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Tim Cook's Excellent Adventure
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About

Daily swing between 3× tech, 2× Apple, a volatility‑spike fund, or T‑bills. It buys volatility when the market looks too hot, buys tech when it looks washed out, and otherwise follows Apple’s trend/oversold cues.
NutHow it works
It checks markets daily using simple signals: RSI = a short‑term “heat gauge” (high=hot, low=cold); moving averages = short/medium price averages. • If QQQ or SPY are red‑hot (RSI>80), buy UVXY (jumps when fear/volatility spikes). • If leveraged tech looks washed out (TQQQ RSI<31), buy TECL (3× tech). • Else compare bonds vs short‑tech; then use Apple’s trend/oversold to pick 2× Apple (AAPB) or sit in T‑bills (SHV). Rebalances daily.
CheckmarkValue prop
Out-of-sample annualized return: ~65% vs ~20% for the S&P; Sharpe ~1.22 vs ~1.18; Calmar ~1.73. Higher drawdowns (~38% vs ~19%), but a meaningful upside edge, especially in tech/momentum cycles. A compelling alternative to the S&P.

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OOS Start Date
May 9, 2024
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Tactical allocation, momentum and mean‑reversion, tech‑heavy, leveraged etfs, volatility trading, daily rebalanced
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 10 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AAPB
GraniteShares ETF Trust GraniteShares 2x Long AAPL Daily ETF
Stocks
AAPL
Apple Inc.
Stocks
IEF
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
PSQ
ProShares Short QQQ
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks
SHV
iShares Trust iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
SPY
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Stocks
TECL
Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3x Shares
Stocks
TQQQ
ProShares UltraPro QQQ
Stocks
UVXY
ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF
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.

"Tim Cook's Excellent Adventure" is currently performing the same as yesterday today. Performance updates in real time during market hours.

"Tim Cook's Excellent Adventure" is currently allocated toSHV. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, "Tim Cook's Excellent Adventure" has returned 56.34%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for "Tim Cook's Excellent Adventure" is 37.69%. 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.

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