Skip to Content
Symphonies
WE BUY GOLD
Today’s Change
—

A symphony is an automated trading strategy — Learn more about symphonies here

About

A daily, gold‑centric strategy that mixes trend and “overbought/oversold” signals to switch among 2x long gold, 2x short gold, leveraged miners, or cash‑like T‑bills, with rare pivots to the U.S. dollar or value stocks when gold is choppy.
NutHow it works
It rebalances daily and focuses on gold. It checks trend with moving averages (average price over time; e.g., 50 vs 200 days) and uses RSI, a 0–100 “heat” gauge (above ~70 = hot, below ~30 = cold). In uptrends it holds UGL (2x long gold); if gold gets too hot it briefly flips to GLL (2x inverse). It sometimes uses miners (NUGT bull; DUST/JDST bear). When signals are weak it parks in T‑bills (BIL/SHV) or, occasionally, UUP/SPYV/SVXY.
CheckmarkValue prop
Out-of-sample, this gold‑centric strategy outperforms the S&P on risk-adjusted terms: Sharpe ~2.76 vs ~1.48, Calmar ~9.5, and ~150% annualized return vs ~31% for SPY, with very low beta (~0.06) but higher max drawdown (~16%).
1M
3M
6M
YTD
1Y
3Y
Max
www.composer.trade
Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
AlphaBetaR2R
SPY
0.340.0700.04
Performance Metrics
Cumulative ReturnAnnualized ReturnTrailing 1M ReturnTrailing 3M ReturnSharpe Ratio
SPY
388.26%13.7%-0.15%0.4%0.83
WE BUY GOLD
4,848.98%37.16%5.76%58.1%1.39
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$494,897.59
Regulatory Fees
$668.26
Total Slippage
$3,823.59
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Apr 1, 2025
Trading Setting
Daily
Type
Stocks
Category
Gold-focused tactical, mean reversion + trend, leveraged etfs, daily rebalanced, commodity/miners exposure
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 13 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
DUST
Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bear 2X Shares
Stocks
GDX
VanEck Gold Miners ETF
Stocks
GLD
SPDR Gold Trust, SPDR Gold Shares
Stocks
GLL
ProShares UltraShort Gold
Stocks
JDST
Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bear 2X Shares
Stocks
NUGT
Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares
Stocks
SHV
iShares Trust iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
SHY
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
SPYV
State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF
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.

"WE BUY GOLD" is currently performing the same as yesterday today. Performance updates in real time during market hours.

"WE BUY GOLD" is currently allocated toUGL, GLDandBIL. Holdings automatically adjust as market conditions change based on the strategy's rules.

Year-to-date, "WE BUY GOLD" has returned 163.51%. You can adjust the performance chart above to view returns across different time horizons.

The maximum drawdown for "WE BUY GOLD" is 15.80%. 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 "WE BUY GOLD", 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.