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About
A daily-rebalanced, multi-theme, rule-driven portfolio that blends leverage tech bets, bond momentum, volatility hedges, and a bold KMLM-driven tech sleeve to pursue higher risk-adjusted returns while managing risk through hedges.
A layman-friendly guide:
- What the goal is: to maximize risk-adjusted returns by constantly reallocating across a family of ETFs based on short-term market signals.
- How it thinks: it looks for momentum (which assets have been going up recently), checks how strong they are relative to other assets, and watches volatility to avoid getting blindsided by big market moves.
- The five big groups (themes):
1) TINA: a flexible, mixed-bag group that can lean into tech bets (like QQQ and its levered cousins) or move into hedges and cash when tech looks weak.
2) TMF Momentum: focuses on long Treasuries with levered bets, trying to ride bond-market trends when they look favorable.
3) TMV Momentum: a near-opposite take on bonds, tilting exposure based on rate-move signals.
4) Four Corners | No Leverage: a risk-management sleeve that blends volatility hedges and anti-beta ideas to reduce risk while keeping some upside.
5) The Holy Grail with 20D KMLM: a bold, high-conviction sleeve that uses a benchmark (KMLM) and triggers for very leveraged tech bets (TQQQ, TECL, SOXL) with hedges (SQQQ) when signals align.
6) 2007 | EM: an emerging-markets-focused group using momentum/RSI tests to tilt into or away from EM assets.
- How it decides what to own and how much: each group has a set of rules that pick one or several ETFs and assign a weight to them. Rules combine price momentum, how a price compares to moving averages, RSI-like strength indicators, and sometimes price relative to KMLM. The total portfolio is the sum of all group weights (should total 100%). Some rules push toward very heavy bets (3x leverage) if conditions look great; others push toward hedges or cash during riskier times.
- How often it changes: daily, rebalancing all groups and the combined portfolio based on the latest signals.
- What to expect in practice: when markets look healthy and tech leads, you may see big bets on levered tech ETFs; when volatility spikes, hedges and cash may dominate; the strategy can swing between aggressive growth and defensive protection depending on what the signals say.
- Important caveat: levered bets magnify both gains and losses; this strategy requires a tolerance for frequent, sometimes large drawdowns and relies on price signals that may not always predict moves accurately.
Adaptive, multi-theme strategy blends momentum, bonds, volatility hedges, and levered tech bets. OOS: ~14.4% return, Sharpe ~0.58, Calmar ~0.81, drawdown ~17.8%—diversification and risk control beyond the S&P 500.
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OOS Start Date
Mar 19, 2025
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Multi-asset, quantitative, momentum, risk-management, leverage, managed-futures
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 39 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
CORP
PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund
Stocks
EDC
Direxion Daily MSCI Emerging Markets Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
EDZ
Direxion Daily MSCI Emerging Markets Bear 3X ETF
Stocks
EEM
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Stocks
GDX
VanEck Gold Miners ETF
Stocks
GLD
SPDR Gold Trust, SPDR Gold Shares
Stocks