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Steadfast Portfolio V5
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About

A tactical, rules-based portfolio that rides tech, bonds, and commodity uptrends, quickly hedges with VIX or shorts in selloffs, and parks in T‑bills when signals weaken. Uses leveraged/inverse ETFs and daily rebalancing; high risk, active approach.
NutHow it works
- It’s a rule-driven, daily‑rebalanced portfolio that shifts between five toolkits: US stocks (mostly big tech), bonds, commodities/energy, volatility hedges, and cash-like T‑bills. - Trend checks: If prices sit above their average (uptrend), it holds growth (QQQ/TQQQ). If they break down, it moves to cash or turns on hedges/shorts (PSQ/SH/SPXU). - “Hot/cold” gauges (RSI): Very hot (overbought) readings add VIX hedges (UVXY/VIXY). Very cold (oversold) can trigger small bounce trades or stay in T‑bills. - Bonds: When falling rates help Treasuries, it buys TMF; when rising rates hurt them, it flips to TMV. If unclear, it parks in safer bond/cash funds. - Commodities/energy: Own oil/nat‑gas/metals when they trend up; if they roll over, reduce to cash or use inverse funds (like KOLD for nat gas).
CheckmarkValue prop
Out-of-sample, this strategy delivers higher risk-adjusted return (Sharpe ~1.31) and far smaller drawdowns (7.8% vs 18.8%), with ~18.3% return and Calmar ~2.33—growth with downside protection vs the S&P 500.
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YTD
1Y
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
AlphaBetaR2R
0.410.20.070.27
Performance Metrics
Cumulative ReturnAnnualized ReturnTrailing 1M ReturnTrailing 3M ReturnSharpe Ratio
520.53%14.71%-1.77%0.2%0.9
31,346.03%54.11%-0.81%1.68%3.52
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$3,144,603.00
Regulatory Fees
$11,013.68
Total Slippage
$71,683.19
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Sep 4, 2024
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Multi-asset, regime switching, trend-following, volatility hedging, leveraged etfs, tactical, commodities, bonds, equities
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 95 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Stocks
AGQ
ProShares Ultra Silver
Stocks
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
COKE
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. Common Stock
Stocks
CORP
PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund
Stocks
COST
Costco Wholesale Corp
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.

"Steadfast Portfolio V5" is currently performing the same as yesterday today. Performance updates in real time during market hours.

"Steadfast Portfolio V5" is currently allocated toXME, FCG, PGR, KOLD, EEM, TMF, XOP, DBA, QQQ, COKE, NVO, UUP, DBC, GE, SHY, DBO, SPXU, UGL, BTAL, LLY, SHV, XLE, SH, DUG, GLD, TLT, TMV, BIL, COST, ERY, XLP, BNDandPSQ. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, "Steadfast Portfolio V5" has returned 17.14%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for "Steadfast Portfolio V5" is 7.83%. 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 "Steadfast Portfolio V5", 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.