An active, rules‑based “risk throttle” that rides tech uptrends with leveraged funds, buys dips, and quickly switches to volatility hedges, shorts, bonds, cash, or managed‑futures (KMLM) when prices look overheated or the trend breaks.

Think of two simple meters: a heat meter (RSI) and a trend line (price vs a long‑term average). When the trend is up and not “too hot,” it rides growth with leveraged tech funds (TQQQ/TECL/SOXL). If things look overheated or the trend breaks, it quickly shifts to crash insurance or shorts (VIXY/UVXY, PSQ/SQQQ) or to safer bonds/cash (TMF/TLT, BIL/SHV). On sharp sell‑offs it buys the dip. If managed‑futures (KMLM) is doing better than tech, it uses that instead. Key tickers: TQQQ=3x Nasdaq; TECL=3x tech; SOXL=3x semis; VIXY/UVXY=volatility; PSQ/SQQQ=short Nasdaq; TMF/TLT=long Treasuries; KMLM=managed‑futures; BIL/SHV=T‑bills.

This risk-managed, multi-asset strategy diversifies a core S&P 500 holding. In out-of-sample testing, it delivers relatively better risk-adjusted performance than SPY despite lower absolute returns, with built-in hedges and regime-switching to help limit drawdowns.