Return Rotator | Actively Traded
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About
Daily, equal-weight rotation of up to 4 momentum leaders among large-cap equities and select ETFs, with hedges (BTAL, VXX) and occasional levered bets; signals rely on RSI and moving-average/price checks to decide entries, and a top-4 selector determines final weightings.
Plain language flow:
- It watches a group of big-name stocks (AAPL, MSFT, META, GOOG, NVDA, AMZN, COST, MSTR, BRK/B, etc.) and related ETFs.
- For each stock, it checks momentum and trend signals (roughly: is the stock in an uptrend, and is momentum strong?; is the market not overbought?). Momentum signals are largely based on moving averages (price vs short-term averages) and an indicator called RSI that measures recent price strength.
- If a stock passes its signals, it becomes a candidate asset. If signals are weak or negative, protective or opposite exposures (bear ETFs) may be considered.
- Across all candidates, the system ranks them by a short-term momentum measure (moving-average return over a 5-day lookback) and picks the top 4.
- The strategy then allocates equal cash to these 4 and rebalances daily.
- There are built-in hedge/installations with BTAL (anti-beta market neutral) and VXX (volatility proxy) and occasional long/short tilt via leveraged ETFs (e.g., QLD, TQQQ, AAPB, AAPD, GGLS, etc.) depending on signals.
- The result is an actively rotated, hedged equity portfolio that seeks to ride short-term momentum while moderating risk through hedges.
Out-of-sample edge: 32.2% annualized return vs 19% S&P, higher oos Sharpe (~1.10 vs ~1.04), and smaller max drawdown (~17.5% vs ~18.8%). Daily top-4 momentum with hedges targets stronger, risk-adjusted growth.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.33 | 0.66 | 0.15 | 0.39 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57.34% | 20.09% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 1.25 | |
| 188.75% | 53.45% | -1% | 1.89% | 1.74 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$28,874.51Regulatory Fees
$149.24
Total Slippage
$881.17
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Nov 1, 2024
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Equities momentum rotation, daily rebalance, hedge-enabled, active trading, levered/alternative etfs
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 27 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AAPB
GraniteShares ETF Trust GraniteShares 2x Long AAPL Daily ETF
Stocks
AAPD
Direxion Shares ETF Trust Direxion Daily AAPL Bear 1X ETF
Stocks
AAPL
Apple Inc.
Stocks
AMZD
Direxion Shares ETF Trust Direxion Daily AMZN Bear 1X ETF
Stocks
AMZN
Amazon.Com Inc
Stocks
AMZU
Direxion Shares ETF Trust Direxion Daily AMZN Bull 2X ETF
Stocks
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BRK/B
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B
Stocks
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
COST
Costco Wholesale Corp
Stocks