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Zero-Beta Dividends with VIX and Low-Beta Mix vs Small Cap Dividend Factor US Stocks

At a glance

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10.8%

19.4%Best

19.9%Best

6.1%

13.3%Best

15.1%

1.43Best

1.10

-9.3%

-8.1%Best

Fee

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0.20%

Minimum investment

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$100

Each source uses its own scale

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3(1-5 (Interactive Advisors))

Inception

2023-08-13

2016-12-22

Holdings

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60%

82%Best

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.

Small Cap Dividend Factor US StocksLiveup 53.0%
S&P 500 ETFup 79.9%

No published history to chart: Zero-Beta Dividends with VIX and Low-Beta Mix.

Every published figureShow 77 attributes

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

Classification

AI categories (Composer)

defensive overlay, dividend tilt, leveraged etfs, market‑neutral, rsi signals, tactical allocation, treasuries and gold, volatility timing

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Asset classes / instruments

equities

Composition (ETFs / Stocks / Mixed)

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STOCKS

Curated collections (Interactive Advisors)

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Diversified portfolios, Income generating portfolios, Undervalued companies

ESG / responsible flag

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Smart beta flag

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Yes

Theme keywords (Interactive Advisors)

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Dividend yields, Mid-cap, Small-cap

Market-relative

Alpha vs SPY, out-of-sample (out-of-sample)

0.19

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Beta vs SPY, out-of-sample (out-of-sample)

0.01

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Correlation (R) vs SPY, out-of-sample (out-of-sample)

0.01

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Returns

Annualized return since inception (Lighthorse, daily, live)

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6.15%

Backtest length

3,754

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Out-of-sample length

869

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Return since inception (annualized) (live account)

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6.10%

Return since inception (cumulative) (live account)

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79.00%

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

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3.98%

Return, backtest period (annualized) (backtest)

29.74%

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Return, backtest period (cumulative) (backtest)

4740%

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Return, last 30 days (live account)

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-5.20%

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

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22.01%

Return, last 365 days (live account)

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19.40%

Return, last 5 years (cumulative) (live account)

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28.60%

Return, last 90 days (live account)

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-1.20%

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

19.92%

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

87.22%

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

-0.37%

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

-0.21%

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

0.63%

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Return, trailing 1 year (backtest)

10.81%

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

10.81%

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Return, trailing 2 weeks (out-of-sample)

0.53%

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

5.08%

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Return, year to date (live account)

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16.70%

SPY annualized return over the backtest window (backtest)

15.12%

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Trading activity

Annualized turnover, backtest period (backtest)

19.26

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Annualized turnover, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample)

24.57

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Daily win rate, backtest period (backtest)

55.99%

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Daily win rate, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample)

50.40%

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Backtest

Backtest final value (from $10,000)

$484k

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Backtest regulatory fees

$1,171

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Backtest slippage cost

$8,374

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Risk metrics

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

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0.77

Calmar ratio, backtest period (backtest)

0.92

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

2.14

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Maximum drawdown since inception (Lighthorse, daily, live)

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-42.13%

Maximum drawdown, backtest period (backtest)

-32.29%

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

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-8.09%

Maximum drawdown, last 365 days (live account)

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-8.10%

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

-9.30%

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Sharpe ratio since inception (Lighthorse, daily, live)

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0.26

Sharpe ratio, backtest period (backtest)

1.40

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

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1.15

Sharpe ratio, last 365 days (live account)

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1.10

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

1.43

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Sortino ratio, backtest period (backtest)

2.34

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

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1.82

Sortino ratio, last 365 days (live account)

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1.91

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

2.49

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Standard deviation, backtest period (backtest)

20.10%

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

13.33%

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

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-3.50%

Volatility since inception (Lighthorse, daily, live)

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22.28%

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

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14.38%

Volatility, last 365 days (live account)

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15.10%

Quality

Community review status

ACTIVE

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Holdings

Concentration (Herfindahl index, out-of-sample, as Composer reports it)

0.31

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Construction

Logic complexity (node count)

367

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Rebalance corridor width

10.00%

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Rebalance frequency

none

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Rebalancing (methodology text)

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rebalances quarterly; rebalanced on a quarterly

Cost & access

Management / advisory fee

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0.20%

Minimum investment

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$100

Disclosure

Metrics calculated through

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2026-10-09

Popularity

Remixes (copies)

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Watchers

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Risk score

Risk label (Interactive Advisors)

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Growth plus

Risk score 1-5 (Interactive Advisors)

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At a glance

Growth of $10,000

What they say: stated rules

What they hold

Do the holdings back the rules?

Costs, access & sources