Neo Pops - SCHD
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About
A tech-tilted, dip-buying playbook with crash defenses. It buys leveraged tech/S&P/Dow after selloffs, parks in SCHD or T-Bills when signals are weak, and uses inverse/VIX funds when fear spikes. High risk, very active.
It watches fear, trend, and short-term swings. RSI is a 0-100 speedometer: high = overheated, low = washed out. If fear (VIXM) spikes, it either hedges with TECS/UVIX or waits in T-Bills (BIL). If tech (XLK, QQQ/TQQQ) is leading and a dip shows up, it buys 3x bull funds (TECL, SPXL, UDOW) to catch rebounds. If bonds look stronger or drops deepen, it falls back to SCHD.
Out-of-sample edge: ~51.7% annualized return vs ~21.8% for S&P; Calmar ~1.72, Sharpe ~1.29. Higher drawdown (~30% vs ~19%), but tech-led dip buying with hedges and ballast (SCHD/BIL) aims for bigger upside with disciplined risk.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.31 | 1.5 | 0.52 | 0.72 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54.12% | 11.59% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 0.71 | |
| 464.12% | 55.06% | -1.81% | 17.03% | 1.38 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$56,412.25Regulatory Fees
$125.78
Total Slippage
$767.43
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Jan 14, 2023
Trading Setting
Threshold 10%
Type
Stocks
Category
Tactical multi-asset, tech timing, momentum + mean reversion, volatility hedging, leveraged etfs, dividend core (schd)
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 19 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
IEF
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
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QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
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SCHD
Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF
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SPXL
Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bull 3x ETF
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SPXU
ProShares UltraPro Short S&P 500
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SPY
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Stocks
TECL
Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3x ETF
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TECS
Direxion Daily Technology Bear 3x ETF
Stocks