Tech or Sector Momentum
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About
A rules-based plan that each month chooses between big tech or sector funds. If QQQ (Nasdaq-100) is trending up, buy the 3 best recent performers among major tech stocks. If not, hold the 3 strongest sectors by long-term performance. Equal-weight the picks.
Each month it checks QQQ, a fund tracking the Nasdaq-100 (mostly big tech). If QQQ’s 5-day average price (average of the last 5 closes) is above its 200-day average, it buys equal amounts of the 3 best-returning big-tech stocks (Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, NVIDIA, Adobe) over the last 20 trading days. Otherwise it buys the 3 top-returning Vanguard sector funds (energy, health care, utilities, etc.) using 200-day returns. Split 33% each.
Out-of-sample edge: ~29% annualized return vs 22% for the S&P, with a solid ~1.17 Sharpe and modest beta (~1.04). A regime-driven tech tilt and sector rotation aims for higher upside while managing risk.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.16 | 1.08 | 0.55 | 0.74 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 340.18% | 13.3% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 0.81 | |
| 2,783.28% | 32.74% | 0.82% | -12.19% | 1.25 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$288,327.71Regulatory Fees
$234.09
Total Slippage
$1,490.99
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OOS Start Date
Dec 15, 2023
Trading Setting
Monthly
Type
Stocks
Category
Momentum, trend-following, sector rotation, regime filter, us equities, tech tilt, long-only, monthly rebalance
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 20 assets in total
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