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About
A high-risk market-timing strategy that mostly trades leveraged tech funds, buying sharp dips, sometimes betting against overheated rallies, and hiding in T-bills when conditions look risky.
This strategy is a fast-moving trading system built mostly around tech stocks, especially the Nasdaq and chip makers.
It mainly asks: has the market fallen too far, too fast? If yes, it often buys aggressive funds like TQQQ or SOXL for a rebound. If prices have risen too far, too fast, it may bet on a pullback using UVXY, SQQQ, or SOXS. If conditions look dangerous or unclear, it moves to BIL, a very short-term Treasury fund that behaves like cash.
It also checks the bond market as a “warning signal” before taking big stock risk.
Out-of-sample shows ~48% annualized return vs ~21% for the S&P 500, with Sharpe ~1.28–1.39 and Calmar ~1.65. It targets big upside in tech via tactical bets, but accepts higher drawdowns (~29% vs ~19%) and shifts to cash when risk signals flash.
1M
3M
6M
YTD
1Y
3Y
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.7 | 0.91 | 0.14 | 0.38 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 641.5% | 14.62% | -0.05% | 3.57% | 0.91 | |
| 6,999,052.43% | 113.79% | -4.81% | 6.41% | 2.1 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$699,915,243.37Regulatory Fees
$1,380,250.25
Total Slippage
$13,259,576.49
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Jan 9, 2023
Trading Setting
Threshold 10%
Type
Stocks
Category
Leveraged equity, mean reversion, tactical asset allocation, volatility trading, nasdaq, semiconductors, risk-off cash
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 15 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
IEF
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks
SMH
VanEck Semiconductor ETF
Stocks
SOXL
Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
SOXS
Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X ETF
Stocks
SPXL
Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bull 3x ETF
Stocks
SPY
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Stocks
SQQQ
ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ
Stocks