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Sandy's Golden Dragon V4.1
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Rules-based “Dragon”-style portfolio that rotates across stocks, bonds, gold/commodities, the US dollar, and volatility hedges. It leans into growth in calm uptrends and pivots to safety or shorts in stress, sometimes using leveraged ETFs.
NutHow it works
Think of five buckets: 1) growth stocks, 2) Treasury bonds, 3) gold/commodities, 4) cash/US dollar, 5) crash protection (VIX/shorts). Rules tilt toward stocks when prices trend up, and shift to bonds, gold, commodities, the dollar, or hedges when stress appears. Signals use trend lines (moving averages), “heat” of recent moves (RSI), and drops from highs (drawdown). It sometimes uses leveraged or inverse ETFs to react faster.
CheckmarkValue prop
Out-of-sample edge: Sharpe 1.71 vs 1.41; annualized return 24.38% vs 22.46%; max drawdown 12.50% vs 18.76%; Calmar ~1.95; beta ~0.65. A diversified Dragon strategy aiming for steadier growth with less risk than the S&P 500.

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OOS Start Date
Apr 7, 2023
Trading Setting
Threshold 2%
Type
Stocks
Category
All-weather, tactical allocation, trend following, risk parity, long volatility, commodities, treasuries, gold, us dollar, leveraged etfs, inverse etfs, quantitative
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 37 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
BSV
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
Stocks
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
DBC
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
Stocks
FAS
Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x ETF
Stocks
GLD
SPDR Gold Trust, SPDR Gold Shares
Stocks
IEF
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
PSQ
ProShares Short QQQ
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
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.

"Sandy's Golden Dragon V4.1" is currently performing the same as yesterday today. Performance updates in real time during market hours.

"Sandy's Golden Dragon V4.1" is currently allocated toIEF, USDU, TMF, UUP, DBC, SHY, SPY, BTAL, TQQQ, GLD, TLT, SQQQandXLP. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, "Sandy's Golden Dragon V4.1" has returned 22.56%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for "Sandy's Golden Dragon V4.1" is 12.50%. 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 "Sandy's Golden Dragon V4.1", 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.