QQQ EMA Balanced
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About
Uses QQQ’s short‑ vs long‑term trend to switch risk on/off. In uptrends, puts 85% in the top 2 recent winners from big tech names/ETFs and 15% in SPY+gold. In downtrends, holds gold and an ETF that goes up when the S&P 500 goes down. Rebalances daily.
It watches QQQ, an ETF of big tech‑heavy Nasdaq‑100 stocks. If QQQ’s short‑term average price (8 days) is above its longer‑term average (13 days), trend is up.
If up: 85% goes to the 2 best performers over ~3 months from MSFT, AAPL, AMZN, META, AVGO, ANET, NFLX, GOOGL, SPY, QQQ. 15% is split between SPY and gold (GLD).
If not: 50/50 gold (GLD) and SH, an ETF that rises when the S&P 500 falls. Rebalances daily.
Regime-aware, tech-driven momentum with a gold/hedge ballast. Diversifies beyond SPY and targets upside in up markets while offering a hedge in downturns. Caution: out-of-sample performance trails the S&P and carries higher drawdowns.
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3M
6M
YTD
1Y
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.19 | 0.07 | 0 | 0.05 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 331.83% | 13.44% | 6.16% | 5.09% | 0.81 | |
| 651.45% | 18.98% | 2.15% | 2.49% | 0.91 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$75,145.47Regulatory Fees
$329.31
Total Slippage
$1,857.74
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Dec 5, 2025
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Trend-following, momentum, tech-focused, risk-on/risk-off, tactical allocation, equities, gold, inverse etf
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 12 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AAPL
Apple Inc.
Stocks
AMZN
Amazon.Com Inc
Stocks
ANET
Arista Networks
Stocks
AVGO
Broadcom Inc. Common Stock
Stocks
GLD
SPDR Gold Trust, SPDR Gold Shares
Stocks
GOOGL
Alphabet Inc. Class A Common Stock
Stocks
META
Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A Common Stock
Stocks
MSFT
Microsoft Corp
Stocks
NFLX
NetFlix Inc
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks