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A daily-rebalanced, risk-managed mix of broad/tech equity exposure with volatility hedges. Uses a 10-day RSI momentum signal on major ETFs to decide when to tilt toward leveraged equities or hedges, while keeping cash/bond proxies as risk controls.
- Every day, the system looks at several well-known stock-market proxies (QQQ = Nasdaq-100, XLK = technology sector, VOOG = growth-focused S&P 500, SPY = broad market). For each one, it checks a 10-day momentum score (RSI). If the score is very high (for example above about 78–84, depending on the group), it considers hedging with volatility-related funds. These volatility funds (UVXY, VIXY, VIXM) tend to rise when market volatility spikes, acting like an insurance cushion.
- If those high-momentum conditions aren’t met for the base ETFs, the strategy looks to allocate to other assets to gain exposure (for example, TECL or SPXL, which are leveraged bets on technology or the broader market) or to defensive positions (BSV, a short-term bond ETF; or BIL, a very short-term cash proxy) to keep risk in check.
- When multiple candidate assets pass the rules, the strategy uses a rule-based selection (for example, choosing a single asset among a group with the strongest or most favorable momentum, and then assigning a weight like 15% to that asset). There is also a recurring pattern to keep 100% exposure allocated across the chosen assets, using cash-equal weighting to avoid over-concentration.
- The overall aim is a balance: you get participation in upside when momentum looks attractive, but you gain protection during spikes in volatility with hedges, all wrapped in a daily rebalance so the portfolio reflects new signals each day.
- In short: it’s a tactical, signal-driven mix of growth/tech exposure, broad-market exposure, volatility hedges, and cash/bond considerations, designed to chase returns while trying to limit big drawdowns.
Out-of-sample edge: 34.5% annualized return vs SPY 22.2%, with Calmar 1.47. A daily, risk-controlled mix of leveraged tech/broad exposure plus volatility hedges aims for higher upside and stronger risk-adjusted growth than the S&P 500.
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Performance
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$2,695,229.96Regulatory Fees
$6,941.69
Total Slippage
$44,405.46
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OOS Start Date
Jan 17, 2024
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Multi-asset, momentum-based, volatility-hedged, levered equity, cash/bond proxies
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 12 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BSV
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks
SPXL
Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bull 3x ETF
Stocks
SPY
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Stocks
SVXY
ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF
Stocks
TECL
Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3x ETF
Stocks
UVXY
ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF
Stocks
VIXM
ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF
Stocks
VIXY
ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF
Stocks