases the system may shift exposure toward UVXY (volatility proxy) or other hedged/alternative bets rather than the usual leveraged equity bets.
- There are many themed variants (e.g., Excellent Adventures, AI’s Excellent Adventure, No K-1 variants) with slightly different lookbacks or scoring rules, but all share the same core process: daily rotation among a curated pool, equal weighting of winners, and volatility-based hedges when risk signals fire. Nvidia is a common anchor in several variants, highlighted via dedicated sub-branches (NVDA-centric bets) to emphasize its weight in the portfolio.
- The strategy is not backtested before mid-December 2023 in some branches; one should expect real-time or post-1923 live behavior for those parts. The presence of UVXY-based decision nodes and RSI thresholds implies an attempt to time or hedge risk peaks, not just chase momentum.
Tech/AI momentum with a volatility hedge offers OOS annualized return of 46.0% vs SPY's 21.7%, but with higher drawdowns (~56.7% vs 18.8%). Best as a growth satellite sleeve for risk-tolerant investors, not core.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.34 | 2.33 | 0.23 | 0.48 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46.79% | 18.86% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 1.16 | |
| 190.31% | 61.54% | 8.66% | -1.12% | 1.01 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$29,031.43Regulatory Fees
$70.31
Total Slippage
$378.60
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Dec 22, 2023
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Momentum rotation, leveraged etfs, ai/tech focus, nvidia emphasis, volatility hedge, daily rebalance
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 20 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AAPD
Direxion Shares ETF Trust Direxion Daily AAPL Bear 1X ETF
Stocks
AAPU
Direxion Shares ETF Trust Direxion Daily AAPL Bull 2X ETF
Stocks
AMZD
Direxion Shares ETF Trust Direxion Daily AMZN Bear 1X ETF
Stocks
AMZU
Direxion Shares ETF Trust Direxion Daily AMZN Bull 2X ETF
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BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
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GGLL
Direxion Shares ETF Trust Direxion Daily GOOGL Bull 2X ETF
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GGLS
Direxion Shares ETF Trust Direxion Daily GOOGL Bear 1X ETF
Stocks
IEF
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
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MSFD
Direxion Shares ETF Trust Direxion Daily MSFT Bear 1X ETF
Stocks
MSFU
Direxion Shares ETF Trust Direxion Daily MSFT Bull 2X ETF
Stocks