JEPQ/PSQ - No Leverage
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About
A no-leverage, daily-rebalanced, rule-based strategy built around JEPQ as core exposure, with PSQ hedging and a defensive sleeve (bonds/volatility) to adapt to market regimes; aims for income with risk control through regime‑driven rotations.
What it does in plain language:
- Core idea: own JEPQ as the main exposure to Nasdaq equities with an income tilt, and add hedges when market signals say “be careful.”
- Daily rebalance: every day the system reviews signals and decides which asset to hold and what to hedge with, keeping total exposure around 100%.
- Signals used: simple momentum and trend checks (recent price action, moving averages), relative strength (which asset is strongest recently), and a measure of market heat called RSI (overbought means market has run up too much; oversold means it’s fallen hard).
- Overbought regime: if the market looks stretched (SPY is overbought, RSI high), the framework tends to favor JEPQ and, if needed, add a hedge (PSQ) or switch to defensive parts of the portfolio (bonds or volatility).
- Oversold regime: when the market is very weak (SPY oversold) and bonds look supportive, the model may addJEPQ again but uses bonds/defensive assets to cushion the drop; sometimes PSQ or other hedges are used if risk signals flare.
- Regime rotations: there are named sleeves like “Bear Market,” “Defense,” and “Defense Modified.” In weak or rising-rate environments the model increases defense exposure (e.g., Treasuries, short-term cash proxies) and/or volatility hedges to dampen drawdowns; in more normal times it leans back toward the income-focused equity sleeve (JEPQ).
- No external leverage: despite using inverse/volatility products, the design emphasizes controlled exposure and risk management, not high leverage. The total capital allocation is designed to sum to 100% across the chosen assets.https://example (illustrative)
Out-of-sample edge: ~29% annualized return, Sharpe ~1.62, ~12.8% max drawdown, and lower risk vs the S&P. Core JEPQ with regime hedges aims for higher upside and steadier, durable performance.
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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
No-leverage, multi-asset, income-focused, risk-managed, tactical-rotation
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