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About
Rules‑based, no‑leverage ETF strategy. It brakes when markets look overheated (via a VIX/Treasuries/BTAL hedge). Otherwise it rotates among growth, Treasuries, cash, or defensives using simple strength checks. Rebalanced daily.
Each day it checks a simple “heat” score (RSI, a 0–100 speed/overbought gauge) on major stock indexes. If things look too hot, it shifts to a crash‑hedge mix: mostly VIXY (volatility) plus TLT (Treasuries) and BTAL (low‑risk tilt). Otherwise it tests growth vs utilities and credit vs cash to pick Bull/Mild‑Bull/Mild‑Bear/Bear, then holds some mix of QQQ (Nasdaq‑100), XLK (tech), TLT, PSQ (short QQQ), BIL (T‑bills), XLU (utilities) or GLD (gold). No leverage; rebalanced daily.
Out-of-sample, this strategy outperforms the S&P: 28.07% vs 23.70% annualized return, Sharpe 1.35 vs 1.30, max drawdown 14.63% vs 18.76%, and beta ~0.67, with no leverage and adaptive crash hedges via daily rebalancing.
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YTD
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3Y
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.46 | 0.25 | 0.05 | 0.22 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 683.3% | 15.18% | 6.16% | 5.09% | 0.92 | |
| 110,181.57% | 61.78% | 2.18% | 2.76% | 2.57 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$11,028,157.12Regulatory Fees
$55,110.57
Total Slippage
$381,886.70
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Aug 8, 2024
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Tactical multi-asset, risk-on/off, volatility hedge, momentum + mean reversion, daily rebalance, no leverage
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 19 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
CORP
PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund
Stocks
GLD
SPDR Gold Trust, SPDR Gold Shares
Stocks
IEF
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
IOO
iShares Global 100 ETF
Stocks
PSQ
ProShares Short QQQ
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks
SPY
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Stocks
TLT
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks