The Wild West of High Return High Vol Short-Term Trading
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About
A rules‑based, daily strategy that trades oil, natural gas, leveraged semiconductors, treasuries, and volatility. It uses RSI and momentum pair checks to switch between risk‑on (long/levered) and risk‑off (short/hedge), aiming for high returns with diversified drawdown control.
In plain terms: it asks “Are markets hot or cold?” and “Which side is winning right now?”
- RSI: a quick score of how strong recent up vs down days are; very high = overheated, very low = washed out.
- It compares recent momentum of ETF pairs (e.g., global stocks vs low‑risk stocks). If risk‑on wins, it buys trend plays (oil USO/USL, semis SOXL, nat‑gas UNG/BOIL). If risk‑off wins, it flips short (SCO/KOLD) or hides in bonds (TLT/TMF), gold (GLD), USD/YCS.
- If volatility jumps, it steps aside into hedges (VIXY/VIXM, IEF/SHY).
Out-of-sample edge: Sharpe ~9.1 vs S&P ~4; annualized return ~380% vs ~32%; max drawdown ~0.69% vs ~1.13%. A rules-based, multi-asset sleeve strategy aiming higher upside with tighter risk than the S&P 500.
1M
3M
6M
YTD
1Y
3Y
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.05 | 0.43 | 0.08 | 0.28 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 453.89% | 14.16% | 1.72% | 4.21% | 0.86 | |
| 112,721,144.87% | 193.84% | 13.85% | 17.98% | 4.16 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$11,272,124,486.54Regulatory Fees
$23,406,045.59
Total Slippage
$224,693,125.10
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Sep 23, 2026
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Multi-asset, trend-following, regime filter, commodities (oil, nat gas), leveraged etfs, volatility etps, treasuries rotation, risk-on/off, relative strength, rsi/vol filters
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 96 assets in total
Ticker
Type
ACWI
iShares MSCI ACWI ETF
Stocks
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BNDX
Vanguard Total International Bond ETF
Stocks
BNO
United States Brent Oil Fund, LP
Stocks
BOIL
ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas
Stocks
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
CEMB
iShares J.P. Morgan EM Corporate Bond ETF
Stocks
CUT
Invesco MSCI Global Timber ETF
Stocks
CWB
State Street SPDR Bloomberg Convertible Securities ETF
Stocks
DBB
Invesco DB Base Metals Fund
Stocks