Defensive rotation strategies, backtested and ready to copy.

Rules-based stock and ETF strategies shared by the Quantly community, each with at least a year of backtest history. Open one to see its results and current holdings.

StrategyCategoriesOut-of-sample sinceCAGRMax drawdownSharpe
OG v1.1 Buy The Dips 150d MA Basket | with bond selector | - less k-1 edition | SHAREDquantlyTrend following, Momentum, Market timingNov 19, 202248%-31.9%1.37
The Weekly Grind [Experimental] | RotatorquantlyMarket timing, Risk parity, Defensive rotationNov 16, 202223.4%-17.8%1.50
(B) Structures (Frameworks and Hedges) (46/14% MDD) since 2019quantlyMarket timing, Risk parity, Volatility hedgeNov 15, 202242.5%-14.5%2.13
[TMBPE]quantlyMarket timing, Volatility hedge, Defensive rotationNov 15, 202238%-39.8%1.14
The Weekly Grind [Experimental] - what drawdowns okih2u mod?quantlyRisk parity, Market timing, Defensive rotationNov 15, 202221.8%-18.6%1.48
Aggressive Bots 2: AAAquantlyMarket timing, Risk parity, Leveraged ETFsNov 15, 202258.8%-23.4%1.90
Structures (Frameworks and Hedges)quantlyMarket timing, Defensive rotation, Volatility hedgeNov 15, 202242.5%-14.5%2.13
BE's 6th Opus l Pop + Hedges l Jun 2nd 2017quantlyMarket timing, Defensive rotation, Risk parityNov 15, 202242.3%-22.3%2.08
Survivorship Bias AhoyquantlyMarket timing, Volatility hedge, BondsNov 15, 202215.2%-16.9%1.11
BE's 11th Opus l Dippy AAA + HnL l Jun 5th 2017quantlyMarket timing, Risk parity, Defensive rotationNov 15, 202239%-21.7%2.15
BE's 2nd Opus l HnL + Commodities l Jun 2nd 2017quantlyMarket timing, Risk parity, Defensive rotationNov 15, 202245.4%-10%2.25
The Weekly Grind [Experimental]quantlyMomentum, Market timing, Sector rotationNov 15, 202223%-25.1%1.17
Frankenrisky Rebalancer | Backtest 2022-06-22quantlyMarket timing, Leveraged ETFs, Defensive rotationNov 13, 202231.8%-32.9%1.17
V1.01|Anti-chop QLD For The Long TermquantlyTrend following, Market timing, Leveraged ETFsNov 13, 202227.8%-25.6%1.30
Unleveraged If Statements | Adaptive Asset Allocation - UPRO, TMF, UUP, and DBC | SMA Strategy | GiantStepsquantlyMarket timing, Risk parity, Defensive rotationNov 12, 202217.1%-28.9%1.04
Adaptive Asset Allocation - SPY, TLT, UUP, GLD | GiantStepsquantlyRisk parity, Market timing, Defensive rotationNov 12, 20229.5%-15.5%0.95
Adaptive Asset Allocation | SMA trend strategy | GiantSteps | Leveraged Replace UPRO with SOXLquantlyMarket timing, Risk parity, Leveraged ETFsNov 12, 202216.7%-45.9%0.85
OG V1.1 QQQ 1DMR - 2X LETF editionquantlyTrend following, Momentum, Market timingNov 9, 202239.5%-26.6%1.38
BACKTEST | v1.5 Adaptive All Weather PortfolioquantlyMarket timing, Defensive rotation, BondsNov 9, 202225.5%-21.4%1.52
OG v1.4 | Adaptive All Weather Portfolio | Beta Baller removedquantlyMarket timing, Risk parity, Defensive rotationNov 9, 202227%-20.8%1.59
v1.5 Adaptive All Weather PortfolioquantlyMarket timing, Defensive rotation, Drawdown protectionNov 9, 202224.7%-21.2%1.48
Adaptive Asset Allocation l BrianE Mod l - TECH, GOLD, BONDS, DBC, USDUquantlyMarket timing, Risk parity, Leveraged ETFsNov 8, 202230.2%-37.2%1.16
Adaptive Asset Allocation l BrianE Mod l SH, USDU, XLU, TLTquantlyMarket timing, Risk parity, Defensive rotationNov 8, 20226.5%-16.1%0.74
V2 | Commander BND Monthly | HinnomTX | NON-US 1446(f)-free version by PskonejottquantlyMarket timing, Short hedge, Defensive rotationNov 7, 202239.7%-56.5%0.98
OG V 1bb | 🚂 Gain Train DGAF | Deez | (A: 0.30, B: 0.01, R^2: 0, R: 0.02) BT - 1JAN2015 | no bb okhi2u modquantlyTrend following, Market timing, Defensive rotationNov 7, 202226.8%-20.8%1.25
$ Retirement Fund: Aggressive 1.1 (no K-1 edition) see notesquantlyTrend following, Market timing, Defensive rotationNov 6, 202226.2%-15%1.75
Copy of DOT COM Bust (Apr 26 1999) | Newbie GuidequantlyTrend following, Market timing, Defensive rotationNov 6, 202214.5%-27%0.84
V1.0 | Beta Pauper | HinnomTX | Monthly Zero Beta Symphony | β=0.00 | 1/1/2015-10/10/2022quantlyLeveraged ETFs, Short hedge, Defensive rotationNov 5, 20221.6%-38.3%0.19
i5 - QQQ Bonds BasketquantlyMarket timing, Risk parity, BondsNov 5, 202240.2%-28.2%1.62
V2 | Commander BND Monthly | HinnomTX | Trades 12 Times / Year | 109% AR | 25.1% DD | 12/2013-22quantlyMarket timing, Defensive rotation, Leveraged ETFsNov 5, 202240.3%-56.5%1.04
V2.0u | Commander BND Unleveraged Monthly | HinnomTX | Trades 12 Times / Year | 38% AR | 19.1% DD | 12/2013-22quantlyMarket timing, Short hedge, Defensive rotationNov 5, 202214.2%-27%0.83
Stop the Drop and Diversify a modified Opus-12 by PerfektquantlyMarket timing, Defensive rotation, Risk parityNov 4, 202215.3%-13.5%1.32
What stock market?quantlyMarket timing, Leveraged ETFs, Short hedgeNov 4, 20225.6%-16.5%0.63
Submission to the Zero Beta Contest No. 4 - GiantStepsquantlyMomentum, Risk parity, Market timingNov 4, 202210.8%-20%0.90
Exhibit 4 | Adaptive Asset Allocation | 4 choose 2quantlyMomentum, Risk parity, Defensive rotationNov 3, 20229.5%-15.5%0.95
BACKTEST v1.3a | Adaptive All Weather PortfolioquantlyMarket timing, Defensive rotation, BondsNov 2, 202230.5%-20.7%1.58
V1 | Frankensymphony | Michael BquantlyMarket timing, Defensive rotation, Volatility hedgeOct 31, 202243.3%-26.3%1.81
BACKTEST v1.3 | Adaptive All Weather PortfolioquantlyMarket timing, Leveraged ETFs, Defensive rotationOct 30, 202226.6%-20.7%1.60
V2 | Emerging Markets | Otterly Foolish | Dereck Nielsen ModquantlyTrend following, Momentum, Market timingOct 30, 202247.7%-38%1.12
v1.3 | Adaptive All Weather PortfolioquantlyMarket timing, Defensive rotation, Risk parityOct 30, 202227.5%-20.8%1.62
Exhibit 3 | ADAPTIVE ASSET ALLOCATION | 5C2quantlyMomentum, Market timing, Defensive rotationOct 28, 202211.9%-17.3%0.97
V1.2a Adaptive All Weather Portfolio | Garen Crash Protection ModquantlyMarket timing, Defensive rotation, Drawdown protectionOct 28, 202231.9%-20.8%1.61
Exhibit 3 | ADAPTIVE ASSET ALLOCATIONquantlyMomentum, Market timing, Broad marketOct 27, 20226.8%-23.3%0.66
V 1.0 | 📈 Actively Managed S&P 10 | DeezquantlyMean reversion, Market timing, BondsOct 26, 202231.8%-23.8%1.48
Vixen BasketquantlyMarket timing, Risk parity, Volatility hedgeOct 24, 202229.3%-44.8%0.92
v1.2 Adaptive All Weather Portfolio | Garen Crash Protection ModquantlyMarket timing, Defensive rotation, Risk parityOct 24, 202228%-20.8%1.63
Adaptive All Weather Portfolio v1.1quantlyMarket timing, Leveraged ETFs, CommoditiesOct 24, 202225.2%-20.5%1.55
V0.1 | Retirement Fund | Michael BquantlyTrend following, Market timing, Defensive rotationOct 23, 202216.8%-17.6%1.36
V1 | Safer 20 Year Treasury Bonds | Michael BquantlyMarket timing, Defensive rotation, BondsOct 23, 20226%-22.8%0.59
OG 2x edition of v1.1 of Risk On/Risk Off Hedgefundie (No K-1)quantlyMarket timing, Leveraged ETFs, BondsOct 22, 202244.2%-41.8%1.40

Backtest results are hypothetical and do not guarantee future returns. Strategies are shared by Quantly users for research only and are not investment advice.

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