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The Grok Portfolio
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A fixed-weight, diversified equity portfolio with a small bond sleeve, rebalanced monthly. It blends tech, healthcare, staples, defense, and financials, with a weekly screen for new ideas.
NutHow it works
Plain-language breakdown of the strategy: - What you own: 15 assets (stocks and sector/asset ETFs). Each line shows a ticker (the symbol used to trade the asset) and a name that describes the asset. Some are individual stocks (MSFT, NVDA, MA, etc.), others are ETFs (XLK, ITA, XLP, XLV, TLT). - How much you own: Each asset has a weight, written as a fraction of 100 (e.g., 8/100 means 8%). All weights add up to 100%, so the portfolio is fully invested with no cash by design. - How often it changes: The plan calls for monthly rebalancing to bring holdings back to the target weights after market moves shift them. - Where the exposure sits: The mix is diversified across technology, healthcare, consumer staples, financials, defense, and a bond sleeve (TLT). - What “looks for new stocks weekly” might mean: The description suggests a weekly search for new ideas, but the actual weights shown are fixed. In a real implementation, new ideas could be considered during the weekly scan and only adopted when the monthly rebalance recalibrates the weights. - Why this combination: Heavy tech/AI-related exposure (MSFT, NVDA, AVGO, ORCL) reflects growth potential, while healthcare (LLY, XLV) and staples/defense (XLP, LMT, ITA, WM, COST, MA, CBOE) offer some defensive ballast and diversified exposure. The small bond sleeve (TLT) provides some interest-rate risk ballast rather than pure equity risk. - Key risks: Concentration in tech and a number of sector ETFs means the portfolio can swing a lot with tech cycles. If tech and growth stocks fall, the portfolio could drop despite the defensive pieces. It’s not a described risk-management framework (no stops, risk parity, or volatility targets) beyond fixed weights. - Liquidity and accessibility: All tickers are widely traded, with ETFs generally offering high liquidity and easy diversification for a retail investor. - What you’re not getting: There’s no cash allocation assumption shown; it’s a fully invested model. The plan does not spell out diversification beyond sector exposure or include international assets or small-cap exposure. Overall, this is a structured, high-conviction equity allocation with a modest defensive sleeve and a recurring rebalancing cadence, paired with an ongoing weekly idea-generation process that isn’t fully reflected in the weights.
CheckmarkValue prop
Out-of-sample strength: 17.3% annualized return, 4.5% max drawdown, Sharpe 1.48, Calmar 3.84, beta 0.74. Superior risk-adjusted growth vs S&P, with tech tilt, bond ballast, and disciplined monthly rebalancing.

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OOS Start Date
Aug 7, 2025
Trading Setting
Monthly
Type
Stocks
Category
Diversified equity portfolio; tech tilt; sector etfs; balanced with bonds; monthly rebalance
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 15 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AVGO
Broadcom Inc. Common Stock
Stocks
CBOE
Cboe Global Markets, Inc.
Stocks
COST
Costco Wholesale Corp
Stocks
ITA
iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF
Stocks
LLY
Eli Lilly & Co.
Stocks
LMT
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Stocks
MA
Mastercard Incorporated
Stocks
MSFT
Microsoft Corp
Stocks
NVDA
Nvidia Corp
Stocks
ORCL
Oracle 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.

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

"The Grok Portfolio" is currently allocated toXLV, AVGO, WM, NVDA, CBOE, LLY, ITA, MA, ORCL, LMT, TLT, XLK, MSFT, COSTandXLP. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, "The Grok Portfolio" has returned 9.72%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for "The Grok Portfolio" is 4.85%. 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 Grok Portfolio", 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.