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About
A tactical, all‑in strategy that flips between leveraged Nasdaq‑100, cash/hedges, and long/short Europe. It uses fear (VIX), trend, “hot/cold” (RSI), recent drops, and bond‑vs‑stock strength to decide when to attack or hide.
1) Checks market fear (VIX). If fear is extreme, it runs a US‑tech playbook around TQQQ: step into cash/volatility hedges when tech looks “too hot” (RSI, a 0–100 heat gauge, is high); buy oversold rebounds after sharp drops; or ride the uptrend when QQQ is above its 25‑day average.
2) If fear isn’t extreme, it trades Europe: long (EURL) when trend is up, short (EPV) when down, guided by whether bonds look stronger than stocks (a safety gauge).
It always splits evenly across the picks.
Out-of-sample edge: ~108% annualized OOS return vs SPY ~45%, alpha ~0.61, Calmar ~6.92—strong risk-adjusted upside across regimes. Hedging and trend filters target tech/Europe upside vs the S&P 500.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.66 | 0.83 | 0.1 | 0.31 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 283.21% | 12.99% | -4.19% | -3.74% | 0.78 | |
| 149,769.27% | 94.45% | 1.98% | 10.52% | 1.63 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$14,986,927.34Regulatory Fees
$29,820.84
Total Slippage
$202,927.99
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Apr 16, 2025
Trading Setting
Threshold 10%
Type
Stocks
Category
Tactical allocation, leveraged etfs, risk-on/risk-off, volatility filter, trend + mean reversion, us tech, europe long/short
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 18 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
EPV
ProShares UltraShort FTSE Europe
Stocks
EURL
Direxion Daily FTSE Europe Bull 3x ETF
Stocks
IEF
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
IEI
iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
IEUR
iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF
Stocks
IEV
iShares Europe ETF
Stocks
IWM
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
Stocks