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A daily, rules-based tactical strategy that shifts capital among a broad set of leveraged and inverse ETFs to express current market regime (bullish, bearish, or defensive). It uses momentum/trend signals against SPY, volatility probes, and defensive hedges to decide the single asset to hold, with a strong emphasis on risk management through diverse asset groups.
NutHow it works
- The strategy checks every trading day to decide where to put most of your money among a large set of ETFs. - It groups assets by market view (bullish bets, bearish bets, and defensive/hedge bets). - For each group, it ranks candidates by simple momentum or trend signals (think “is this asset been rising fast recently?” or “is it cheaper now than it was a short while ago?”). - It then picks the best candidate in each group and allocates the entire capital to that asset (in that branch’s scope). - It also keeps a set of safety assets (cash-like, bonds, gold, dollar) to fall back on if risk seems to rise. - The signals rely on price trends, how the asset has performed in different time windows, and how versus the broad market (SPY) things are behaving. - The system often uses 3x leveraged ETFs to amplify moves in bull markets (e.g., SOXL for semiconductors, TECL for technology, SPXL for the S&P 500) and their bearish or inverse counterparts when a downturn is signaled (e.g., SOXS, SQQQ, SPXS). - The approach is fully rules-based and rebalances daily, so exposures can swing quickly with market mood. - It assumes a willingness to accept high short-term risk for the possibility of larger gains, given the use of leveraged products. - Important caveats: levered ETFs magnify losses as well as gains, correlations can change during stress, and the strategy’s complexity requires thorough understanding and risk management. The layman view is that it’s like a weather-driven, 1-asset-at-a-time “bet-the-mest” system that tries to pick the best levered bet for the current market mood while keeping some safety bets ready if the sky gets ominous.
CheckmarkValue prop
Out-of-sample results show higher growth potential than SPY: about 40% annualized vs 23%, with a Calmar ~0.81. Expect larger drawdowns (up to ~50%), but a regime-driven, hedged approach aims for stronger upside in trends while moderating risk overall.

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OOS Start Date
Dec 18, 2022
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Tactical asset allocation, leveraged etfs, momentum, volatility hedges, multi-asset, daily rebalance
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 40 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Stocks
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BSV
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
Stocks
CURE
Direxion Daily Healthcare Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
DBC
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
Stocks
EEM
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Stocks
EFA
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
Stocks
EPI
WisdomTree India Earnings Fund ETF
Stocks
ERX
Direxion Daily Energy Bull 2X ETF
Stocks
EUO
ProShares UltraShort Euro
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 toUPRO. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, the symphony has returned 24.76%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for the symphony is 49.58%. 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.