[No LETF] Sandy's Golden Dragon V4.4 (vol hedge?)
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About
A rules-based “Dragon” portfolio that balances growth, bonds, inflation fighters, trend, and crash protection. It rotates among ETFs (SPY/QQQ, TLT, GLD, DBC, UUP) and adds hedges (VIXY, SH/PSQ) when stress appears, aiming to hold up in booms and busts.
It splits your money into 5 buckets: growth stocks, bonds, “inflation fighters” (gold/commodities/dollar), trend/momentum, and a crash hedge. Each bucket follows simple rules: own what’s rising, shift to safer assets or hedges when trends weaken or markets look overheated/oversold. It uses well-known ETFs like SPY/QQQ, TLT, GLD, DBC, UUP (USD), plus selective hedges (VIXY, SH/PSQ) and defensives (XLP/BTAL).
Dragon beats the S&P on risk-adjusted performance out-of-sample: Sharpe 2.30 vs 1.41, drawdown 6.5% vs 18.8%, Calmar 3.01. It prioritizes resilience and capital protection, delivering steadier, long-run growth even with slightly lower upside.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.43 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 348.51% | 13.16% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 0.8 | |
| 924.96% | 21.14% | 2.23% | 6.8% | 2.6 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$102,496.17Regulatory Fees
$378.42
Total Slippage
$2,275.15
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Apr 9, 2023
Trading Setting
Threshold 2%
Type
Stocks
Category
Multi-asset, risk-parity, trend-following, momentum, long-volatility hedge, tactical equities, treasuries, gold, commodities, us dollar, inverse etfs
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 32 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
DBC
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
Stocks
GLD
SPDR Gold Trust, SPDR Gold Shares
Stocks
PSQ
ProShares Short QQQ
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks
QUAL
iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF
Stocks
RPV
Invesco S&P 500 Pure Value ETF
Stocks