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About
A daily, rules‑based “market weather” strategy that rides stock uptrends with leverage, shifts to bonds/gold/dollar/managed futures when risk rises, and rotates into strong sectors/commodities only when they beat cash. Multiple built‑in crash brakes.
It’s a rules‑based “market weather” system that shifts your money daily:
- If stocks are trending up and calm, it leans into the S&P 500 and Nasdaq (sometimes using 3x funds).
- If stocks get choppy or fall, it cuts risk and moves to safer spots: short‑term bonds, gold, the US dollar, or managed‑futures funds. It can also use “short” stock funds to hedge.
- It watches Treasuries: when long‑term bonds are rising, it owns them (sometimes 3x). When rates rise and bonds fall, it prefers dollar/hedges, or even 3x “short” bonds.
- It rotates into the strongest sectors and commodities only when they’re beating cash; otherwise it parks in cash‑like T‑bills.
- Extra crash protection: if volatility spikes or the S&P drops fast, it flips to safety (T‑bills, gold, managed futures) and may use a volatility fund as a shock absorber.
Out-of-sample edge: ~32.4% annualized vs ~22.7% S&P, Calmar ~1.22. Higher upside with built-in crash brakes and dynamic hedges for durable, risk-managed performance in volatile markets.
1M
3M
6M
YTD
1Y
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | 0.68 | 0.21 | 0.46 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 158.82% | 15.59% | 2.19% | 5.01% | 0.82 | |
| 4,075.72% | 76.58% | 1.64% | 3.03% | 2.05 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$417,572.04Regulatory Fees
$1,197.70
Total Slippage
$7,253.13
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Feb 23, 2023
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Multi-asset, trend-following, momentum, risk-managed, sector rotation, commodities, bonds, leveraged etfs, volatility hedge
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 84 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
BSV
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
Stocks
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
CCOR
Core Alternative Capital
Stocks
COM
Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF
Stocks
DBA
Invesco DB Agriculture Fund
Stocks
DBB
Invesco DB Base Metals Fund
Stocks
DBC
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
Stocks
DBE
Invesco DB Energy Fund
Stocks