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Serious Business
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About

A daily rules-based system that tries to ride big tech uptrends with 3x funds (TQQQ/UPRO), buy sharp dips, and quickly rotate to safety or hedges (T‑Bills, long/short Treasuries, BTAL, gold/USD, VIXY, SQQQ) when stress rises. Includes active bond rotation.
NutHow it works
Each day it chooses offense or defense. - Offense: if the market trend is up and calm, it rides fast movers (3x tech/semis and S&P: TQQQ, UPRO, TECL, SOXL), sometimes paired with 3x long Treasuries (TMF). - Defense: if trends weaken or fear spikes, it shifts to T‑Bills (BIL/SHV), BTAL, gold/USD, long volatility (VIXY/UVXY) or inverse QQQ (SQQQ). It uses trend lines (200‑day avg), “hot/cold” gauges (RSI: 0=cold, 100=hot) and quick‑drop tests. Separate bond rules flip between TMF and TMV.
CheckmarkValue prop
Tech-led upside with disciplined risk controls: out-of-sample return ~45% vs SPY ~21%, leveraging 3x tech exposure with dynamic hedging. Higher potential, but prepare for larger drawdowns (~48%).
1M
3M
6M
YTD
1Y
3Y
Max
www.composer.trade
Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
AlphaBetaR2R
SPY
0.871.480.330.58
Performance Metrics
Cumulative ReturnAnnualized ReturnTrailing 1M ReturnTrailing 3M ReturnSharpe Ratio
SPY
92.06%19.25%0.54%-0.34%1.14
Serious Business
4,953.31%188.16%6.49%-5.25%2.68
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$505,330.91
Regulatory Fees
$1,713.10
Total Slippage
$10,655.27
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Jan 21, 2024
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Leveraged etfs, trend-following, mean reversion, dip buying, bond rotation, volatility hedging, macro regime, tech/semis heavy
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 94 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AAPL
Apple Inc.
Stocks
ADBE
Adobe Inc.
Stocks
AMZN
Amazon.Com Inc
Stocks
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
BRZU
Direxion Daily MSCI Brazil Bull 2X Shares
Stocks
BSV
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
Stocks
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
C
Citigroup Inc.
Stocks
CSX
CSX Corporation
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.

"Serious Business" is currently performing the same as yesterday today. Performance updates in real time during market hours.

"Serious Business" is currently allocated toSOXL, NUGT, TQQQ, EDCandTNA. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, "Serious Business" has returned 51.26%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for "Serious Business" is 47.57%. 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 "Serious Business", 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.