Inside Nancy Pelosi's Chips- V3
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About
A momentum-driven, chip-focused strategy that uses RSIs, moving-averages, and a top-asset screen to pick one main bet on semiconductors (or related assets). It hedges with 3x levered semis bets and may shift to broad-market/energy bets if momentum deteriorates or RSI signals warn of extremes.
Plain-language overview:
- You start with cash and try to invest in one main idea at a time (a single asset chosen by a momentum screen).
- There are two safety nets or hedges built in:
1) If the semiconductor group (SOXX) has an extreme one-day drop of more than ~2%, the strategy briefly shifts toward a bearable hedged bet (SOXS) to profit from a possible downside move.
2) If the 5-day momentum in SOXX is very strong (more than ~5%), the system looks to rebalance into other signals that could mean a correction is coming, using a bearish mean-reversion logic.
- There’s an NVDA-specific check: if NVDA looks extremely overbought by RSI (>90 on an 8-day window), the strategy leans toward a bearish tilt (SOXS) under certain paths; if NVDA isn’t in that extreme state but AMD shows extreme oversold conditions (RSI < 15 on an 3-day window), there’s a setup to favor the SOXL bullish bet in some paths.
- In normal conditions, the model runs a “top screen” across a basket that includes SOXX (semiconductors), NVDA, AMD, XLE (energy), and ENPH (solar/energy tech). It ranks these by their 90-day moving-average return and selects the top asset to own fully (100%).
- There’s a momentum sanity check: if the 10-day exponential moving average (EMA) price of SOXX is above its 200-day EMA (a bullish signal), the top-asset screen is used directly. If not, the system instead looks at the top two assets from SPY (broad market), DBC (commodities), and XLE (energy) based on the same 90-day momentum rule, and allocates 100% between those two.
- The “weighting” steps are described as cash-equal in parts of the logic, indicating a default cash buffer while signals are evaluated. There is no periodic automatic rebalancing outside the signal-driven moves (rebalance: none).
- The overall intent is to ride semiconductor momentum when the sector looks strong, but to flip to hedged or diversified bets when momentum signals warn of a pullback or excessive enthusiasm.
What you might actually see as a layman:
- If chips are looking strong, you’ll likely be exposed to the top semiconductor/related stock or ETF (SOXX, NVDA, AMD, XLE, or ENPH) with a generous tilt toward the leader over the last ~3 months.
- If chips look shaky or a stock looks extremely overbought, you’ll see hedges that aim to profit from downside (via SOXS) or reduce the tilt.
- In rare situations, if a broad-market or commodities picture looks better on momentum than chips, the strategy may tilt into SPY/DBC/XLE rather than pure semiconductors.
- It uses simple, widely watched indicators (RSI, moving averages) in a way that a newer investor can recognize, but the use of 3x leveraged ETFs adds significant risk and should be understood before implementing.
Edge: Out-of-sample annualized return ~128% vs S&P ~18%; Sharpe ~1.48 vs ~1.10; Calmar ~2.60. Focused on semiconductors with built-in hedges (3x levered bets) to target upside while managing risk—though drawdowns can be larger in downturns.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.77 | 1.17 | 0.07 | 0.27 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 503.93% | 14.17% | -2.02% | -1.16% | 0.88 | |
| 955,967.03% | 96.51% | 0.45% | 10.21% | 1.28 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$95,606,702.79Regulatory Fees
$286,371.46
Total Slippage
$2,031,111.16
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Jul 28, 2022
Trading Setting
Threshold 3%
Type
Stocks
Category
Momentum-based, semiconductor-focused, leveraged etf usage, multi-asset signals
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 9 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
Stocks
DBC
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
Stocks
ENPH
Enphase Energy, Inc.
Stocks
NVDA
Nvidia Corp
Stocks
SOXL
Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
SOXS
Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X ETF
Stocks
SOXX
iShares Semiconductor ETF
Stocks
SPY
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Stocks
XLE
State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF
Stocks