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About

A daily-rebalanced, multi-asset momentum system that blends energy/commodities bets with precious metals, bonds, and broad equities, while using volatility, dollar, and gold hedges to limit drawdowns. It’s designed as a network of themed blocks that vote on exposure, with risk-controls steering money into hedges when signals worsen.
NutHow it works
- Every day the system runs a decision process that decides which blocks to fund and by how much. - Each block looks at recent price behavior to decide if its bets are likely to pay off. Some blocks pick the strongest performers, others check if price is above a moving average, or if a momentum signal (like RSI) looks extreme. - If risk is judged to be high (for example, volatility spikes or a drawdown threshold is crossed), the system shifts money into hedges such as UVXY (volatility), GLD (gold), UUP (a dollar bet), or BTAL (a hedged equity mix), and away from risk-on bets. - The energy and commodity blocks (Natural Gas, Clean Energy, Oil, etc.) select a mix of ETFs that proxy those themes, sometimes choosing the top two performers by momentum and weighted to the size of the block. - Treasury and bond-related bets (TMF/TMV/IEF/SHY) are used to add defensive/balanced exposure depending on signal strength. - The blocks have explicit weights, sometimes split across sub-lines (e.g., “Energy Momentum V3” may be fully invested in a sub-group, or split among several). Some blocks explicitly filter for top names by moving-average-return or RSI thresholds, while others use predefined weight splits (e.g., 25/100 to one sub-block). - The overall plan seeks a negative correlation to typical equity drawdowns while maintaining upside capture by relying on diversified, signal-driven bets across energy, gold, bonds, volatility hedges, and risk-on assets. Note: RSI explained simply means a momentum-related gauge; values higher than a threshold indicate stronger recent moves and can trigger hedging or changes in exposure in this strategy.
CheckmarkValue prop
OOS edge: ~39% annualized return vs SPY ~27%; Sharpe ~3.23; max drawdown ~2.93% vs ~5.07%; Calmar ~13.37. Diversified hedged momentum across energy/gold/bonds offers stronger risk-adjusted upside vs the S&P.

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OOS Start Date
May 14, 2024
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Multi-asset momentum, risk-managed hedging, energy/commodities, gold/bonds, volatility hedging
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 60 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AAPL
Apple Inc.
Stocks
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
Stocks
AMZN
Amazon.Com Inc
Stocks
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
BOIL
ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas
Stocks
BSV
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
Stocks
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
COP
ConocoPhillips
Stocks
CURE
Direxion Daily Healthcare Bull 3X ETF
Stocks

FAQ

A Composer symphony is an automated trading strategy that executes trades based on parameters of your choice. Some symphonies are similar to holding one ETF in normal conditions and rotating to a different ETF when market conditions shift, for example a 5% drop in the S&P 500, while others use complex rules with dozens of triggers. However, complex doesn’t always mean better. A simple, well-structured symphony can be just as effective as an intricate one. Learn more about how symphonies work here.

The symphony is currently performing the same as yesterday today. Performance updates in real time during market hours.

The symphony is currently allocated toXME, FCG, KOLD, TMF, UUP, DBMF, DBC, SHY, OILK, DBO, VLO, SHV, XLE, MPC, GLD, BIL, XLPandBND. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, the symphony has returned 33.26%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for the symphony is 4.10%. The maximum drawdown measures the largest peak-to-trough decline. It's an important metric to evaluate risk and the strategy's behavior during market stress.

To invest in the symphony, simply click the Invest button on this page. You'll need to open an account with Composer if you don't have one yet, then you can start investing. Composer will automatically execute the trades for you based on the strategy's rules. Composer also supports trading individual stocks, ETFs, and options.