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About

A highly sophisticated, leverage-enabled, multi-asset strategy built to emulate an enhanced All Weather approach. It blends a diversified core with aggressive hedges and regime-aware tilts, using volatility signals and 3x/2x ETFs to pursue long-run outperformance of the S&P 500 while trying to protect against crashes. It’s complex, dynamic, and carries substantial risk due to leverage and rapid regime shifts.
NutHow it works
- The strategy forms an adaptive, multi-asset core that covers stocks, bonds, and commodities/real assets, with a tilt toward leverage in favorable environments. It also uses volatility-based hedges to guard against crashes. - Signals drive regime classification (e.g., normal market, crash risk, danger conditions) and determine whether to lean into equities (including 3x and 2x leveraged ETFs like TQQQ, SOXL, UVXY, TMF, etc.) or to swing into hedges and cash-like positions (BIL, SQQQ, SVXY, UVXY, VIX-related ETFs). - A long, nested decision tree picks specific baskets from many ETFs. Some blocks look for momentum or mean-reversion patterns (e.g., overbought/oversold tendencies, price vs. moving averages, recent drawdown) and then select top or bottom performers within baskets (e.g., “Bond > Stock” or “Normal Market” groups). - The volatility layer uses proxies such as VIX-related ETFs (VIXY, VIXM, UVXY) to time hedges. When volatility spikes or risk signals cross thresholds, the system can shift heavily toward volatility hedges or inverse/short instruments (e.g., SQQQ, SVXY, UVXY). - The approach is designed to be K-1 free (ETF-only). The model blends modules from established strategies into an aggressive all-weather framework, aiming to outperform broad indices over long horizons while attempting to limit drawdowns during crises. - Important caveat: the strategy uses substantial leverage and many moving parts; real-world performance depends on execution, cost, and regime durability. This is not a simple buy-and-hold plan and, in practice, would require active management and discipline on risk controls.
CheckmarkValue prop
Out-of-sample annualized return ~33.95% vs S&P 22.42%, with lower drawdown 15.6% vs 18.8% and lower beta ~0.78. A leverage-enabled, volatility-aware multi-asset strategy designed to outperform the S&P while dampening crash risk.
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YTD
1Y
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
AlphaBetaR2R
0.70.0400.02
Performance Metrics
Cumulative ReturnAnnualized ReturnTrailing 1M ReturnTrailing 3M ReturnSharpe Ratio
348.51%13.16%-1.77%0.2%0.8
297,425.5%93.3%2.02%5.1%2.22
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$29,752,549.72
Regulatory Fees
$84,286.38
Total Slippage
$577,559.02
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
May 18, 2023
Trading Setting
Threshold 10%
Type
Stocks
Category
All weather + leverage + volatility hedging + multi-asset + regime switching
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 45 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
ERX
Direxion Daily Energy Bull 2X ETF
Stocks
FAS
Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x ETF
Stocks
GLD
SPDR Gold Trust, SPDR Gold Shares
Stocks
HYG
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Stocks
IEF
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
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 toTIP, IEF, USDU, TMF, UUP, DBC, HYG, SHY, LQD, IEI, GLD, TMV, BIL, XLPandPSQ. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, the symphony has returned 33.45%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for the symphony is 15.61%. 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.