Feaver's IRA FTLT V4 08/15/2012
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A daily-rebalanced, multi-asset, rules-based portfolio that blends leveraged equity bets, hedges (volatility and anti-beta), and bond/commodity hedges. It uses momentum and strength signals across many assets, with layered Bull/Bear/Hedge blocks and frequent screening to pick a small set of positions while controlling risk.
- It tracks a very large universe of assets (major stock market proxies like SPY and QQQ, leveraged bets like TQQQ/UPRO, volatility plays like UVXY/SVXY, and bonds/commodities such as TMF/TMV/BND/GLD/DBC).
- Each asset or group has a weight, and these weights are adjusted daily based on a long series of tests and signals.
- Signals come from momentum and strength indicators (roughly: is the asset’s price moving up, and is the up-move strong enough to justify a bet?).
- A common momentum concept used is moving-average price comparisons and a momentum gauge that reflects recent gains/losses over various window lengths (short-term and long-term). When an asset looks strong, it gets a larger weight; when it looks weak or overextended, it gets smaller weight or is avoided.
- The strategy uses several “blocks” (Bull, Bear, Hedge) to decide where to put capital. The Bull blocks favor upside trades (e.g., tech-heavy long exposures like QQQ/TQQQ and related long-side bets). The Bear blocks tilt toward hedges (volatility exposures, anti-beta funds, and selective short/defensive bets). The Hedge blocks emphasize fixed-income and hedged equity positions to reduce overall drawdown risk during stress periods.
- Some blocks actively screen for a small number of top picks (for example, selecting the top two assets by a cumulative-return measure over a 100-day window) and then applying further checks before inclusion.
- Risk controls are embedded in many layers: volatility filters (to avoid crowded bets when VIX-related signals are elevated), drawdown tests (to avoid entries with large potential downside), and diversification across instruments (across equities, bonds, volatility, and commodities).
- The system includes several specialized sub-strategies (e.g., “Frontrunner,” “Mean Reversion,” “Bear Cross,” “Ticker Mixer,” etc.) that act like seasoning—each contributing a slice of the total allocation based on different rule sets.
- Tickers like UVXY (volatility), SVXY (volatility inverse), BTAL (anti-beta hedge), QQQ and SPY (major equity proxies), TMF/TMV/TLT/BND/IEF (bonds and Treasury exposure), GLD/SLV/DBC (commodities and precious metals proxies), and a suite of levered/inverse ETFs are used to construct a diversified, risk-managed, multi-asset portfolio.
- The end result is a daily-tilting, fully loaded, multi-asset allocation that attempts to capture upside in favorable regimes while providing hedges in tougher regimes. The naming (e.g., Feaver’s IRAs, FTLT blocks, Hedge Blocks, Frontrunner) reflects a hierarchy where each component’s weight and signals influence the overall risk and return profile. This is a sophisticated framework intended to adapt to multiple market environments rather than stick to a single, simple rule.
Out-of-sample, this strategy offers roughly 50% annualized returns with superior risk-adjusted metrics (Sharpe ~1.34, Calmar ~2.21) vs the S&P 500, thanks to diversified momentum and hedges.
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OOS Start Date
Sep 7, 2024
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Multi-asset, momentum, hedged, leveraged, volatility, trend-following
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 54 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Stocks
AGQ
ProShares Ultra Silver
Stocks
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
BSV
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
Stocks
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
COKE
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. Common Stock
Stocks
COST
Costco Wholesale Corp
Stocks
CURE
Direxion Daily Healthcare Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
DBC
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
Stocks