JEPQ/PSQ - No Leverage
Today’s Change (Mar 18, 2026)
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About
A daily on/off switch for the Nasdaq: own JEPQ (income-focused Nasdaq fund) when conditions look healthy or stabilizing; own PSQ (inverse QQQ) when markets look overheated, fearful, or trending down. No leverage; aims to win in up and down swings.
It flips daily between two funds:
- JEPQ: owns Nasdaq-100 stocks and sells call options (generates income, smoother but caps upside).
- PSQ: moves opposite QQQ (benefits when Nasdaq falls).
It reads “temperature” gauges: RSI (0–100 ‘too hot/too cold’ score), price vs long-term averages (trend), fear spikes (UVXY), bonds/dollar/commodities. If markets look healthy or stabilizing, it holds JEPQ; if overheated, breaking down, or fear jumps, it switches to PSQ.
Out-of-sample edge: ~29% annualized return vs ~23% S&P; max drawdown ~12.8% vs ~18.8%; Sharpe ~1.62 vs ~1.37; Calmar ~2.26. Daily Nasdaq toggle (JEPQ/PSQ) targets higher upside with lower risk than the S&P.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.34 | 0.36 | 0.12 | 0.35 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71.2% | 15.3% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 0.93 | |
| 324.89% | 46.66% | -2.69% | -0.38% | 2.29 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$42,489.42Regulatory Fees
$105.70
Total Slippage
$657.15
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Dec 11, 2023
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Tactical rotation, nasdaq 100, options income, inverse etf, trend and mean‑reversion, volatility signals, daily rebalance
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 18 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BSV
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
Stocks
DBC
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
Stocks
IEF
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
JEPQ
J.P. Morgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF
Stocks
PSQ
ProShares Short QQQ
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks
SOXL
Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
SPHB
Invesco S&P 500 High Beta ETF
Stocks
SPXL
Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bull 3x ETF
Stocks