NVDA or LLY Cactus 2.9 [CMP] (K-1 Free)
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Daily, it rotates between NVIDIA and Eli Lilly using simple market “weather” gauges (volatility, tech strength, utilities, junk bonds, gold). Calm = NVDA; choppy/defensive = LLY. Under high fear, two votes decide; in extremes, a gold check tilts to LLY.
It flips between NVIDIA (NVDA, big-chip/AI) and Eli Lilly (LLY, large pharma). Each day it reads “market weather” from ETFs used as gauges: VIXM (volatility), QQQ (big tech), XLU (utilities), JNK (junk bonds), GLD (gold). If fear is rising, two tests (utilities vs tech, and junk bonds vs tech) vote for NVDA or LLY—if split, it holds both 50/50. In normal times, calm tech markets favor NVDA; choppy ones favor LLY. In very wild markets, a gold check tilts it to LLY. It never buys the ETFs.
Out-of-sample annualized return ~39.7% vs S&P ~19%; Calmar ~1.11 and Sharpe ~0.99 signal solid risk-adjusted gains. A rules-based NVDA/LLY rotation targets growth and quality, avoiding ETFs. Higher drawdowns (~36%) in crises are possible.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.36 | 1.24 | 0.32 | 0.57 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 570.52% | 13.45% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 0.82 | |
| 109,424.73% | 59.04% | -5.77% | 5.72% | 1.42 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$10,952,473.15Regulatory Fees
$27,859.44
Total Slippage
$185,691.20
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Mar 3, 2024
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Momentum, volatility targeting, tactical rotation, risk-on/risk-off, single-stock, us equities
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 8 assets in total
Ticker
Type
GLD
SPDR Gold Trust, SPDR Gold Shares
Stocks
JNK
State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF
Stocks
LLY
Eli Lilly & Co.
Stocks
NVDA
Nvidia Corp
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks
TQQQ
ProShares UltraPro QQQ
Stocks
VIXM
ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF
Stocks
XLU
State Street Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF
Stocks