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A daily, five-group, rule-based ETF rotation that selects lagging ETFs on a short momentum screen and uses a bond-vs-stock RSI gate to tilt risk, with equal 20% weights per group and multiple backtest variants.
- Daily rebalance across five mini-portfolios (groups) that together make up 100% of the invested capital.
- Each group looks at a pool of ETFs (mostly leveraged or inverse exposure to tech, equities, bonds, or international markets).
- Within a group, every ETF’s recent performance is summarized with a very short momentum measure (moving-average-return over a small window, e.g., 4 days). The ETFs are ranked, and the bottom N (1 for some groups, 2 for others) are selected to carry the group’s exposure. In other words, the strategy buys the weakest performers over the short window within that group.
- A gate using the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is applied to decide which side of the gate to use. The RSI compares a bond proxy (e.g., bond ETFs) against a stock proxy (e.g., QQQ or URTY). If the bond RSI is greater than the stock RSI (on specified lookback windows like 15 or 10 days), the group proceeds with the first-level selection (usually 1 asset). If not, it uses an alternate path that can average in a second asset (2 assets) from the same universe.
- The five groups are weighted equally, typically 20% each, so the daily allocation adds up to 100%.
- The whole construct is shown in various variants/backtests (e.g., “3 Year BT Copy,” “without TARK or SARK”) to explore performance under different constraints.
- The system uses tools and tickers that include leveraged ETFs (e.g., 2x or 3x exposure) and inverse ETFs to express tactical bets on sectors, markets, or risk sentiment. The exact tickers can be many, but the intent is to rotate into assets that historically showed lagging momentum within the permitted universe, subject to a bond-vs-equity mood filter, and to do so with daily rebalancing across five equal slices.
Out-of-sample, this strategy targets ~60.5% annualized return vs SPY’s ~20.7%, via daily rotations across five groups. Expect higher volatility and drawdowns (~45.6% vs ~18.8%), but solid risk-adjusted upside (Calmar ~1.33).
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.25 | 0.95 | 0.07 | 0.27 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 138% | 14.71% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 0.78 | |
| 140,784.24% | 215.09% | -0.5% | 23.14% | 1.98 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$14,088,424.23Regulatory Fees
$71,087.21
Total Slippage
$480,787.14
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Jul 12, 2023
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Quantitative, etf rotation, momentum, risk signals, backtest variants, leveraged/inverse etfs
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 23 assets in total
Ticker
Type
AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Stocks
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
DRV
Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3X ETF
Stocks
EDC
Direxion Daily MSCI Emerging Markets Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
HIBL
Direxion Daily S&P 500 High Beta Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
JDST
Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bear 2X ETF
Stocks
LABD
Direxion Daily S&P Biotech Bear 3X ETF
Stocks
LABU
Direxion Daily S&P Biotech Bull 3X ETF
Stocks
PSQ
ProShares Short QQQ
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks