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About
A rules-based switch‑hitter. In calm uptrends it pushes into tech and stocks (often with 3x funds). When turbulence or panic hits, it flips to Treasuries, dollar, gold, defensives, and volatility hedges. Signals come from trend, volatility, and interest rates.
Plain-English logic:
1) Panic switch: if the market’s “fear gauge” overheats, park mostly in short‑term Treasuries (cash-like) and add a small crash hedge.
2) Calm vs jumpy: if jumpy, check trend. Uptrend: mix offense with hedges. Downtrend: shift to bonds, dollar, gold, defensives, and anti‑beta.
3) Rates: if long bonds trend up, own them; if down, use bear‑bond/dollar hedges.
4) Calm uptrends: lean into tech/growth (3x Nasdaq/S&P; semis) using momentum and “buy dips, sell rips.”
5) When tech/semis look too hot, add shorts/vol hedges; when washed‑out, buy them.
Notes: RSI = a speedometer of recent moves; moving averages = trend; volatility sizing keeps risk balanced.
Out-of-sample edge: 23.32% annualized return vs 20.76% (S&P); drawdown 16.63% vs 18.76%; Calmar 1.40; beta ~0.62. Regime-switching, risk-managed growth aiming for higher upside with tighter downside protection than the S&P 500.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.78 | 0.34 | 0.05 | 0.22 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 316.91% | 13.76% | 2.19% | 5.01% | 0.82 | |
| 666,063.02% | 121.49% | -2.61% | -14.14% | 3.07 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$66,616,301.88Regulatory Fees
$264,061.77
Total Slippage
$1,849,589.59
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Aug 5, 2023
Trading Setting
Threshold 5%
Type
Stocks
Category
Risk-on/risk-off, trend-following, mean reversion, volatility hedging, leveraged etfs, rates-aware, multi-asset
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 88 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Stocks
ANGL
VanEck Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF
Stocks
AOK
iShares Core 30/70 Conservative Allocation ETF
Stocks
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
COMT
iShares U.S. ETF Trust iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF
Stocks
CWB
State Street SPDR Bloomberg Convertible Securities ETF
Stocks
DBC
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
Stocks
EDV
Vanguard World Funds Extended Duration ETF
Stocks