[Minimum Variance] The Golden Ratio FTLT ratios | Mike G
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About
A high-risk rule-based strategy that shifts daily among leveraged gold, tech, emerging markets, bonds, real estate, and volatility funds based on trend and momentum signals, with more than half of the portfolio driven by gold timing.
This strategy splits money into 5 mini-systems. Each one checks whether an area of the market looks strong, weak, overheated, or beaten down using recent price trends and a “speedometer” called RSI.
It then jumps into turbocharged funds tied to gold, tech stocks, emerging markets, real estate, bonds, or market fear. Most of the money is in a gold-trading module.
Out-of-sample annualized return: 26.23% vs S&P 22.07%. Calmar ~0.84 with diversified sleeves (gold, tech, EM, REITs, bonds) designed for stronger upside across regimes. Note: max drawdown ~31% vs SPY ~13.7%.
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3M
6M
YTD
1Y
3Y
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.1 | 0.32 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 747.3% | 15.25% | -5.4% | -4.54% | 0.93 | |
| 205,462.09% | 65.95% | -3.29% | -7.26% | 2.24 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$20,556,208.69Regulatory Fees
$38,666.57
Total Slippage
$321,935.07
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Mar 22, 2025
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Tactical asset allocation, leveraged etfs, long/short, gold, technology, emerging markets, bonds, reits, volatility
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 24 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
DRN
Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
DRV
Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3X ETF
Stocks
EDC
Direxion Daily MSCI Emerging Markets Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
EDZ
Direxion Daily MSCI Emerging Markets Bear 3X ETF
Stocks
EEM
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Stocks
GLL
ProShares UltraShort Gold
Stocks
IEI
iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
IGIB
iShares Trust iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
Stocks
IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Stocks