V2 Holy Grail Simplified w/RSI Divination - without VIXen, no bonds
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About
Rule-based RSI momentum strategy on a basket of ETFs that longs the strongest, shorts the weakest with a SPY 200-day filter, dip buys, USD/gold checks, and volatility hedges to boost returns and limit drawdown.
Plain-language description of the logic and flow:
- Start with a universe of ETFs (e.g., SPY, QQQ, TQQQ, SOXL, TECL, UPRO, SQQQ, UVXY, SPXU, UUP, UGL, etc.).
- At each decision point, compute a 10–13 day RSI ranking for each asset and identify the top (strongest momentum) and bottom (weakest momentum) assets.
- Use SPY’s price relative to its 200-day moving average as a market health check. If SPY is above its 200-day average, the system leans into long ideas; if below, it leans toward hedges/shorts and risk-off assets.
- Enter a paired long/short setup: typically buy the top-ranked asset (long) and/or short the bottom-ranked asset (short) based on the RSI signals and other gating rules. The exact pairings and weights are defined by nested rule blocks but generally aim to hold a single long and a single short at a time.
- “Buy The Dips” is a mean-reversion flavor in bearish conditions: when the bearish leg is active, look for meaningful price dips to place long-biased bets (expecting a bounce).
- When shorting, the system cross-checks USD and gold signals (e.g., UUP for bullish dollar, UGL for gold) to ensure macro conditions support a short exposure rather than a hedge-friendly regime.
- VIXen anti-beta overlay (when enabled) adds volatility-hedging components using UVXY and SQQQ (and related instruments) to reduce drawdowns and sometimes capture gains when volatility spikes.
- Rebalance frequency is frequent (often daily in the implementation) to keep momentum signals current and to adjust to new RSI rankings.
- A variant exists that runs the same RSI/divination framework but excludes the VIXen hedges for a cleaner, less volatility-hedged exposure.
In short: the strategy bets on momentum (via RSI) within a versatile ETF universe, uses a market-health gate (SPY 200d), adds dip-buying in down phases, and uses USD/gold and volatility hedges to manage risk and protect against big drawdowns.
Out-of-sample edge: RSI-based long/short momentum with macro checks and hedges. Potential ~72.6% annualized return vs the S&P 500 (~20.7%), with solid risk-adjusted metrics and proactive risk controls.
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YTD
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.08 | 1.52 | 0.19 | 0.44 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 595.39% | 14.46% | -2.02% | -1.16% | 0.89 | |
| 1,438,975,230.74% | 215.09% | -1.84% | -4.6% | 2.26 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$143,897,533,074.18Regulatory Fees
$377,556,855.01
Total Slippage
$2,532,043,586.12
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Jul 2, 2023
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Rsi momentum, mean-reversion, leveraged/inverse etfs, volatility hedging, macro checks (spy 200d, usd/gold cues)
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 21 assets in total
Ticker
Type
QLD
ProShares Ultra QQQ
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks
SHV
iShares Trust iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
SHY
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
SOXL
Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
SPLV
Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF
Stocks
SPXU
ProShares UltraPro Short S&P 500
Stocks
SPY
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Stocks
SQQQ
ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ
Stocks
STIP
iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF
Stocks