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Quarterly Rotator
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Quarterly-rotating, multi-asset strategy blending momentum, mean reversion, and hedging. It mixes stocks, sectors, bonds, gold/commodities, and selective levered bets, updating allocations every quarter to seek growth with risk controls.
NutHow it works
- What it is: a quarterly, rules-based portfolio that rotates among a broad mix of assets (stocks, sectors, bonds, gold/commodities, and some levered hedged bets). - Signals used: momentum and trend (how strong price moves have been recently), mean reversion (tendency to revert to average prices), volatility/hedging signals (when to add protection). - How decisions are made: the system ranks assets by recent performance over different windows and selects top or bottom performers for inclusion, often grouping assets by theme (diversifiers, leverage, dynamic sector/treasury mean reversion, etc.). It assigns weights per sleeve (some blocks use fixed cash-like weights, others use percent allocations). - Rollout: every quarter, the engine recalculates, reweights, and rebalances to the new targets. - Why it might work: diversification across asset classes aims to capture broad market uptrends while having hedges to dampen downside risks; leveraging can boost upside in strong trends, but only with strict risk controls. - What RSI is (briefly): RSI stands for relative strength index. It’s a momentum gauge that compares upward versus downward moves to indicate whether an asset has been quietly rising, overbought, or due for a pause. In this strategy, RSI-like signals help decide when to tilt toward risk-on exposures (like tech/large-cap stocks) or pull back toward hedges. - Important caveats: complexity, daily resetting of levered ETFs, and the risk that multiple signals can conflict; the framework relies on historical patterns that may not persist. Bottom line for a layman: this is a quarterly, diversified, rules-based plan that tries to go with the strongest trends and sector rotations, while keeping cushions (gold, bonds, hedges) in place to weather tougher markets. It uses a lot of familiar names (SPY, QQQ, XLK, VDE, IEF) plus some hedges and a few leveraged bets to capture bigger moves when the signal says so.
CheckmarkValue prop
Out-of-sample evidence shows this quarterly strategy outperforms the S&P 500: higher risk-adjusted returns (Sharpe ~1.38 vs ~1.20), much higher annualized return (~36% vs ~22%), and lower max drawdown (~16.5% vs ~18.8%), with hedges.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
AlphaBetaR2R
0.30.690.340.58
Performance Metrics
Cumulative ReturnAnnualized ReturnTrailing 1M ReturnTrailing 3M ReturnSharpe Ratio
259.62%14.58%-2.02%-1.16%0.84
3,479.68%46.29%-1.05%-3.28%1.87
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$357,968.44
Regulatory Fees
$109.47
Total Slippage
$703.60
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OOS Start Date
Sep 6, 2024
Trading Setting
Quarterly
Type
Stocks
Category
Multi-asset rotation, momentum, mean reversion, hedging, leverage
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 145 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AAPL
Apple Inc.
Stocks
ABBV
ABBVIE INC.
Stocks
ABT
Abbott Laboratories
Stocks
ACN
Accenture PLC
Stocks
ADBE
Adobe Inc.
Stocks
ADI
Analog Devices, Inc.
Stocks
ADP
Automatic Data Processing
Stocks
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
Stocks
AMGN
Amgen Inc
Stocks
AMZN
Amazon.Com Inc
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.

"Quarterly Rotator" is currently performing the same as yesterday today. Performance updates in real time during market hours.

"Quarterly Rotator" is currently allocated toWDAY, ADP, NFLX, ADBE, AVGO, KDP, PANW, PEP, PYPL, TXN, UUP, LIN, HON, UPS, LULU, ACN, SBUX, UNH, TSLA, HD, QID, AMD, CRM, CHTR, PG, NKE, INTU, MDLZ, COSTandSNPS. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, "Quarterly Rotator" has returned 30.80%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for "Quarterly Rotator" is 16.55%. 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 "Quarterly Rotator", 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.