Symphony Nesting: YINN-YANG / BUYDIPS / HFEAR
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Rotates through three modes: swing-trades China (YINN/YANG) after extreme moves; else buys Nasdaq dips with TQQQ unless it just bounced; when no dip, uses a refined HFEA mix (UPRO+TMF vs IEI/GLD/TIP/BSV). High risk, highly tactical.
Decision ladder: 1) If China’s large-cap ETF (FXI) moved a lot in 5 days (>+12% or <−12%), it plays mean reversion with 3x funds: YINN (bull) or YANG (bear) based on today’s move.
2) Else, if the Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) fell >5% in 5 days, buy TQQQ (3x) unless TQQQ just jumped >5% today—then sit in BSV (short bonds).
3) Otherwise run a refined HFEA: when calm hold UPRO 55% (3x S&P 500) + TMF 45% (3x long Treasuries); if stressed hold IEI/GLD/TIP/BSV.
Out-of-sample edge: 24% annualized return vs 19.5% for the S&P, driven by China mean-reversion and Nasdaq-dip plays with a leveraged barbell. Expect larger drawdowns (~38%), but potential alpha as a tactical sleeve, not core.
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OOS Start Date
Aug 30, 2022
Trading Setting
Threshold 5%
Type
Stocks
Category
Leveraged etfs, mean reversion, buy-the-dip, tactical, risk-on/risk-off, china equities, nasdaq 100
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 12 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BSV
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
Stocks
FXI
iShares China Large-Cap ETF
Stocks
GLD
SPDR Gold Trust, SPDR Gold Shares
Stocks
IEI
iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks
SPY
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Stocks
TIP
iShares TIPS Bond ETF
Stocks
TMF
Direxion Daily 20+ Year Treasury Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
TQQQ
ProShares UltraPro QQQ
Stocks
UPRO
ProShares UltraPro S&P 500
Stocks