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About
A daily, highly tactical rotation among levered long bets (tech/semis), inverse/short hedges, and cash hedges, guided by momentum, volatility and strength screens with built-in risk controls and VIX/short-term-bond hedges. Highly turnover-prone and designed to ride up-trends while dampening drawdowns.
- Every day the strategy decides what to hold by looking at a large menu of ETFs and ETFs-on-stocks, including leveraged long bets (like 3x tech and growth plays), inverse/short bets (expectations of market drop or volatility rise), and cash-like hedges.
- It splits the universe into Long/High-Beta oriented groups and Short/Bear oriented groups, plus defensive buckets.
- Within each bucket, it uses a few screening rules to pick just a few assets:
• Standard deviation of returns over short windows (e.g., 5–20 days) to find less-volatile or more-volatile leaders depending on the signal.
• Cumulative return and moving-average-based momentum to favor assets showing a trend.
• Relative strength against a benchmark (SPY) to see which assets are stronger or weaker than the broad market.
- The algorithm then weights the selected assets (often with even cash) and places positions in the corresponding ETFs (e.g., SQQQ, SDS for shorts; TECL, TQQQ, SOXX, LABU for longs). It also uses hedge/cash layers (BIL for cash, UUP for USD exposure, SVXY for VIX-hedged positioning, and UVXY/SQXV-like instruments for volatility hedges) to manage risk.
- Risk checks constrain drawdowns and volatility exposure, often referencing SPY’s performance or drawdown metrics as a primary guardrail. If a risk condition is hit (for example, SPY drawdown or RSI/price signals indicating risk-off), the system shifts toward hedges or cash and reduces net equity exposure.
- The process is baked into nested blocks labeled Rotator Long, Rotator Short, Bear Things, Safety Town, etc., with explicit groups for scaling-in long/short exposures and for safety hedges. The outcome is a daily, position-constrained, multi-asset portfolio that alternates between aggressive long bets and defensive hedges, guided by trend/momentum/volatility screens and a set of risk limits.
Out-of-sample, aim for ~63% annualized return vs SPY ~30%, with strong risk controls and a Calmar ~4.5. Daily long/short rotations plus hedges seek big gains while dampening downside versus the S&P 500.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.33 | 1.17 | 0.17 | 0.41 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14.67% | 18.73% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 1.62 | |
| 46.79% | 61.81% | 1.18% | 9.06% | 1.68 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$14,679.27Regulatory Fees
$35.05
Total Slippage
$204.65
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Sep 28, 2023
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Leveraged/inverse equity rotation, multi-asset hedging, tactical allocation, risk controls
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 67 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AAPB
GraniteShares ETF Trust GraniteShares 2x Long AAPL Daily ETF
Stocks
AAPD
Direxion Shares ETF Trust Direxion Daily AAPL Bear 1X ETF
Stocks
AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Stocks
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
COM
Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF
Stocks
DDM
ProShares Ultra Dow30
Stocks
DRV
Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3X ETF
Stocks
DXD
ProShares UltraShort Dow 30
Stocks