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A complex, rule-based rotation among leveraged stock baskets and bond/volatility hedges, driven by RSI, moving averages, and momentum signals to pick and weight assets. It includes a volatility-hedging twist (UVXY replaced by SOXS) and multiple sub-strategies (Four Corners, Holy Grail variants, WAMCore) that tilt between growth and safety depending on market signals. This is a multi-asset, momentum-driven hedging system with no single fixed rebalance cadence.
NutHow it works
The strategy is built from many little decision trees that pick from a universe of ETFs. At a high level, it tries to ride uptrends in leveraged stock ETFs (e.g., 3x Nasdaq/Tech or S&P bets), while also having hedges (bonds, Treasuries, short volatility) when risk rises. The rules use momentum indicators (RSI), price versus moving averages, and recent performance (cumulative returns) to decide which basket to own and how to weight the assets inside that basket. A recurring theme is switching away from very volatile names when momentum looks short-term weak or volatility is high, and favoring bonds when risk appears elevated. There is a specific intent to replace UVXY exposure with SOXS in one line of logic, suggesting a dislike for extreme volatility proxies in that arm. The design is granular and modular: it contains multiple named sub-strategies (e.g., Four Corners, Holy Grail variants, WAMCore, TQQQ For The Long Term variants) each with their own signal logic. The overall rebalance cadence is set to none, implying that external triggers or periodic checks elsewhere would be needed to actually trade. The compound structure uses several layers of signals (RSI windows from short to long, moving-average price checks with various lookbacks, cumulative return checks over windows like 1, 6, 10, 20, 60, 200 days, and bond-term signals over 10–60–200 days) to decide not only which assets to own but also how to weight them (e.g., 30/70, 70/30, 80/20 in different baskets). It also employs risk controls like “mean-reversion” in bonds, “max drawdown” checks, and a preference for safer bond proxies (BIL, IEF, BND, TMF, TLT) under certain conditions. The strategy is extremely sensitive to how RSI and price versus moving average interact; in many branches, signals are triggered when RSI crosses certain thresholds (e.g., >79 or <31) and when prices are above or below a moving-average (e.g., 200 days). In plain terms, if the market looks strong and risk appetite is high, you’ll see allocations toward leveraged equity bets; if the market looks risky or volatile, you’ll see hedges or bond-like positions take the lead. The overall approach is to run multiple complementary rule-sets in parallel and then select among them based on momentum and risk signals. Important caveats: the code is extremely dense, uses leveraged and sometimes inverse ETFs (which magnify both gains and losses), and relies on many moving parts. Real-world performance would hinge on execution, slippage, and regime changes; backtests might overfit given the sheer number of conditional branches and bespoke thresholds. “Replace UVXY w/ SOXS” is a concrete risk-control tweak to avoid the most explosive volatility proxy in some arms. In short: it’s a highly hedged, multi-signal, multi-portfolio rotation system intended to chase growth in favorable regimes while preserving capital in adverse regimes, with a built-in preference for bond-related hedges when risk signals fire.
CheckmarkValue prop
High-growth potential: out-of-sample return ~32.6% vs SPY 17.7%, Calmar ~1.09. A rule-based, multi-asset rotation with hedges seeks stronger compounding by riding uptrends while restricting risk—note downturn drawdowns can be larger.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
AlphaBetaR2R
1.050.630.070.26
Performance Metrics
Cumulative ReturnAnnualized ReturnTrailing 1M ReturnTrailing 3M ReturnSharpe Ratio
133.18%14.44%-1.77%0.2%0.76
65,547.12%181.03%-3.08%-3.33%2.36
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$6,564,711.69
Regulatory Fees
$23,514.93
Total Slippage
$155,838.64
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Jun 15, 2024
Trading Setting
Threshold 1%
Type
Stocks
Category
Multi-asset, momentum, hedging, leverage, bond signals, volatility signals, rule-based rotation, mean-reversion
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 42 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Stocks
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
CORP
PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund
Stocks
DOG
ProShares Short Dow30
Stocks
DRN
Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
DRV
Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3X ETF
Stocks
EEM
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Stocks
FNGS
MicroSectors FANG+ ETNs due January 8, 2038
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 toBIL. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, the symphony has returned 25.03%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for the symphony is 29.82%. 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.