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Go for Gold
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About

Daily, tactical gold strategy. Uses trend filters to hold gold in uptrends and RSI to fade short-term extremes with leveraged long/short gold and miner ETFs. When weak, shifts to T-bills or the US dollar. Small sleeve makes quick contrarian trades.
NutHow it works
The portfolio is split into sleeves that mostly trade gold and gold miners. - Moving averages: the average price over X days. They tell if gold is in an uptrend (then it holds gold). - RSI: a 0–100 gauge of how fast price moved recently; high = too hot, low = too cold. It triggers short, contrarian trades (fade spikes or buy dips) using leveraged funds. If gold is weak, it parks in T-bills or the US dollar. A small sleeve makes quick contrarian bets after big 1‑day moves. Main funds: GLD (gold), UGL 2x, GLL −2x, GDX/NUGT (miners), JDST/DUST (inverse miners), SHV/SHY/BIL (T-bills), UUP (dollar), DBC (commodities). Daily rebalancing; leveraged/volatility ETFs are high risk.
CheckmarkValue prop
Go for Gold’s out-of-sample stats: Sharpe ~2.92 vs SPY ~1.30, max drawdown ~9.1% vs 13.7%, annualized return ~91% vs ~27%, beta ~0.15—delivering stronger risk-adjusted growth with lower downside.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
AlphaBetaR2R
SPY
0.260.150.020.15
Performance Metrics
Cumulative ReturnAnnualized ReturnTrailing 1M ReturnTrailing 3M ReturnSharpe Ratio
SPY
388.26%13.7%-0.15%0.4%0.83
Go for Gold
2,666.45%30.85%7.37%36.97%1.67
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$276,644.57
Regulatory Fees
$627.22
Total Slippage
$3,650.11
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OOS Start Date
Mar 25, 2025
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Tactical gold, trend-following, mean reversion, leveraged etfs, commodities, gold miners, cash-like treasuries
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 20 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
DBC
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
Stocks
DUST
Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bear 2X Shares
Stocks
GDX
VanEck Gold Miners ETF
Stocks
GLD
SPDR Gold Trust, SPDR Gold Shares
Stocks
GLL
ProShares UltraShort Gold
Stocks
JDST
Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bear 2X Shares
Stocks
NUGT
Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares
Stocks
PALL
abrdn Physical Palladium Shares ETF
Stocks
SHV
iShares Trust iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks

FAQ

A Composer symphony is an automated trading strategy that executes trades based on parameters of your choice. Some symphonies are similar to holding one ETF in normal conditions and rotating to a different ETF when market conditions shift, for example a 5% drop in the S&P 500, while others use complex rules with dozens of triggers. However, complex doesn’t always mean better. A simple, well-structured symphony can be just as effective as an intricate one. Learn more about how symphonies work here.

"Go for Gold" is currently performing the same as yesterday today. Performance updates in real time during market hours.

"Go for Gold" is currently allocated toUUP, DBC, SPY, UGL, GLDandBIL. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, "Go for Gold" has returned 100.95%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for "Go for Gold" is 9.09%. The maximum drawdown measures the largest peak-to-trough decline. It's an important metric to evaluate risk and the strategy's behavior during market stress.

To invest in "Go for Gold", simply click the Invest button on this page. You'll need to open an account with Composer if you don't have one yet, then you can start investing. Composer will automatically execute the trades for you based on the strategy's rules. Composer also supports trading individual stocks, ETFs, and options.