Composer · investment strategy
by Composer Technologies · via Composer
Owns the steadier of Eli Lilly (LLY) or Novo Nordisk (NVO) based on 10‑day price swings, with roughly 50% kept in cash to cut risk. No regular rebalancing; it changes only when the calmer pick switches.
Description from Composer
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1 positions as of 2026-10-11
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It watches two drug makers—Eli Lilly (LLY) and Novo Nordisk (NVO). Every day it looks back 10 trading days and picks the one with smaller price swings. About half the portfolio goes into that stock and the other half stays in cash. It doesn’t rebalance on a set schedule; it only switches if the calmer stock changes.
Owns the steadier of Eli Lilly (LLY) or Novo Nordisk (NVO) based on 10‑day price swings, with roughly 50% kept in cash to cut risk. No regular rebalancing; it changes only when the calmer pick switches.
Defensive GLP-1 tilt with a 50% cash overlay delivers a superior risk-adjusted profile vs the S&P 500: oos annualized return 34.78%, max drawdown 24.10%, Calmar 1.44, Sharpe 0.97. Concentrated, disciplined, downside cushioning.
Every value on file, each labelled with its calculation basis and as-of date.
| Backtest final value (from $10,000) | $3.3M | 2026-10-11 | |
| Backtest regulatory fees | $7,124 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Backtest slippage cost | $51k | 2026-10-11 |
| AI categories (Composer) | cash overlay, concentrated, equities, glp-1 theme, healthcare, low-volatility, pharmaceuticals | 2026-10-11 | |
| Asset classes / instruments | equities | 2026-10-11 |
| Logic complexity (node count) | 7 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Rebalance corridor width | 10.00% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Rebalance frequency | none | 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[ "LLY", "NVO" ] | 2026-10-11 |
| Alpha vs SPY, out-of-sample (out-of-sample) | 0.27 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Beta vs SPY, out-of-sample (out-of-sample) | 0.57 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Correlation (R) vs SPY, out-of-sample (out-of-sample) | 0.24 | 2026-10-11 |
| Remixes (copies) | 7 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Watchers | 3 | 2026-10-11 |
| Community review status | ACTIVE | 2026-10-11 |
| Backtest length | 8,227 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Out-of-sample length | 515 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, backtest period (annualized) (backtest) | 19.42% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, backtest period (cumulative) (backtest) | 33k% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, out-of-sample period (annualized) (out-of-sample) | 34.78% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, out-of-sample period (cumulative) (out-of-sample) | 84.27% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, trailing 1 day (out-of-sample) | 1.20% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, trailing 1 month (out-of-sample) | 4.64% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, trailing 1 week (out-of-sample) | 2.93% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, trailing 1 year (backtest) | 42.46% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, trailing 1 year (out-of-sample) | 42.45% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, trailing 2 weeks (out-of-sample) | -0.60% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, trailing 3 months (out-of-sample) | 1.94% | 2026-10-11 | |
| SPY annualized return over the backtest window (backtest) | 10.84% | 2026-10-11 |
| Calmar ratio, backtest period (backtest) | 0.28 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Calmar ratio, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample) | 1.44 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Maximum drawdown, backtest period (backtest) | -69.63% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Maximum drawdown, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample) | -24.10% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Sharpe ratio, backtest period (backtest) | 0.78 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Sharpe ratio, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample) | 0.97 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Sortino ratio, backtest period (backtest) | 1.13 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Sortino ratio, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample) | 1.47 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Standard deviation, backtest period (backtest) | 27.81% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Standard deviation, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample) | 38.32% | 2026-10-11 |
| Annualized turnover, backtest period (backtest) | 25.97 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Annualized turnover, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample) | 25.93 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Daily win rate, backtest period (backtest) | 51.66% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Daily win rate, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample) | 53.40% | 2026-10-11 |
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