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About
A rules-based “cockpit” that buys leveraged growth on dips, rides trends in bonds/energy, and flips to cash or volatility hedges when markets overheat or crack. Dozens of small bots use trend, overbought/oversold, volatility, and drawdown signals.
It watches 4 dials: trend (price vs moving averages), heat (RSI: too hot/too cold), turbulence (volatility), and damage (recent drops).
- Trend up + dip: buy growth (often 2x/3x tech/S&P like TQQQ/UPRO/SOXL).
- Too hot: hedge with volatility (UVXY/VIXY) or short funds.
- Trend down: hold cash/defensives (BIL, Treasuries, GLD, USDU) or short.
- Oil up: own XLE/DIG/UCO; oil down: DUG/bonds.
It blends many small bots and leans toward those working best lately.
Out-of-sample edge: ~33.6% annual return vs 17.5% for S&P, Sharpe ~1.11 vs ~1.00, Calmar ~1.74. A rules-based mix of trend, hedges and rotations for higher risk-adjusted growth and tighter drawdown control.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.69 | 0.55 | 0.12 | 0.34 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 273.35% | 14.44% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 0.84 | |
| 123,618.84% | 107.33% | 0.13% | 11.26% | 2.65 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$12,371,883.64Regulatory Fees
$24,073.38
Total Slippage
$156,730.98
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Jul 21, 2024
Trading Setting
Threshold 10%
Type
Stocks
Category
Tactical allocation,momentum and mean reversion,volatility hedging,leveraged etfs,sector & commodity rotation,macro trend
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 79 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
BOIL
ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas
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
DBO
Invesco DB Oil Fund
Stocks
DIA
State Street SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust
Stocks
DIG
ProShares Ultra Energy
Stocks
DRN
Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3X ETF
Stocks