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About
A daily, rules-based allocation across four US market groups (IWM, SPY, QQQ, DIA) using momentum (RSI), trend (200-day MA), and volatility (VIXY) signals. It targets fixed group weights when signals are favorable, but otherwise stays in cash, aiming to ride trends while avoiding high-risk periods.
- Every trading day, the strategy decides how to allocate cash across four market groups: IWM (small caps), SPY (broad market), QQQ (tech-heavy), and DIA (Dow).
- Each group has a target weight: IWM 15%, SPY 35%, QQQ 30%, DIA 20% if conditions allow.
- Signals used inside each group include:
- Short-term momentum checks (RSI over 10 days) for the focus tickers (SPY, VIXY, etc.). High RSI values imply strong recent price momentum and can trigger exposure; very high risk signals from VIXY (volatility) can constrain exposure.
- Trend check: Is the asset trading above its 200-day moving average? If yes, trend is considered favorable.
- Additional checks can involve comparing current price to a moving average or to other leveraged/hedged funds, to decide which sub-ticker within the group to use (e.g., UPRO, TECL, TQQQ, UDOW, URTY, BTAL).
- If the signals indicate risk is elevated or the trend isn’t clearly favorable, the rule set pulls back toward cash instead of buying the targeted group.
- The final allocation for the day applies the weights within whichever group passed the signals, or sits in cash if none did.
- It’s a “risk-controlled trend-following” approach: ride favorable trends with exposure, limit drawdowns with volatility/risk filters, and rebalance daily.
Out-of-sample edge: annualized return ~50% vs ~18% (S&P), Sharpe ~1.22 vs ~1.04, Calmar ~2.24. Daily, rules-based trend exposure with cash buffers offers higher, risk-controlled growth than the S&P.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.45 | 0.61 | 0.13 | 0.36 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 636.01% | 14.79% | -2.02% | -1.16% | 0.9 | |
| 135,243.78% | 64.58% | -2.58% | 4.39% | 1.85 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$13,534,377.75Regulatory Fees
$25,429.86
Total Slippage
$173,468.15
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Jul 31, 2024
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Tactical asset allocation, trend following, momentum, volatility filtering, multi-asset
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 17 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
DIA
State Street SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust
Stocks
IWM
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
Stocks
IYY
iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks
SPY
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Stocks
TECL
Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3x ETF
Stocks
TQQQ
ProShares UltraPro QQQ
Stocks
UDOW
ProShares UltraPro Dow 30
Stocks
UPRO
ProShares UltraPro S&P 500
Stocks