V1.1 Dereck's Secular Market Framework | STDDev Mod | Garen
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A regime-based, rule-driven allocation that toggles between bull (stock-heavy with bond ballast) and bear (bond-heavy with hedges) markets, using long-term trend signals, momentum/RSI checks, and a volatility module to tilt among SPY, tech-focused ETFs, and Treasuries. Past performance shown is not a guarantee.
- The system first decides whether the market is in a secular bull (long-term uptrend) or secular bear (long-term downtrend) by looking at very long-term trend signals on SPY (the S&P 500 fund), using a comparison between the 200-day moving average and the 1000-day moving average. This is a long-horizon regime detector.
- If the regime is bullish, the model tends to favor equity exposure (primarily SPY) with a substantial but not full allocation to bonds (long-duration Treasuries like TLT) to provide ballast. The exact mix can shift based on momentum and volatility indicators. In several branches, you’ll see SPY exposed to a roughly 55/45 stock/bond tilt, with occasional shifts to other assets when signals say the market is overextended or due for a rotation.
- If the regime is bearish, the framework shifts toward capital preservation: it reduces or moderates stock exposure and increases bond exposure (e.g., IEF or TL T). There are explicit hedging paths that include inverse Nasdaq exposure (PSQ) to protect against Nasdaq-style drawdowns.
- Beyond the core bull/bear allocation, the strategy adds a volatility/momentum layer (STDDev Mod) that watches how volatile the market has been recently (e.g., a short window like 10 days) and how fast prices move relative to momentum screens (RSI). If volatility is low and momentum conditions favor tech, it may tilt toward tech-related ETFs (XLK, SOXX) after filtering by RSI and relative strength. If momentum deteriorates or volatility rises, it may shift toward defensive assets (e.g., bonds) or hedges.
- There are several conditional gates around specific assets (e.g., XLK, SOXX, QQQ, SPY, TLT, IEI, IEF, PSQ) that decide which sub-portfolio to use based on short-term momentum or overbought/oversold readings. The approach uses a mix of broad market exposure (SPY), tech/semiconductors exposure (QQQ, XLK, SOXX), and bond exposure (IEF, IEI, TLT) to implement regime-appropriate risk and return ideas.
- Rebalancing is described as none, but there is a corridor concept (0.03) suggesting small, threshold-based adjustments rather than frequent rebalanced trading.
- In short, the strategy aims to ride long secular trends with a stock/bond mix and to defend against downturns using bonds and hedges, while adding tilt opportunities to favor tech during certain momentum/volatility conditions. The design is rule-based and relies on ETF-level exposures rather than individual stocks.
Out-of-sample shows this strategy delivering higher growth (≈37.6% annually) vs the S&P 500 (≈20.3%), regime-driven stock/bond tilts and hedges. Strong upside with disciplined risk controls, but larger drawdowns in bear markets.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.24 | 0.76 | 0.3 | 0.55 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 569.43% | 10.44% | -2.02% | -1.16% | 0.6 | |
| 24,975.95% | 33.45% | -0.87% | -5.28% | 1.19 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$2,507,594.87Regulatory Fees
$6,387.86
Total Slippage
$40,577.91
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Jul 17, 2023
Trading Setting
Threshold 3%
Type
Stocks
Category
Macro regime-based, trend-following, tactical asset allocation, etf-rotation, risk management
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 11 assets in total
Ticker
Type
IEF
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
IEI
iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
PSQ
ProShares Short QQQ
Stocks
QLD
ProShares Ultra QQQ
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks
SHY
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
SOXX
iShares Semiconductor ETF
Stocks
SPY
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Stocks
TLT
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
XLK
State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF
Stocks