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GYP 3
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About

A rule-based, multi-asset strategy that rotates among Growth, Yield, Treasury, and Preservation sleeves using signals and leverage to seek upside while controlling risk. It blends stocks, bonds, gold, dollar exposure, and volatility bets with guardrails and dynamic weights.
NutHow it works
The strategy divides cash into sleeves (Growth, Yield, Treasury, Preservation). Each sleeve uses rules to pick assets and set weights, based on signals like momentum, volatility, trend, and drawdown. It rotates into stronger performers and shifts toward safer assets when risk rises. Leverage is used selectively with guardrails. Regular rebalancing follows the defined weight rules. Expect exposure to tech, bonds, gold, currency, and volatility assets via a mix of SPY, QQQ, GLD, UUP, TMF/TMV, UVXY, SHY/SHV, LQD/HYG, TIP, TLT, XLP, BTAL, QLD, PSQ, SH, and others. Some parts pick top assets by past cumulative return over windows from 30–120 days; others use equal weighting within a group. The approach aims to blend growth potential with downside protection, not to guarantee profits or avoid all losses. Important notes for a layman: - Tickers are symbols for specific funds. Common ones like SPY and QQQ track broad markets; less common ones (QLD, UVXY, TMF, TMV, BTAL, UUP, GLD, XLP, HYG, LQD, TIP, IEF, SHY, SHV, TLT) target narrower themes (2x or 3x bets, volatility, gold, dollar, sectors, or bond segments). The strategy uses a mix of these to diversify across market behavior. - Leveraged ETFs (like QLD, TQQQ, TMF, TMV) magnify moves and can both help and hurt faster. They’re used only when the rules indicate favorable conditions and with risk controls. - The text blocks you see (e.g., “Spoo Vol Check,” “BlackSwanCatcher,” “Not Boring dip buyer”) describe how the model responds to changing market conditions rather than a fixed, static list of holdings. In short: it’s a disciplined, rule-based system that tries to ride growth when the market cooperates and to protect capital when volatility or risk signals flare up, by mixing a wide set of ETFs across stocks, bonds, gold, dollars, and volatility.
CheckmarkValue prop
Out-of-sample advantage: higher risk-adjusted returns with lower drawdowns. OOS Sharpe ~1.87 vs SPY ~1.44; OOS annualized return ~26.5% vs ~23%; OOS max drawdown ~9.2% vs ~18.8%. Diversified, rule-based, risk-managed growth with downside protection.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
AlphaBetaR2R
0.170.460.450.67
Performance Metrics
Cumulative ReturnAnnualized ReturnTrailing 1M ReturnTrailing 3M ReturnSharpe Ratio
348.51%13.16%-1.77%0.2%0.8
1,376.6%24.84%1.62%5.9%1.94
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$147,659.64
Regulatory Fees
$294.20
Total Slippage
$1,691.10
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
May 14, 2023
Trading Setting
Threshold 2%
Type
Stocks
Category
Multi-asset, tactical, risk-managed, leverage, trend-following
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 29 assets in total
Ticker
Type
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
DBC
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
Stocks
GLD
SPDR Gold Trust, SPDR Gold Shares
Stocks
HYG
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Stocks
IEF
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
IEI
iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
LQD
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
Stocks
PSQ
ProShares Short QQQ
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.

"GYP 3" is currently performing the same as yesterday today. Performance updates in real time during market hours.

"GYP 3" is currently allocated toTIP, IEF, USDU, TMF, UUP, DBC, HYG, SHY, LQD, SPY, QLD, IEI, GLD, TMV, XLPandPSQ. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, "GYP 3" has returned 24.34%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for "GYP 3" is 9.18%. 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 "GYP 3", 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.