Jeff's Excellent Adventure
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About
A very aggressive daily trading strategy that switches between a fear trade, leveraged tech, leveraged Amazon, or cash-like Treasury bills based on whether markets look overheated, oversold, or cautious.
This strategy checks the market every day and puts all its money into just one idea at a time.
If the overall stock market looks too hot, it buys UVXY, a fund that usually jumps when fear spikes. If tech looks beaten down, it buys TECL, a turbocharged tech fund. Otherwise it studies Amazon and broader risk signals: if Amazon looks strong or washed out, it buys AMZU or TECL; if not, it parks in SHV, a cash-like Treasury fund.
Out-of-sample, this daily tactical strategy targets higher upside: 47% annualized vs 18% for SPY, with Sharpe ~0.95 and Calmar ~0.84. It shifts between volatility, leveraged tech, and cash to pursue alpha—accepting higher drawdown risk.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.29 | 1.85 | 0.32 | 0.57 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105.54% | 19.18% | -0.05% | 3.57% | 1.18 | |
| 698.71% | 65.85% | 4.13% | 6.96% | 1.23 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$79,870.91Regulatory Fees
$196.81
Total Slippage
$1,596.79
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Jun 5, 2024
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Tactical asset allocation, leveraged etfs, volatility trading, tech sector, momentum, mean reversion, market timing
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 10 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AMZN
Amazon.Com Inc
Stocks
AMZU
Direxion Shares ETF Trust Direxion Daily AMZN Bull 2X ETF
Stocks
IEF
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
PSQ
ProShares Short QQQ
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks
SHV
iShares Trust iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
SPY
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Stocks
TECL
Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3x ETF
Stocks
TQQQ
ProShares UltraPro QQQ
Stocks
UVXY
ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF
Stocks