Composer · investment strategy
by Composer Technologies · via Composer
Daily switches between 2x Nasdaq (QLD) and short‑term Treasuries (SHY) using simple trend, “too hot/too cold,” and volatility checks. Aim: ride uptrends, sidestep rough patches, and beat SPY with smaller 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.
This strategy doesn’t publish a performance history we can chart.
Each rule is quoted word for word from the strategy's own documents.
No rules extracted from this strategy’s text yet.
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)
This strategy’s rules haven’t been extracted yet, so there’s no claim to compare with. The measurement is still shown. : 98% · 2026-10-11 ()
100.0% 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 ()
1 of 4 funds in its are : QLD
This strategy’s rules haven’t been extracted yet, so there’s no claim to compare with. The measurement is still shown. : 100%
Strategies that share its Aggressive risk label, from other sources first, strongest risk-adjusted return first.
Composer Technologies · Composer
Composer Technologies · Composer
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The text the rules are quoted from, with where it came from.
Each day it checks trend and “heat.” If the S&P 500’s short‑term average is above its long‑term average (uptrend), it holds a 2x Nasdaq fund (QLD) unless the Nasdaq looks too hot or jumpy—then it parks in short‑term Treasuries (SHY). In downtrends it mostly sits in SHY, only taking brief QLD trades when the Nasdaq is extremely oversold or very short‑term trend flips up. Signals use QQQ (cleaner) to decide when to hold QLD.
Daily switches between 2x Nasdaq (QLD) and short‑term Treasuries (SHY) using simple trend, “too hot/too cold,” and volatility checks. Aim: ride uptrends, sidestep rough patches, and beat SPY with smaller drawdowns.
Out-of-sample, this strategy beats SPY on risk-adjusted terms: Sharpe 1.29 vs 1.17, Calmar 1.46, and ~53% annualized return vs ~19%. It blends Nasdaq leverage with SHY hedges to chase rallies and limit losses—though drawdowns can be larger.
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) | $22.5M | 2026-10-11 | |
| Backtest regulatory fees | $19k | 2026-10-11 | |
| Backtest slippage cost | $158k | 2026-10-11 |
| AI categories (Composer) | daily rebalance, leveraged etfs, momentum, nasdaq vs treasuries, tactical allocation, 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[ "QLD", "QQQ", "SHY", "SPY" ] | 2026-10-11 |
| Alpha vs SPY, out-of-sample (out-of-sample) | 0.11 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Beta vs SPY, out-of-sample (out-of-sample) | 2.04 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Correlation (R) vs SPY, out-of-sample (out-of-sample) | 0.85 | 2026-10-11 |
| Remixes (copies) | 8 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Watchers | 3 | 2026-10-11 |
| Community review status | ACTIVE | 2026-10-11 |
| Backtest length | 5,107 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Out-of-sample length | 527 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, backtest period (annualized) (backtest) | 46.35% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, backtest period (cumulative) (backtest) | 225k% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, out-of-sample period (annualized) (out-of-sample) | 53.08% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, out-of-sample period (cumulative) (out-of-sample) | 144.04% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, trailing 1 day (out-of-sample) | 0.90% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, trailing 1 month (out-of-sample) | 9.41% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, trailing 1 week (out-of-sample) | 0.30% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, trailing 1 year (backtest) | 46.24% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, trailing 1 year (out-of-sample) | 46.24% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, trailing 2 weeks (out-of-sample) | 1.52% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Return, trailing 3 months (out-of-sample) | 5.70% | 2026-10-11 | |
| SPY annualized return over the backtest window (backtest) | 11.46% | 2026-10-11 |
| Calmar ratio, backtest period (backtest) | 1.05 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Calmar ratio, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample) | 1.46 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Maximum drawdown, backtest period (backtest) | -44.22% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Maximum drawdown, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample) | -36.46% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Sharpe ratio, backtest period (backtest) | 1.27 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Sharpe ratio, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample) | 1.29 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Sortino ratio, backtest period (backtest) | 1.92 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Sortino ratio, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample) | 2.02 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Standard deviation, backtest period (backtest) | 34.84% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Standard deviation, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample) | 38.89% | 2026-10-11 |
| Annualized turnover, backtest period (backtest) | 18.55 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Annualized turnover, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample) | 9.56 | 2026-10-11 | |
| Daily win rate, backtest period (backtest) | 55.06% | 2026-10-11 | |
| Daily win rate, out-of-sample period (out-of-sample) | 55.98% | 2026-10-11 |
Composer Technologies · Composer
Composer Technologies · Composer
