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A daily-rebalanced, regime-driven portfolio that blends leveraged stock ETFs with volatility hedges and a defensive cash/safety sleeve, across multiple templates to adapt to market mood while aiming to capture upside and limit drawdown.
NutHow it works
What this strategy does in plain language: - It runs many small portfolios (or templates) and picks one or more that fit the current market mood. The mood is judged by signals that measure momentum, recent price behavior, and volatility, then cross-checked with a set of rules to decide which template to use. - When the market looks favorable for risk assets, it tends to tilt toward levered equity bets (examples: TQQQ, UPRO, SPXL) to amplify upside. These are balanced with hedges in case volatility spikes or the market turns. - When volatility or risk spikes are detected, it adds hedges like UVXY, VIXM, or SVXY to dampen downside or to hedge a potential crash scenario. - A conservative cash/safety sleeve (elements like BIL, SHV, UUP, BTAL, and short-term Treasuries or anti-beta funds) sits in many branches to cushion drawdowns. This is designed to limit worst-case losses while staying invested to participate in recoveries. - The daily rebalance means the system constantly recomputes which branch to run and how to allocate the 100 weight across assets, so the portfolio adapts to changing conditions rather than sticking to a fixed mix. - The structure includes “tracking copies” that mirror core templates but with small tweaks to risk knobs or hedge intensity, allowing backtesting or live experimentation without changing the main logic.
CheckmarkValue prop
Adaptive, daily-rebalanced strategy blending levered equities with hedges and a safety sleeve. Out-of-sample returns ≈51%/yr vs S&P ≈23%, with Calmar ≈1.81—strong risk-adjusted upside, but higher drawdowns in stress.

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OOS Start Date
May 6, 2023
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Regime-based, leveraged-etfs, volatility hedges, multi-portfolio, risk management
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 41 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond 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
DBC
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
Stocks
DGRO
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF
Stocks
ERX
Direxion Daily Energy Bull 2X ETF
Stocks
FAS
Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x ETF
Stocks
IEF
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
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 symphony is currently performing the same as yesterday today. Performance updates in real time during market hours.

The symphony is currently allocated toUPRO, DGRO, TMF, SVXY, SPXL, BTAL, TQQQ, SHV, UDOW, SCHD, VIXM, BILandSQQQ. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, the symphony has returned 46.88%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for the symphony is 28.44%. 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 symphony, 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.