IFF Fund: The Power of Correlation - Sandy's Dragon | BT: 1/4/16 AR 58.3% MDD 9.5%
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About
A regime-driven, multi-asset portfolio that tilts between leveraged growth, defensive hedges, and safe-haven assets using correlation-focused selection and momentum/volatility signals to balance risk and return across bull, bear, and transition markets.
Plain-language overview: The fund uses a complex, but transparent, decision tree to decide which asset groups to own or avoid based on the current market regime. It groups assets into growth-oriented, defensive, and hedge buckets, then ranks and selects a subset of assets from each bucket using momentum, volatility, and correlation signals. The selected assets are then weighted to form a diversified, regime-dependent portfolio. In bull markets, you may see heavy tilt toward 3x leveraged growth ETFs (e.g., UPRO, TQQQ, TECL, SOXL). In cautious or rising-rate or recessionary periods, the strategy shifts to defensive equities, Treasuries (TLT/TMF), gold (GLD), and dollar hedges (UUP/USDU). It uses inverse-volatility and anti-beta funds (BTAL) to dampen risk and includes overlays that target “dip buying” opportunities with short ETF hedges when conditions warrant. Signals used include moving-average performance, cumulative returns, standard deviation, and momentum ratios (RSI-like). The overall aim is to combine assets with low or complementary correlations to reduce overall risk while preserving upside capture across market regimes. It’s a systematic, rules-based approach rather than a discretionary call.
Out-of-sample results beat the S&P: Sharpe ~1.35 vs 1.18; return ~28.5% vs 20.4%; max drawdown ~16.7% vs 18.8%; beta ~0.77; Calmar ~1.71. Regime-driven, diversified strategy with higher upside and lower risk.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.38 | 0.32 | 0.13 | 0.36 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 320.29% | 13.4% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 0.8 | |
| 10,508.35% | 50.46% | 1.6% | 3.85% | 2.72 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$1,060,835.39Regulatory Fees
$3,070.76
Total Slippage
$19,000.88
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
May 5, 2024
Trading Setting
Threshold 10%
Type
Stocks
Category
Macro regime strategy, dynamic asset allocation, hedging, leverage, correlated diversification
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 35 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
BSV
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
Stocks
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
DBC
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
Stocks
FAS
Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x ETF
Stocks
GLD
SPDR Gold Trust, SPDR Gold Shares
Stocks
PSQ
ProShares Short QQQ
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks
QUAL
iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF
Stocks