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Symphonies
Retail with Recession Condition
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About

Owns Walmart, Costco, and a small slice of Target. If the S&P 500 trend (via SPY) looks weak—50-day average below 200-day—it switches to 100% Walmart; otherwise it holds a WMT/COST/TGT mix. Focus: U.S. large retail.
NutHow it works
Each day it checks SPY, a fund that tracks the S&P 500. It compares the average closing price over the last 50 days to the last 200. If 50<200 (downtrend), it owns only Walmart. Otherwise it holds 61.64% Walmart, 34.91% Costco, 3.45% Target. Exposure: big U.S. retailers.
CheckmarkValue prop
Low-beta, trend-filtered retail strategy. In out-of-sample tests it shows strong risk-adjusted performance (Calmar ≈ 2.50) and positive alpha, offering diversification and downside protection relative to a pure SPY bet while still participating in market upside.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
AlphaBetaR2R
SPY
0.090.680.30.55
Performance Metrics
Cumulative ReturnAnnualized ReturnTrailing 1M ReturnTrailing 3M ReturnSharpe Ratio
SPY
2,550.13%10.74%1.71%4.56%0.64
Retail with Recession Condition
9,096.94%15.11%5.8%8.61%0.72
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$919,694.04
Regulatory Fees
$219.22
Total Slippage
$823.49
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OOS Start Date
May 3, 2025
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Us equities, retail, trend-following, moving-average filter, defensive tilt, concentrated, large-cap
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 4 assets in total
Ticker
Type
COST
Costco Wholesale Corp
Stocks
SPY
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Stocks
TGT
Target Corporation
Stocks
WMT
Walmart Inc. Common Stock
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.

"Retail with Recession Condition" is currently performing the same as yesterday today. Performance updates in real time during market hours.

"Retail with Recession Condition" is currently allocated toTGT, WMTandCOST. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, "Retail with Recession Condition" has returned 17.91%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for "Retail with Recession Condition" is 7.18%. 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.

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