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Symphonies
Sandy's Golden Dragon V4.6 (vol hedge? + beta hedge 2.0)
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About

A rules-based, multi-asset Dragon portfolio. It rides trends in stocks and bonds, rotates to recent winners, and uses gold, commodities, the US dollar, and volatility/inverse funds as crash insurance—aiming to work in both growth and decline.
NutHow it works
Goal: grow in booms, defend in busts. It splits money across five buckets: stocks, bonds, commodities/gold, cash/US dollar, and crisis insurance. It checks three dials: trend (above/below long‑term average), momentum (recent leaders), and heat (overbought/oversold). In calm uptrends it leans into stock index funds (sometimes 3x versions). When stress or rising rates appear, it shifts to Treasuries, gold/commodities, the dollar, or hedges (volatility and inverse funds).
CheckmarkValue prop
Dragon strategy delivers a genuine risk-adjusted edge: out-of-sample Sharpe 1.85 vs SPY 1.35, annualized return ~30.5% vs ~21.6%, and max drawdown ~13.2% vs ~18.8%. Diversified across trends, hedges, and crisis insurance for steadier growth.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
AlphaBetaR2R
SPY
0.30.430.280.53
Performance Metrics
Cumulative ReturnAnnualized ReturnTrailing 1M ReturnTrailing 3M ReturnSharpe Ratio
SPY
348.51%13.16%-1.77%0.2%0.8
Sandy's Golden Dragon V4.6 (vol hedge? + beta hedge 2.0)
6,469.22%41.18%0.61%5.42%2.52
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$656,921.73
Regulatory Fees
$1,843.95
Total Slippage
$11,151.15
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Jun 23, 2023
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Multi-asset, trend-following, risk-parity-inspired, long-volatility, tail-hedging, tactical equities, bonds, commodities, gold, us dollar
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 40 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.

The symphony is currently performing the same as yesterday today. Performance updates in real time during market hours.

The symphony is currently allocated toUSDU, UUP, DBC, SHY, SPY, BTAL, TQQQ, GLD, TLT, TMV, SCHD, SQQQ, XLPandPSQ. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, the symphony has returned 27.94%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for the symphony is 13.21%. 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 the symphony, 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.