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About

A highly engineered, regime-driven rotation that uses RSI and moving-average signals to pick a small, leverage-enabled mix of Nasdaq/SPY/QQQ-based ETFs and volatility hedges, with bonds/cash ballast, aimed at chasing high momentum while guarding against risk in volatile markets.
NutHow it works
- The system is a big decision tree. It continually checks momentum signals (like RSI over a 10-day window) and trend signals (price vs. moving averages) on many ETFs. - When signals indicate favorable momentum, the strategy builds a portfolio by selecting top assets (often the top 3) based on measures like cumulative return or moving-average performance. - It uses leverage-friendly ETFs (like TQQQ, UPRO) to capture strong moves, and it uses volatility/volatility-hedge ETFs (UVXY, SQQQ, VIXM, etc.) as hedges in other branches. - It also uses ballast positions (cash-like proxies such as BIL and bonds like IEF/TMF/TMV) to reduce risk in some regimes. - The ultimate allocation often comes down to a weight of 100% on certain assets within a given branch, or a 3-asset top-N filter with weights that sum to 100%. - There is a lot of regime labeling (Bear Market, Holy Grail, Dip Buy, Vixation, etc.). These are used to categorize market states and guide which asset group to favor. - The strategy is not a simple indicator-based buy/sell; it’s a hierarchical, multi-path selection engine that yields a dynamic, highly diversified (and leverage-laden) exposure. Given the use of UVXY and other volatility products, the strategy aims to hedge risk while still chasing strong momentum in equities, but it can experience large drawdowns in abrupt regime shifts. - The exposure is broad but dominated by large-cap equity proxies (QQQ/SPY/UPRO/TQQQ), with meaningful participation from semiconductors (SOXL/SOXS), household staples/consumer exposure (XLP, VOXX variants), and bond/bill ballast (BIL, IEF, TL T variants).
CheckmarkValue prop
Out-of-sample, levered, multi-asset rotation with volatility hedges targets ~44% annualized return vs SPY ~21%, with Calmar ~1.53 and Sharpe ~1.23. Higher growth, but expect larger drawdowns in regime shifts.

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OOS Start Date
Feb 1, 2024
Trading Setting
Threshold 1%
Type
Stocks
Category
Quantitative, multi-asset, leveraged, rsi, moving averages, momentum, volatility hedging
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 40 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Stocks
BGX
Blackstone Long-Short Credit Income Fund
Stocks
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
BSV
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
Stocks
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
FAS
Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x ETF
Stocks
IEF
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
IEI
iShares 3-7 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 toUPRO, IEF, BGX, QQQ, SVXY, SPXU, BTAL, TQQQ, TMV, VIXM, BILandSQQQ. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, the symphony has returned 35.58%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for the symphony is 28.96%. 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.