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Risk Weight Experiment
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About

A daily, rule-based, regime-aware, multi-asset portfolio that dynamically allocates across stocks, bonds, commodities, currency, and hedges (including leveraged and inverse ETFs) using signals like moving averages, momentum (RSI), and volatility. It aims to ride trends, hedge risk, and adapt to market regimes, with built-in cash handling and heavy emphasis on risk-weighted diversification.
NutHow it works
- It runs daily and rebalances the portfolio. - It screens a broad universe of ETFs (stocks, bonds, commodities, currency, and volatility hedges). - It uses multiple signals (price trend via moving averages, momentum via RSI, and volatility via standard deviation) with different window lengths to gauge market regime and asset quality. - It groups assets into themed buckets (for example: Trend/Momentum, Fiat Alternatives like gold and dollar exposure, Secular Growth, Bonds, and Risk-On/Risk-Off hedges). - Within each group, the strategy ranks and selects assets (top or bottom by performance or volatility) and assigns weights. - It combines long, defensive, and leveraged/inverse positions to try to capture upside in strong regimes while providing hedges or reduced risk in weak regimes. - Cash allocations are used as a stable base and to manage risk. - The final allocation is a blend of groups with preset weights that can tilt toward risk-off hedges or risk-on exposures depending on signals. - It uses both common assets (SPY, QQQ, DIA) and less familiar ETFs (GLD, UUP, DBC, UVXY, SQQQ, UPRO, TQQQ, TMF, TMV, etc.). Important caveats: levered/short ETFs can amplify losses; past performance and signals do not guarantee future results; always consider your own risk tolerance.
CheckmarkValue prop
Out-of-sample Sharpe ~2.23 and Calmar ~2.89, with ~4% max drawdown vs SPY ~19%, beta ~0.24, and diversified, regime-aware multi-asset exposure. Superior risk-adjusted returns and downside protection vs the S&P 500.
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6M
YTD
1Y
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
AlphaBetaR2R
0.120.160.370.61
Performance Metrics
Cumulative ReturnAnnualized ReturnTrailing 1M ReturnTrailing 3M ReturnSharpe Ratio
224.04%14.19%-1.77%0.2%0.81
265.34%15.74%0.26%1.26%3.03
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$36,534.17
Regulatory Fees
$77.68
Total Slippage
$315.45
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OOS Start Date
Aug 16, 2024
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Dynamic multi-asset, regime-based, leveraged/hedged allocation
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 96 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AAPL
Apple Inc.
Stocks
ADBE
Adobe Inc.
Stocks
AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Stocks
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
Stocks
AMGN
Amgen Inc
Stocks
AMZN
Amazon.Com Inc
Stocks
AVGO
Broadcom Inc. Common Stock
Stocks
AXP
American Express Company
Stocks
BA
Boeing Company
Stocks
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
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.

"Risk Weight Experiment" is currently performing the same as yesterday today. Performance updates in real time during market hours.

"Risk Weight Experiment" is currently allocated toIEF, XLV, UUP, DBC, SHY, SPY, BTAL, TBT, TQQQ, XLU, GLD, TLT, PDBC, TMV, SCHD, BIL, SQQQ, XLPandPSQ. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, "Risk Weight Experiment" has returned 9.80%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for "Risk Weight Experiment" is 4.01%. 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 "Risk Weight Experiment", 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.