QQQY/PSQ - No Leverage
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About
A daily market-timing strategy that switches all-in between QQQY (a Nasdaq-linked income fund) and PSQ (a fund that rises when the Nasdaq falls), based on whether market signals suggest tech stocks are safe to buy or safer to bet against.
This strategy checks the market every day and puts all the money into just one of two funds: QQQY or PSQ.
QQQY is the “bullish” choice: it is tied to the Nasdaq-100, so it leans toward large tech-heavy companies.
PSQ is the “defensive” choice: it tends to go up when the Nasdaq-100 goes down.
To decide, the strategy watches signs of whether stocks look overheated, beaten down, fearful, or in a healthy trend. It uses the S&P 500, Nasdaq, semiconductors, volatility, bonds, commodities, and the U.S. dollar as clues.
If markets look too hot or dangerous, it moves to PSQ. If markets look washed out or stable, it moves to QQQY.
Out-of-sample edge: 21.5% annual return vs SPY 18.8%, Sharpe ~1.21 vs 1.18, Calmar ~1.82, max drawdown ~11.8% vs 18.8%, beta ~0.23. A Nasdaq-timing strategy toggling between QQQY and PSQ for higher upside with lower risk than the S&P 500.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.16 | 0.24 | 0.05 | 0.22 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74.91% | 20.02% | -5.4% | -4.54% | 1.26 | |
| 80.52% | 21.27% | 13.93% | 13.74% | 1.21 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$18,052.07Regulatory Fees
$40.61
Total Slippage
$264.28
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Dec 11, 2023
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Nasdaq, long-short, tactical asset allocation, daily rebalance, mean reversion, trend following, inverse etf, options income
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 18 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
SPDR Series Trust - State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BSV
Vanguard Bond Index Funds - Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
Stocks
DBC
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund - Units of fractional undivided beneficial interest
Stocks
IEF
iShares Trust - iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
PSQ
ProShares Trust - ProShares Short QQQ -1x Shares
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 - Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1
Stocks
QQQY
Tidal Trust II - Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF
Stocks
SOXL
Direxion Shares ETF Trust - Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
SPHB
Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II - Invesco S&P 500 High Beta ETF
Stocks
SPXL
Direxion Shares ETF Trust - Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bull 3X ETF
Stocks