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Symphonies
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A symphony is an automated trading strategy — Learn more about symphonies here

About

An equal-weight, buy‑and‑hold basket of 30 very large, mostly dividend‑paying companies across many industries—heavy in health care and energy, with tech hardware, communications, consumer, and industrials—using rare, threshold‑only rebalancing.
NutHow it works
It buys 30 very large companies (each worth $50B+), puts the same amount into each, and mostly holds. Tickers are short stock codes (e.g., JNJ=Johnson & Johnson, XOM=Exxon Mobil, HD=Home Depot). Biggest tilts: health care and energy; also chips/tech hardware, communications, consumer, and industrials. It only rebalances if a holding drifts far from equal, so trading is rare.
CheckmarkValue prop
Out-of-sample risk edge: higher Sharpe and Calmar, substantially smaller drawdown, and lower beta. A dividend-tilted, low-turnover 30-name large-cap basket that improves risk-adjusted returns versus the S&P 500.

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OOS Start Date
Dec 15, 2023
Trading Setting
Threshold 22%
Type
Stocks
Category
Large-cap stocks, equal-weight, multi-sector, dividend tilt, buy-and-hold, low turnover
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 30 assets in total
Ticker
Type
ABBV
ABBVIE INC.
Stocks
ADP
Automatic Data Processing
Stocks
AMAT
Applied Materials Inc
Stocks
AMGN
Amgen Inc
Stocks
BKNG
Booking Holdings Inc. Common Stock
Stocks
BMY
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Stocks
CAT
Caterpillar Inc.
Stocks
CI
The Cigna Group
Stocks
CMCSA
Comcast Corp
Stocks
CSCO
Cisco Systems, Inc. Common Stock (DE)
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 toMAR, CVS, ADP, AMAT, KLAC, CMCSA, XOM, CI, QCOM, MRK, BKNG, LOW, JNJ, AMGN, MO, SLB, VZ, MPC, PFE, LMT, HD, ABBV, CSCO, EOG, GILD, SCCO, MCK, BMY, CATandPM. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, the symphony has returned 21.13%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for the symphony is 12.09%. 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.