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About
An aggressive, rule-based playbook: ride tech uptrends with leverage and top momentum stocks; fade overheated surges with volatility; buy deep dips when conditions align; and flip to shorts, bonds, dollar, or commodities when risk rises. Signals use trend, momentum, and an RSI “speedometer.”
First check the market’s backdrop: is the S&P 500 in an uptrend (above its 200‑day average)? If yes—and semiconductors aren’t overheated—it rides the strongest tech/energy using 3x ETFs (TQQQ=triple Nasdaq, SOXL=triple semis) and a few top‑trending stocks. It fades overheated spikes with volatility (UVXY) and buys big dips unless bonds disagree. If risk rises, it flips to inverse ETFs (SQQQ/SOXS), Treasuries (TMF=long, TMV=short), cash‑like bills (BIL), gold/commodities (GLD/DBC). RSI ≈ a “speedometer” of recent moves.
Out-of-sample, this strategy targets ~52% annualized return vs ~15% for the S&P, with stronger risk-adjusted performance (Sharpe ~0.88 vs ~0.83). It rides tech/energy leaders and hedges risk; drawdowns are higher (~49% vs ~19%).
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OOS Start Date
Dec 9, 2024
Trading Setting
Threshold 29.2%
Type
Stocks
Category
Leveraged-etfs, volatility-hedges, trend-following, mean-reversion, momentum, regime-switching, tech-heavy, macro-sensitive, tactical-allocation
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 104 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AA
Alcoa Corporation
Stocks
AAPL
Apple Inc.
Stocks
ABG
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.
Stocks
ACLS
Axcelis Technologies Inc
Stocks
ADBE
Adobe Inc.
Stocks
AEHR
Aehr Test Systems
Stocks
AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Stocks
ALGN
Align Technology Inc
Stocks
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
Stocks
AMZN
Amazon.Com Inc
Stocks