Sandy's Golden Dragon V4.5 (vol hedge? + beta hedge)
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About
A dynamic, multi-asset strategy that blends hedges, trend-following bets, and selective leveraged equity and market-timing bets across five asset groups to perform in both up and down markets, with explicit risk controls and ETF-level caveats.
- The pool of capital is split into five main groups: Long Volatility, Beta Hedge, Trend and Momentum, Fiat Alternatives, and Secular Growth Assets, plus Bonds.
- Within each group, rules pick specific ETFs based on recent performance and price behavior. Some groups use top/bottom selects (best trending or strongest performers), others use conditional checks against price or return signals.
- The system uses hedges (volatility and beta hedges) to dampen losses when risk rises, and it shifts toward growth assets when conditions look favorable.
- Commodities and fiat proxies (gold, dollar index, oil-like exposures) provide inflation/real-returns ballast.
- Leveraged ETFs are employed to amplify moves in desired directions, but only under explicit signals to avoid chasing losses; this increases potential returns but also risk and costs.
- Risk controls include diversification across asset classes, use of defensive positions during rising-rate or risk-off episodes, and limited rebalancing to avoid excessive trading.
- Before investing, review ETF specifics (leverage, decay, liquidity, and expense ratios) and be aware that leveraged products can amplify losses in volatile markets.
Out-of-sample edge: ~29.2% annualized return vs ~22.5% for the S&P; Sharpe ~1.80 vs ~1.41; max drawdown ~13.7% vs ~18.8%; Calmar ~2.13 — more growth with better downside protection.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.29 | 0.45 | 0.3 | 0.55 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 347.33% | 13.14% | -2.02% | -1.16% | 0.8 | |
| 6,382.94% | 41.04% | 0.63% | 3.83% | 2.52 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$648,294.32Regulatory Fees
$1,778.77
Total Slippage
$10,794.47
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Apr 9, 2023
Trading Setting
Threshold 2%
Type
Stocks
Category
Multi-asset allocation, volatility hedges, beta hedge, trend/momentum, leveraged etfs, risk management
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 42 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