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Hold My Cash #1
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About

A daily, cash‑anchored, rules‑based strategy that rotates among tech stocks, Treasuries, commodities, gold, and the U.S. dollar using trend and “hot/cold” checks. When conditions are poor it moves to T‑bills or uses hedges; when good it can get aggressive (sometimes with leverage).
NutHow it works
Each day it checks simple signals: trend (is price above a long average?), “heat” (RSI, a 0–100 meter: high=stretched, low=washed‑out), and recent moves. If stocks look healthy, it owns Nasdaq/tech (QQQ/QLD). If too hot, it shifts to long Treasuries (TLT). If weak, it hedges/shorts or parks in T‑bills (SHV/BIL). Side sleeves buy Commodities (DBC/DBO), Gold (GLD/UGL), and the U.S. Dollar (UUP) only when they trend. Always has a cash‑like fallback. Rebalances daily.
CheckmarkValue prop
Out-of-sample, this strategy delivers strong risk-adjusted gains with low drawdown (~2.9% vs 6.3%), Calmar ~12.4, beta ~0.59. Returns ~35.6% vs SPY ~50%, but with steadier, more durable growth and disciplined risk control.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
AlphaBetaR2R
SPY
0.360.250.140.38
Performance Metrics
Cumulative ReturnAnnualized ReturnTrailing 1M ReturnTrailing 3M ReturnSharpe Ratio
SPY
378.04%13.47%-1.77%0.2%0.82
Hold My Cash #1
11,880.06%47.17%3.66%11.32%3.48
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$1,198,005.62
Regulatory Fees
$2,776.38
Total Slippage
$17,336.31
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Apr 4, 2025
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Multi-asset tactical, trend + mean reversion, risk-on/off, hedged, etfs across stocks/bonds/commodities/usd/volatility, daily rebalance
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 103 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Stocks
AIA
iShares Asia 50 ETF
Stocks
BGX
Blackstone Long-Short Credit Income Fund
Stocks
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
BOIL
ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas
Stocks
BOND
PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund
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

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.

"Hold My Cash #1" is currently performing the same as yesterday today. Performance updates in real time during market hours.

"Hold My Cash #1" is currently allocated toUPRO, XME, FCG, IEF, PGR, KOLD, EEM, TMF, XOP, DBA, QQQ, COKE, XMPT, BOND, NVO, UUP, DBC, GE, SHY, SPY, DBO, UGL, BTAL, LLY, SHV, XLE, EDC, SH, EDV, GLD, TLT, BIL, COST, XLP, BNDandPSQ. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, "Hold My Cash #1" has returned 39.32%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for "Hold My Cash #1" is 2.87%. 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 "Hold My Cash #1", 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.