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Kearsarge - 13% Threshold + v4 Pops + v1.2.1 USDU Commodities
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About

A diversified, rule-based ETF portfolio that rotates among commodities, broad equities, bonds, and hedges using momentum and risk screens; it emphasizes hedging to limit losses in downturns while aiming to capture upside with selective, high-momentum blocks.
NutHow it works
- It splits capital into several blocks: Commodities, Broad Market, and multiple hedge/defensive groups. Each block contains candidate assets (ETFs) with explicit weights. - Within each block, it applies signals (momentum and risk measures) to decide whether to include an asset and how much to allocate. Examples of signals include moving-average and momentum checks, standard deviation/drawdown screens, and relative strength comparisons across different time windows. - The Commodities block uses a momentum/ranking screen to tilt toward a dollar-hedged commodity approach when momentum lines up (and also to select a small group of gold or dollar-related assets in some paths). - The Broad Market block uses short, medium, and long-horizon momentum and volatility filters to decide exposure to volatility-related ETFs (UVXY, VIXM, SVXY) and to main equity exposures with large-cap or tech tilt (e.g., high-growth/tech proxies) depending on signals. - “Pops” blocks implement a rotating, top-performing subset of ETFs based on momentum or risk-adjusted returns, selecting a few assets per window and assigning them weights that can be quite large (e.g., 85% of the block) while leaving room for diversification. - Hedge and defensive blocks (Anti-Beta, Safety Haven) allocate to low-beta or negatively correlated assets (BTAL, VIX-related ETFs, GLD, XLP, etc.) to reduce drawdowns during stress. - Bonds are included (BND, BSV, BNDX, PULS, BLV, BOXX) with rules that combine moving-average and exponential-weighted returns to approximate a diversified fixed-income sleeve. - Rebalancing follows corridor-width and basket-level signals to avoid excessive turnover while keeping the target mix aligned with regime expectations. - All of this is implemented with a wide set of window days (10, 14, 30, 60, 126, 200, 252) to capture different horizons, and with varied comparison operators (greater-than, less-than) to orient assets toward uptrends, downtrends, or mean-reversion opportunities. - The strategy expresses backtest labels (e.g., “Kearsarge” variants) and performance diagnoses (drawdown estimates) for different flavor paths, suggesting a family of logically similar models tuned for different risk appetites. Overall, the plan aims to be resilient across regimes by combining momentum-driven rotations with hedges and defensive ballast, all implemented with ETF liquidity to ease practical execution.
CheckmarkValue prop
Out-of-sample, this strategy offers stronger risk-adjusted returns than the S&P 500: Sharpe ≈1.95 vs 1.44, drawdown ≈6.6% vs 18.8%, Calmar ≈2.89. A momentum-led, hedged multi-asset rotation aims for upside with disciplined downside protection.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
AlphaBetaR2R
0.160.140.050.23
Performance Metrics
Cumulative ReturnAnnualized ReturnTrailing 1M ReturnTrailing 3M ReturnSharpe Ratio
85.27%21.26%-1.77%0.2%1.35
82.59%20.71%1.74%4.78%2.14
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$18,259.22
Regulatory Fees
$49.24
Total Slippage
$291.25
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OOS Start Date
May 13, 2023
Trading Setting
Threshold 13%
Type
Stocks
Category
Multi-asset, momentum-rotational, hedged, etf-based, risk-controlled
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 50 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BLV
Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF
Stocks
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
BNDX
Vanguard Total International Bond ETF
Stocks
BOXX
Alpha Architect 1-3 Month Box ETF
Stocks
BSV
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
Stocks
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
DBC
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
Stocks
DBMF
iMGP DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF
Stocks
ERX
Direxion Daily Energy Bull 2X ETF
Stocks

FAQ

A Composer symphony is an automated trading strategy that executes trades based on parameters of your choice. Some symphonies are similar to holding one ETF in normal conditions and rotating to a different ETF when market conditions shift, for example a 5% drop in the S&P 500, while others use complex rules with dozens of triggers. However, complex doesn’t always mean better. A simple, well-structured symphony can be just as effective as an intricate one. Learn more about how symphonies work here.

The symphony is currently performing the same as yesterday today. Performance updates in real time during market hours.

The symphony is currently allocated toUPRO, IEF, XLV, BLV, BOXX, SVXY, UUP, DBMF, SHY, BTAL, SHV, XLU, GLD, PDBC, SCHD, VIXM, BIL, XLPandBND. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, the symphony has returned 18.90%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for the symphony is 6.58%. The maximum drawdown measures the largest peak-to-trough decline. It's an important metric to evaluate risk and the strategy's behavior during market stress.

To invest in the symphony, simply click the Invest button on this page. You'll need to open an account with Composer if you don't have one yet, then you can start investing. Composer will automatically execute the trades for you based on the strategy's rules. Composer also supports trading individual stocks, ETFs, and options.