Monthly Mega-Cap V2 | MA of return + cumulative return | Pskonejott
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A monthly, two-group mega-cap strategy that selects two top performers from tech and two top performers from defensives, based on specific performance windows, with a 50/50 group split and equal weighting within each group, rebalanced monthly for simplicity and potential outperformance.
- You have two buckets of stocks: Mega Cap Tech and Mega Cap Non-Cyclical, each intended to hold 50% of your portfolio.
- Mega Cap Tech list includes big tech names like AAPL, MSFT, GOOGL, AMZN, NVDA, TSM, ASML, AVGO, ORCL; Mega Cap Non-Cyclical includes names like MRK, PFE, KO, UNH, WMT, MA, V, BRK/B, JNJ, NVS, COST, etc.
- Each month, within Mega Cap Tech, pick the top 2 stocks from the eligible tech list based on moving-average-return over the last 135 trading days. This is the average of daily gains (the idea is to pick those with strongest recent trend). The two selected stocks are weighted equally within this group (i.e., each gets 25% of the total portfolio).
- Within Mega Cap Non-Cyclical, pick the top 2 based on cumulative return over the last 220 trading days (the total gain from the start to the end of that window). These two are also weighted equally within their group (25% each).
- The two groups themselves carry equal weight (50% to Tech group, 50% to Non-Cyclical group).
- Rebalance occurs monthly, so the holdings and the 50/50 split are reset each month to reflect the latest rule-based selections.
- The goal is to beat broad benchmarks (like S&P 500 and QQQ) over time with a simple, transparent process and similar maximum drawdown, while avoiding overfitting by using clearly defined lookbacks and group structure.
Out-of-sample annualized return ~50.6% vs S&P ~20.2%; Sharpe ~1.69 vs ~1.28; Calmar ~1.84. A simple monthly mega-cap momentum strategy (tech vs defensives) with higher risk-adjusted upside than the S&P.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.14 | 1.1 | 0.62 | 0.79 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 702.39% | 13.86% | -2.02% | -1.16% | 0.84 | |
| 7,349.92% | 30.83% | -3.68% | 9.66% | 1.25 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$744,991.50Regulatory Fees
$329.46
Total Slippage
$2,141.38
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Nov 30, 2022
Trading Setting
Monthly
Type
Stocks
Category
Quantitative, mega-cap, equal-weighted, momentum-style, monthly rebalance
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 28 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AAPL
Apple Inc.
Stocks
AMZN
Amazon.Com Inc
Stocks
ASML
ASML Holding NV
Stocks
AVGO
Broadcom Inc. Common Stock
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AZN
AstraZeneca PLC
Stocks
BAC
Bank of America Corporation
Stocks
BRK/B
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B
Stocks
CL
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Stocks
COST
Costco Wholesale Corp
Stocks
GOOGL
Alphabet Inc. Class A Common Stock
Stocks