TQQQ FTLTO (Longer Backtest)
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About
A regime-switching, backtested strategy that alternates between a bullish tilt (levered tech/indices with selective volatility hedges) and a bearish/defensive tilt, guided by SPY’s 200-day trend and RSI/momentum signals, with a top-picks mechanism and specific ETF weightings.
- The model first checks SPY’s price against its 200-day moving average to decide the regime. If SPY is above its 200-day average, it treats the market as Bull Market; if below, it switches to Bear Market logic.
- In bull mode, it looks for extreme momentum signals (RSI-based) and, when conditions are met, allocates to a small set of leveraged tech/related ETFs (e.g., TQQQ, SOXL, TECL, UPRO, UDOW) and often pairs them with a volatility hedge (UVXY or SVXY) to protect against sudden reversals. It also uses a “top” selector to pick the best performers over a recent window (e.g., 21 days) and weights the selections (commonly 67% to the top 3 assets, 33% to a hedge).
- In bear mode, it similarly looks for oversold signals and may allocate to leveraged long assets if a rebound seems likely, but also builds a defensive sleeve (SPY, QQQ, DIA, XLP, PSQ) to weather drawdowns. It may also place a single top asset from a pool (e.g., TECL, SOXL, TQQQ) with a weighted allocation, plus a volatility hedge (SVXY).
- The strategy uses a mix of moving-average returns, current price comparisons, and RSI lookups over short windows (e.g., 10, 20, 60 days) to trigger entries, exits, or hedges.
- Rebalancing is set to vary (some branches default to no automatic rebalancing; others periodically refresh the top picks).
- The whole setup is described as a longer-backtest version, implying the rules were tuned against historical data to estimate performance.
Out-of-sample edge: 33.7% annualized return vs 23.2% for SPY, thanks to regime-driven leverage in uptrends and hedges in downturns. Calmar ~0.63 signals managed risk, but larger drawdowns can occur in volatile markets.
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YTD
1Y
3Y
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.49 | 0.17 | 0.41 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 570.79% | 14.38% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 0.89 | |
| 296,748,271.84% | 186.42% | -7.55% | 7.99% | 2.05 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$29,674,837,183.96Regulatory Fees
$93,923,394.77
Total Slippage
$675,570,776.54
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Sep 20, 2023
Trading Setting
Threshold 1%
Type
Stocks
Category
Regime-switching, leveraged etfs, momentum and rsi, volatility hedges, backtesting
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 21 assets in total
Ticker
Type
DIA
State Street SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust
Stocks
IWM
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
Stocks
PSQ
ProShares Short QQQ
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks
SCO
ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil
Stocks
SMH
VanEck Semiconductor ETF
Stocks
SOXL
Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
SPY
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Stocks
SQQQ
ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ
Stocks
SVXY
ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF
Stocks