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Growth & Safety S&P 500/Nasdaq ETF Timing vs Better Than a CD: Tech Trend with T-Bill Defense

At a glance

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These strategies report performance on different (Live, OOS). Live and composite results come from real accounts; out-of-sample, hypothetical and model results don't. Compare return and risk with care.

10.4%Best

6.3%

9.9%Best

4.8%

11.4%

1.4%Best

0.54

3.47Best

-7.0%

-0.5%Best

Fee

0.75%

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Minimum investment

$5,000

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Each source uses its own scale

3(1-5 (Interactive Advisors))

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Inception

2025-09-22

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64%Best

40%

Growth of $10,000

Each line starts at $10,000 on the first date all of them share, using the strategy's own published history. Bases are labelled and never mixed within a line.

Growth & Safety S&P 500/Nasdaq ETF TimingLiveup 8.5%
S&P 500 ETFup 15.3%

No published history to chart: Better Than a CD: Tech Trend with T-Bill Defense.

Every published figureShow 45 attributes

Each row is one exact variant (window and basis), so a value appears only where a source publishes it.

Classification

AI categories (Composer)

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bonds/gold, inverse/short, leveraged etfs, mean reversion, sector rotation, tactical asset allocation, trend-following, volatility hedged

Asset classes / instruments

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equities

Composition (ETFs / Stocks / Mixed)

MIXED

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ESG / responsible flag

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Smart beta flag

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Theme keywords (Interactive Advisors)

Growth oriented, Safety, Ideal for tax deferred accounts

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Returns

Annualized return since inception (Lighthorse, daily, live)

7.96%

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Return since inception (annualized) (live account)

9.90%

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Return since inception (cumulative) (live account)

10.40%

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Return vs the source's benchmark, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, live)

-7.03%

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Return, last 30 days (live account)

4.00%

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Return, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, live)

8.50%

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Return, last 365 days (live account)

10.40%

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Return, last 90 days (live account)

5.10%

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Return, out-of-sample period (annualized) (out-of-sample)

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4.85%

Return, out-of-sample period (cumulative) (out-of-sample)

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4.53%

Return, trailing 1 month (out-of-sample)

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0.38%

Return, trailing 1 year (out-of-sample)

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6.30%

Return, trailing 3 months (out-of-sample)

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1.75%

Return, year to date (live account)

9.60%

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Market-relative

Benchmark (methodology text)

We seek to outperform the S&P 500 index over the long term (5 years, 10 years and more) by investing aggressively in S&P index funds and Nasdaq index funds in bull markets and by avoiding large losses during bear markets.

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Risk metrics

Beta vs the source's benchmark, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, live)

0.80

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Calmar ratio, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample)

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9.16

Maximum drawdown since inception (Lighthorse, daily, live)

-7.02%

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Maximum drawdown, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, live)

-7.02%

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Maximum drawdown, last 365 days (live account)

-7.00%

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Maximum drawdown, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample)

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-0.53%

Sharpe ratio since inception (Lighthorse, daily, live)

0.39

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Sharpe ratio, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, live)

0.43

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Sharpe ratio, last 365 days (live account)

0.54

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Sharpe ratio, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample)

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3.47

Sortino ratio, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, live)

0.61

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Sortino ratio, last 365 days (live account)

0.78

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Standard deviation, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample)

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1.37%

Value-at-risk 95% 1-week, last 365 days (live account)

-2.60%

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Volatility since inception (Lighthorse, daily, live)

10.87%

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Volatility, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, live)

11.24%

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Volatility, last 365 days (live account)

11.40%

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Cost & access

Management / advisory fee

0.75%

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Minimum investment

$5,000

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Disclosure

Metrics calculated through

2026-10-09

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Construction

Rebalance frequency

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daily

Rebalancing (methodology text)

Mirrors manager trades via co-trading; IA may make adjustment trades

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Risk score

Risk label (Interactive Advisors)

Growth plus

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Risk score 1-5 (Interactive Advisors)

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Growth of $10,000

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Compare investment strategies

At a glance

Growth of $10,000

What they say: stated rules

What they hold

Do the holdings back the rules?

Costs, access & sources