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About
A large, rule-based toolkit that rotates among ETFs by momentum/strength signals, with built-in cash and volatility hedges. It uses many lookbacks (RSI, moving averages, cumulative returns) and selects top/bottom performers within groups to build a diversified, tilt-driven equity portfolio with volatility hedges.
- Think of it as a toolbox of many small trading ideas. Each idea says: if certain signals are true for a particular asset (like UVXY, SPY, QQQ, or other ETFs), then give that asset a weight in the portfolio.
- The signals come from simple math rules: is price higher than a recent moving average? is the asset showing momentum or strength over a window of days? is the asset’s recent performance above or below another asset? Are volatility hedges acting as a warning sign? These are evaluated with a mix of lookback periods (10 days, 21 days, 200 days, etc.).
- Assets are often grouped and filtered in “top” or “bottom” lists (for example, pick the top 3 performers by moving-average-return) and then allocated to (or rotated into) the portfolio.
- There are explicit cash allocations to dampen risk and to ensure the total exposure doesn’t explode; some nodes say “weight 100/100” (fully invested in a subset) while others keep cash at a fixed share of the portfolio.
- A recurring theme is hedging volatility exposure (UVXY/UVIX/VIX-related ETFs) and steering toward hedges (bonds, cash) when volatility is high; at other times, the rules tilt into equity exposure (SPY/QQQ/others) when signals look favorable.
- One branch even uses a specialized comparator against a known ETF (KMLM) and a factor like XLK to decide tilt, illustrating a flexible, ticker-level gatekeeping mechanism.
- The overall objective is a diversified, tilt-balanced, rule-driven equity portfolio with built-in volatility hedges and sector/asset-class rotation, not a single indicator-based signal.
Out-of-sample tested, this rule-based ETF rotation with hedges targets steadier gains and stronger risk-adjusted returns than the S&P 500. It blends momentum signals, cash buffers, and volatility hedges to dampen drawdowns.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.36 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.04 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71.92% | 15.53% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 0.94 | |
| 13,634.68% | 271.09% | -10.3% | 5.95% | 3.9 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$1,373,467.72Regulatory Fees
$4,628.03
Total Slippage
$29,265.72
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Feb 1, 2026
Trading Setting
Threshold 5%
Type
Stocks
Category
Multi-model, rule-based, momentum/rsi/ma signals, volatility hedges, tactical tilts, leverage/volatility etfs
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 103 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
BOND
PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund
Stocks
BSV
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
Stocks
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
CORP
PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund
Stocks
CURE
Direxion Daily Healthcare Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
DBC
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
Stocks
DRN
Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3X ETF
Stocks