Composer · investment strategy
by Composer Technologies · via Composer
Daily rules switch between QQQ and SHY using market trend, momentum, and volatility. In uptrends it favors QQQ unless it’s overheated; in downtrends it hides in SHY, buying QQQ only on deep dips or brief upturns to limit drawdowns.
Description from Composer
of the return and risk figures:as the source publishes them
What $10,000 would have become, from the strategy's own published history, against the S&P 500 over the same dates. The basis is labelled.
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Each rule is quoted word for word from the strategy's own documents.
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1 positions as of 2026-10-11
: the platform's backtest holdings, not a client account.
Compares the stated rules with the holdings (or, where none are published, a mix estimated from returns), using tests fixed before any results were seen.
0.5% of weight in (IVV: 3.0%)
1 fund (SEC N-PORT, as of 2026-05-31) · : QQQ via QQQM
This strategy’s rules haven’t been extracted yet, so there’s no claim to compare with. The measurement is still shown. : 96% · 2026-10-11 ()
0.0% of weight in (SPY: 0%)
This strategy’s rules haven’t been extracted yet, so there’s no claim to compare with. The measurement is still shown. : 100% · 2026-10-11 ()
0 of 3 funds in its are
This strategy’s rules haven’t been extracted yet, so there’s no claim to compare with. The measurement is still shown. : 100%
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The text the rules are quoted from, with where it came from.
Each day it checks trend. If the S&P 500 (SPY) is in an uptrend (21‑day avg above 210‑day), it holds QQQ (Nasdaq‑100: big tech like AAPL, MSFT, NVDA) unless QQQ looks overheated or jumpy (high RSI or short‑term volatility), then it parks in SHY (1–3yr Treasuries). If trend is weak, it mostly stays in SHY, but buys QQQ on sharp dips (very low RSI) or when the short‑term trend turns up. RSI is a 0–100 “heat” gauge; moving averages track trend.
Daily rules switch between QQQ and SHY using market trend, momentum, and volatility. In uptrends it favors QQQ unless it’s overheated; in downtrends it hides in SHY, buying QQQ only on deep dips or brief upturns to limit drawdowns.
Out-of-sample edge: annualized return 32.16% vs SPY 22.35%; Sharpe 1.63 vs 1.43; Calmar 1.66; max drawdown 19.34% vs 18.76%. Trend-driven QQQ/SHY rotation delivers higher risk-adjusted upside with built-in downside protection.
This simple strategy beats the market and has less drawdown. Backtested for 20 years.
Every value on file, each labelled with its calculation basis and as-of date.
| Backtest final value (from $10,000) | $1.4M | 2026-10-11 | |
| Backtest regulatory fees | $2,022 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Backtest slippage cost | $18k | 2026-10-11 |
| AI categories (Composer) | drawdown control, momentum/rsi, risk-on/risk-off, tactical etf rotation, trend-following, volatility filter | 2026-10-11 | |
| Asset classes / instruments | equities | 2026-10-11 |
| Logic complexity (node count) | 31 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Rebalance frequency | daily | 2026-10-11 |
| Concentration (Herfindahl index, out-of-sample, as Composer reports it) | 1 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Ticker universe (assets the logic can hold) | show[ "QQQ", "SHY", "SPY" ] | 2026-10-11 |
| Alpha vs SPY, out-of-sample (out-of-sample) | 0.08 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Beta vs SPY, out-of-sample (out-of-sample) | 1.03 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Correlation (R) vs SPY, out-of-sample (out-of-sample) | 0.85 | 2026-10-11 |
| Remixes (copies) | 61 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Watchers | 26 | 2026-10-11 |
| Community review status | ACTIVE | 2026-10-11 |
| Backtest length | 6,090 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Out-of-sample length | 954 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, backtest period (annualized) (backtest) | 22.65% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, backtest period (cumulative) (backtest) | 14k% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, out-of-sample period (annualized) (out-of-sample) | 32.16% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, out-of-sample period (cumulative) (out-of-sample) | 187.73% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, trailing 1 day (out-of-sample) | 0.49% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, trailing 1 month (out-of-sample) | 4.99% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, trailing 1 week (out-of-sample) | 0.23% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, trailing 1 year (backtest) | 25.78% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, trailing 1 year (out-of-sample) | 25.78% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, trailing 2 weeks (out-of-sample) | 0.91% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, trailing 3 months (out-of-sample) | 3.98% | 2026-10-11 | |
| SPY annualized return over the backtest window (backtest) | 11.58% | 2026-10-11 |
| Calmar ratio, backtest period (backtest) | 1.00 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Calmar ratio, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample) | 1.66 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Maximum drawdown, backtest period (backtest) | -22.65% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Maximum drawdown, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample) | -19.34% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Sharpe ratio, backtest period (backtest) | 1.24 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Sharpe ratio, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample) | 1.63 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Sortino ratio, backtest period (backtest) | 1.87 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Sortino ratio, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample) | 2.59 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Standard deviation, backtest period (backtest) | 17.72% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Standard deviation, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample) | 18.08% | 2026-10-11 |
| Annualized turnover, backtest period (backtest) | 17.50 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Annualized turnover, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample) | 12.42 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Daily win rate, backtest period (backtest) | 55.09% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Daily win rate, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample) | 56.18% | 2026-10-11 |
Composer Technologies · Composer
Composer Technologies · Composer
