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About
50/50 split: a Nasdaq/stock timer plus a gold timer. It buys dips and rides uptrends with leveraged funds, hedges “overheated” markets with volatility ETFs, rotates to bonds/defensives when trends weaken, and shorts in downtrends. High risk/volatility.
Every day the portfolio splits in half.
1) Stocks/tech half: If the market looks “too hot,” it briefly buys volatility (UVXY/VIXY). If not, it buys sharp dips in semis/tech/S&P with 3x funds (SOXL/TECL/UPRO), rides uptrends with TQQQ (3x Nasdaq), rotates to bonds/defensives (AGG/IEF/BOND/UGE) when trends weaken, or shorts Nasdaq (PSQ/SQQQ) in downtrends.
2) Gold half: Rides the gold trend with UGL (2x long) or GLL (-2x) and fades extreme spikes. Uses simple speed/trend gauges (RSI, moving averages). Uses leveraged funds; expect big swings.
Out-of-sample edge: ~97.7% annualized return vs 28% S&P, with higher risk-adjusted Sharpe (2.49 vs 2.37) and Calmar ~7.94. Diversified trend-following + hedging aims for big upside with disciplined risk.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.84 | 0.17 | 0.01 | 0.09 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 523.41% | 14.03% | -0.15% | 0.4% | 0.87 | |
| 8,826,791.08% | 126.4% | 2.06% | 24.84% | 2.79 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$882,689,108.08Regulatory Fees
$1,312,816.55
Total Slippage
$9,385,369.40
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Jun 14, 2025
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Tactical allocation, trend-following + mean reversion, volatility hedging, leveraged etfs, gold timing, long/short, sector rotation
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 25 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Stocks
BOND
PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund
Stocks
GLL
ProShares UltraShort Gold
Stocks
IEF
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
PSQ
ProShares Short QQQ
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks
SH
ProShares Short S&P500
Stocks
SOXL
Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares
Stocks
SOXX
iShares Semiconductor ETF
Stocks
SPXL
Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bull 3x Shares
Stocks