Sandy's Golden Dragon V4.3a (vol hedge?)
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About
A rules‑based, multi‑asset “Dragon” that balances growth and defense across stocks, Treasuries, gold/commodities, the US dollar, and a volatility hedge. It rotates using trend, momentum, RSI, and drawdown signals and sometimes uses leveraged ETFs (higher risk).
Splits money across five sleeves: growth stocks, Treasuries, gold/commodities/US dollar, trend/momentum picks, and a crash hedge. It reads simple signals—trend (price vs its average), momentum (1–6 mo return), RSI (a speedometer of recent gains/losses), and drawdowns—to switch. In uptrends it tilts to stock ETFs (often tech/semis, sometimes 3x). In stress or rising rates it shifts to staples, energy, the dollar, gold, T‑bills, or volatility hedges (UVXY). It can be long (TMF) or short (TMV) Treasuries.
Dragon delivers higher risk-adjusted returns than the S&P. Out-of-sample: 32.8% annualized vs 22.5%; Sharpe 1.73 vs 1.41; Calmar 2.10; max drawdown 15.6% vs 18.8%; diversified, rule-based sleeves.
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OOS Start Date
Apr 8, 2023
Trading Setting
Threshold 2%
Type
Stocks
Category
Multi-asset, trend following, momentum, volatility hedge, tactical allocation, leveraged etfs, macro, risk parity, long/short
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 36 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 Shares
Stocks
GLD
SPDR Gold Trust, SPDR Gold Shares
Stocks
PSQ
ProShares Short QQQ
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks
QUAL
iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF
Stocks