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Short Volatility
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A daily-rebalanced, regime-based strategy that tilts between leveraged long bets and volatility/defensive hedges. It uses SPY vs 200-day MA to pick a bullish or bearish path, then selects a single top-ranked asset via a 10-day RSI screen to allocate most of the capital, with hedges and placeholders for extra strategies to manage risk.
NutHow it works
- Each day, check if SPY is above or below its 200-day moving average to determine a market regime (bullish vs not). - If bullish: pick one top-performing leveraged bet from a set (e.g., TQQQ, UPRO, TECL) based on a 10-day RSI ranking, and assign about 88% of the allocated capital to that chosen asset. The remaining capital is allocated according to secondary rules or kept as cash/overlays. - If not bullish: switch to Bearish Protection assets (e.g., UVXY, SQQQ, SVXY, PSQ, SPXS, TL T, etc.) with the same RSI/ranking logic, again placing a large weight on the top pick to hedge or profit from volatility/declines. - The strategy includes placeholders to insert additional bullish strategies or overlays, allowing adaptation to changing markets. - Rebalance is daily, meaning the signals are recalculated and implemented every trading day. - The toolkit uses a mix of well-known and less-popular ETFs to express long, short, and hedged exposures, with momentum signals (RSI) driving the selection within each regime. - Be aware: leverage and volatility products can amplify gains and losses; the framework is designed to capture regime-based opportunities but carries significant downside risk during rapid shifts in volatility or trend reversals.
CheckmarkValue prop
Out-of-sample edge: ~41.8% annualized return vs SPY ~22.3%, Calmar ~0.92, and volatility hedges. Daily regime-based tilt to leveraged growth in up markets and hedges in down markets aims for superior upside with controlled risk.

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OOS Start Date
Dec 20, 2023
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Leveraged/inverse etfs, volatility hedging, momentum/rsi filtering, tactical asset allocation, daily rebalance
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 16 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
IEF
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
PSQ
ProShares Short QQQ
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks
SPXS
Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bear 3x ETF
Stocks
SPY
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Stocks
SQQQ
ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ
Stocks
SVXY
ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF
Stocks
TECL
Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3x ETF
Stocks
TLT
iShares 20+ 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.

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

"Short Volatility" is currently allocated toTQQQandPSQ. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, "Short Volatility" has returned 37.50%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for "Short Volatility" is 45.55%. 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 "Short Volatility", 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.