Risky AF & Frontrunner - V1.0
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About
A high-risk, daily-rebalanced, multi-strategy approach combining frontrunner equity bets, a bond-rotation module, and a volatility-based overlay to adapt to market regimes while guarding against large losses.
What it tries to do, in plain language:
- The system runs every day and looks at several signals to decide where to put money and where to hold back.
- Safety first: if the market looks shaky (for example, the broad market index has fallen a bit in a short window or momentum indicators show weakness), the strategy moves some money into very safe, short-term government debt-like exposure (BIL) or to volatility hedges. These moves are meant to protect the portfolio from sharp drops.
- If the market isn’t signaling danger, the strategy can take on more risk in equities. It uses a “frontrunner” module with targeted bets on strongly trending or momentum-driven stocks/ETFs (including levered Nasdaq exposures like TQQQ and SQQQ) but only if a set of checks passes (to avoid chasing the market at bad times).
- Bond rotation: independently, a bond-rotation module decides whether to lean into long Treasuries (TMF) or their inverse/shorting exposure (TMV) based on momentum, volatility, and recent drawdowns. This is a way to capture moves in interest-rate and bond markets without staying fully in stocks.
- Trend-following volatility overlay: when market regimes suggest it, the strategy shifts among volatility-related products (SVIX, VIXY, UVIX, SQQQ, SPXS, etc.). These moves are designed to protect during spikes in volatility or to participate when volatility conditions favor a hedge or inverse exposures.
- All of these parts are combined and rebalanced daily, so the mix of stocks, bonds, and hedges can swing between aggressive and conservative depending on what the signals say.
- The overall aim is to chase upside when conditions look good, but cut risk quickly if signals warn of trouble, with an overall max drawdown target around 22% to cap potential losses.
Multi-strategy, risk-managed growth. OOS drawdown 9.1% vs 16.2% for SPY, Calmar ~2.02, positive alpha, and ~18.4% OOS annual return. Stronger downside protection and regime resilience than the S&P 500.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.46 | 0.4 | 0.08 | 0.27 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59.47% | 12.7% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 0.77 | |
| 560.47% | 62.17% | -4.47% | -0.62% | 2.03 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$66,046.94Regulatory Fees
$250.64
Total Slippage
$1,522.38
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Feb 27, 2025
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Multi-strategy, risk-managed, volatility-driven, market-timing
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 25 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
GLD
SPDR Gold Trust, SPDR Gold Shares
Stocks
PSQ
ProShares Short QQQ
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks
SH
ProShares Short S&P500
Stocks
SPXS
Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bear 3x ETF
Stocks
SPY
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Stocks
SQQQ
ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ
Stocks
SVIX
-1x Short VIX Futures ETF
Stocks