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About
A daily, contrarian momentum strategy that allocates 5 equal parts to 1–2 underperforming ETFs per screen, using short-term performance ranks and an RSI bond-vs-equity check to decide whether to pick 1 or 2 assets from each group. It uses leveraged/inverse ETFs to express broad cross-asset bets with equal-weight, high-risk exposure.
- Every day, the strategy splits capital into five screens (each 20% weight).
- In each screen, it looks at a set of ETFs that represent different market exposures (tech, broad market, bonds, China, biotech, etc.).
- It computes how much each ETF has gained over a short recent period (using a moving-average return over a small window, e.g., 4 days) and ranks them from best to worst. It then selects the bottom asset(s) (the ones that have performed the worst recently) as potential holdings in that screen.
- Before finalizing the 1-asset or 2-asset choice in a screen, it checks a relative-strength (RSI) condition: it compares the RSI of a bond proxy (e.g., BND/AGG/SCHZ/TYD) to the RSI of a stock proxy (e.g., QQQ or URTY).
- If the bond proxy’s RSI is higher than the stock proxy’s RSI, the screen uses the 1-asset outcome; otherwise it uses the 2-asset outcome.
- The five screens together form the portfolio: 5 holdings (or combinations) totaling 100% exposure, rebalanced daily.
- The ETF list includes a mix of levered long, levered short, and standard exposures across technology, S&P, bonds, international, and biotech, enabling a broad, contrarian bets across market regimes.
- This structure supports backtesting on different horizons (e.g., 3-year backtests, variations without particular filters) and is designed to explore robustness of the contrarian, RSI-filtered, momentum-reversion idea across asset classes.
Out-of-sample, this contrarian momentum strategy targets ~60% annualized return vs SPY ~21%, with Calmar ~1.33. Higher drawdowns (~46%) come with diversified, daily-rebalanced cross-asset leverage aiming for regime-driven alpha beyond the S&P 500.
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YTD
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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 137.37% | 14.67% | -2.02% | -1.16% | 0.78 | |
| 140,565.98% | 215.24% | -0.65% | 15.72% | 1.98 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$14,066,597.56Regulatory Fees
$70,961.26
Total Slippage
$479,940.84
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Jul 12, 2023
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Equity momentum, leveraged etfs, rsi/momentum filter, daily rebalance, contrarian selection
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