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A daily, rule-based rotation across Treasuries, hedges, cash, and select equities, using signals like volatility, momentum, and drawdown to pick 1–2 top assets per group. It aims for income (treasury/cash yields) with built-in risk controls to limit drawdowns, while dynamically adjusting exposure to capture upside in changing markets.
NutHow it works
- Every day, the system rebalances a set of asset groups. - Within each group, it looks for the best assets using a mix of signals: volatility (high/low risk), momentum (price trends), and drawdown history. - It typically picks 1–2 assets from each group, using cash equal weighting across the chosen assets so no single bet dominates. - The “Dynamic Treasury Bear/Bull” modules pick bears (bearish Treasury bets like TMV) or bulls (bullish Treasuries like TMF/TTLs) based on recent volatility, trend, and drawdown measures, then pair them with hedges (e.g., UVXY, VIXM, PSQ) to manage risk during stress. - There are guardrails that compare each asset’s drawdown and volatility against thresholds and against reference assets (e.g., long Treasuries) to avoid large losses. - The result is a diversified, adaptive mix that seeks income from Treasuries and cash-like proxies while using hedges and equities selectively to capture upside across regimes. - The approach relies on familiar ETFs and some hedged/inverse instruments to create a broad, regime-aware exposure, with daily delta updates to reflect new signals.
CheckmarkValue prop
Out-of-sample annualized return ~60% vs SPY ~23%, Sharpe ~1.39, Calmar ~1.88. A daily, rule-based rotation across Treasuries, hedges, cash, and select equities targets higher alpha and income with disciplined risk controls—superior, risk-managed upside to the S&P.

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OOS Start Date
Nov 30, 2023
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Multi-asset | dynamic rotation | treasuries & hedging | income & opportunity
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 40 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
FAS
Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x ETF
Stocks
FAZ
Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3x ETF
Stocks
GLD
SPDR Gold Trust, SPDR Gold Shares
Stocks
IEF
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
PSQ
ProShares Short QQQ
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 toSPXU, TMVandTYO. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, the symphony has returned 57.21%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for the symphony is 31.50%. 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.