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About
A cash-first, signal-driven tactic: buy the cheapest of five ETFs if SMH looks oversold (66.7% of cash to the bottom performer); otherwise tilt to short-term Treasuries (66.7%) if VOO looks overbought and above its long-term trend; otherwise stay in cash. No regular rebalancing.
In plain language: The system starts with cash. If the semiconductor market looks oversold (its RSI indicator reading is very low), it surveys five popular stock ETFs (broad market, Nasdaq, tech, semiconductors, and growth). It picks the one that has recently done the worst over the last 10 trading days and puts about two-thirds of your cash into that single ETF. The remaining cash stays idle. If the semiconductor signal isn’t oversold, the system checks if the market is stretched on the Nasdaq/large-cap side by looking at the broad market’s RSI. If that broad market signal says “overbought” (RSI above 70) and the price is above its long-term trend (its 200-day average), the model shifts to a short-term bond ETF (BIL) with about two-thirds of the cash, otherwise it stays in cash. No automatic weekly rebalancing beyond these rules; there’s a 5% tolerance window, but the plan is not to rebalance unless a rule fires. The overall aim is to try to buy cheap-looking or oversold equity exposures when risk is low and move toward safer assets when the market looks overheated.
Cash-first, signal-driven sleeve that complements SPY by buying oversold semis and shifting to short-term Treasuries when overbought. OOS return ~16%, Calmar ~0.83, Sharpe ~0.76; near-market beta, risk-aware diversification.
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YTD
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.08 | 0.64 | 0.48 | 0.69 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 570.79% | 14.38% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 0.89 | |
| 968.68% | 18.21% | -0.63% | -3.88% | 1.17 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$106,868.20Regulatory Fees
$517.23
Total Slippage
$3,496.57
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Jan 1, 2025
Trading Setting
Threshold 5%
Type
Stocks
Category
Equities, tactical-allocation, bottom-fishing, rsi momentum, cash/bond tilt, trend-following
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 8 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
IVW
iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF
Stocks
ONEQ
Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index ETF
Stocks
SMH
VanEck Semiconductor ETF
Stocks
VOO
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
Stocks
VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF
Stocks
VUG
Vanguard Growth ETF
Stocks
XLK
State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF
Stocks