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Symphonies
V1a Golden Dragon Meets BBD v1
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About

A rules‑driven, high‑octane portfolio that rides strong uptrends with leveraged stock funds and pivots to hedges—volatility, gold, USD, or bearish bond/equity funds—when stress or rising rates hit. Very active and high risk.
NutHow it works
It splits money into offense, defense, and interest‑rate sleeves. Offense buys fast‑moving stock funds (often 3x tech/Nasdaq/S&P) when trends are friendly. Defense flips to crash insurance (volatility), gold, the U.S. dollar, or even short funds when prices look overheated or weak. A bond sleeve switches between long and short Treasuries as rate trends change. Rules watch recent trend, drawdowns, and short‑term “overheated/oversold” gauges.
CheckmarkValue prop
Dynamic, rules-based strategy that rides uptrends with leverage and hedges crashes using volatility, gold, USD, and rate bets. Out-of-sample annualized return ~21.2%, Calmar ~1.02, Sharpe ~1.11—strong upside with controlled drawdowns vs the S&P 500.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
AlphaBetaR2R
SPY
0.580.390.160.4
Performance Metrics
Cumulative ReturnAnnualized ReturnTrailing 1M ReturnTrailing 3M ReturnSharpe Ratio
SPY
138.17%14.92%-0.15%0.4%0.78
V1a Golden Dragon Meets BBD v1
4,869.43%86.96%2.89%4.09%3.29
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$496,943.41
Regulatory Fees
$1,935.45
Total Slippage
$11,786.02
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Apr 15, 2023
Trading Setting
Threshold 2%
Type
Stocks
Category
Tactical multi-asset, leveraged etfs, trend/momentum, risk-on/risk-off, volatility hedge, treasury timing, gold, usd, commodities, sector rotation
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 52 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
BSV
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
Stocks
BTAL
AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
Stocks
CURE
Direxion Daily Healthcare Bull 3X Shares
Stocks
DBC
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
Stocks
ERX
Direxion Daily Energy Bull 2X Shares
Stocks
FAS
Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x Shares
Stocks
GLD
SPDR Gold Trust, SPDR Gold Shares
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.

"V1a Golden Dragon Meets BBD v1" is currently performing the same as yesterday today. Performance updates in real time during market hours.

"V1a Golden Dragon Meets BBD v1" is currently allocated toUPRO, VGLT, SOXL, TMF, HIBS, UUP, DBC, SHY, TECL, BTAL, TQQQ, FAS, GLD, VGITandXLP. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, "V1a Golden Dragon Meets BBD v1" has returned 20.80%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for "V1a Golden Dragon Meets BBD v1" is 20.82%. 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 "V1a Golden Dragon Meets BBD v1", 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.