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About
A daily, high-octane playbook: buy 3x Nasdaq/S&P/semis on sharp dips, buy a VIX fund when they look overheated, otherwise follow a multi-horizon trend filter (stocks vs commodities) to hold a bullish or bearish leveraged basket, with a VIX-to-cash safety switch.
Splits money across mini-systems (bots). On big dips (10-day RSI < 30) in Nasdaq/S&P/semis, it buys the 3x fund for a bounce (TQQQ, SPXL, SOXL). On “too hot” readings (RSI > 80), it buys a VIX fund (UVXY). If no signal, a 100–600 day trend check: if stocks (SPY) beat commodities (DBC), hold a bullish, lower-vol-weighted mix; otherwise a bearish mix. If VIX is extreme, park in T-bills (BIL). RSI = short-term “hot/cold” meter. Rebalances daily. Very aggressive.
Out-of-sample return: 35.9% vs the S&P ~22.5%; Calmar ~1.11 and Sharpe ~1.08. Higher upside from dip-buying in leveraged tech/semis, plus volatility hedges and regime-based risk control—aimed at beating the S&P over time.
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3M
6M
YTD
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.48 | 1.05 | 0.31 | 0.56 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 608.48% | 14.63% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 0.9 | |
| 467,147.61% | 80.28% | -0.81% | 1.55% | 2.03 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$46,724,760.66Regulatory Fees
$76,018.36
Total Slippage
$520,315.21
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Nov 6, 2022
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Leveraged etfs, tactical allocation, mean-reversion + trend, volatility timing, daily rebalance
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 15 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
CURE
Direxion Daily Healthcare Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
DBC
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
Stocks
FAS
Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x ETF
Stocks
FAZ
Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3x ETF
Stocks
SOXL
Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
SPXL
Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bull 3x ETF
Stocks
SPY
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Stocks
SQQQ
ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ
Stocks
SVXY
ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF
Stocks