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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
Ride the Oil TrendquantlyMomentum, Market timing, Risk parityFeb 12, 20229%-49%0.52
Believe in Big TechquantlyMomentum, Tech / Nasdaq focus, Single stocksFeb 12, 202232%-51%1.04
Pick the Trending SectorquantlyMomentum, Sector rotation, Trend followingFeb 12, 202210.3%-51.1%0.63
Retirement: Momentum quantlyMomentum, Broad market, CommoditiesSep 22, 20229.9%-16.9%0.96
Low DD Moderate GainquantlyMarket timing, Momentum, Volatility hedgeOct 1, 202248.7%-49.2%1.22
Retirement Fund: Aggressive 1.03 see notesquantlyTrend following, Momentum, Short hedgeOct 9, 202225.9%-16.1%1.76
simplified Fickle MACD BullquantlyTrend following, Momentum, Market timingOct 9, 202246%-39.6%1.24
Ludwig's Moonshot SonataquantlyMomentum, Leveraged ETFs, Tech / Nasdaq focusOct 11, 202217.3%-49.4%0.70
V1 | Momentum Strength Builder | Michael B | 60/40 Top10/SafetyquantlyMomentum, Market timing, Defensive rotationOct 20, 202221.7%-28.6%1.29
v1.1 Low Beta One Liner - no K-1 editionquantlyMomentum, Market timing, Broad marketOct 24, 202210%-19.9%0.84
*WIP* Beat Market rules + Actively Managed S&P 10quantlyTrend following, Momentum, Risk parityOct 26, 202228.9%-29%1.35
Exhibit 3 | ADAPTIVE ASSET ALLOCATIONquantlyMomentum, Market timing, Broad marketOct 27, 20226.8%-23.3%0.66
Exhibit 3 | ADAPTIVE ASSET ALLOCATION | 5C2quantlyMomentum, Market timing, Defensive rotationOct 28, 202211.9%-17.3%0.97
V2 | Emerging Markets | Otterly Foolish | Dereck Nielsen ModquantlyTrend following, Momentum, Market timingOct 30, 202247.7%-38%1.12
Factor AlphaquantlyTrend following, Momentum, Market timingNov 1, 202214.9%-35.1%0.87
Exhibit 4 | Adaptive Asset Allocation | 4 choose 2quantlyMomentum, Risk parity, Defensive rotationNov 3, 20229.5%-15.5%0.95
Submission to the Zero Beta Contest No. 4 - GiantStepsquantlyMomentum, Risk parity, Market timingNov 4, 202210.8%-20%0.90
Submission to the Zero Beta Contest No. 5 - GiantStepsquantlyMomentum, Risk parity, Market timingNov 5, 202210.2%-18.6%0.93
OG V1.1 QQQ 1DMR - 2X LETF editionquantlyTrend following, Momentum, Market timingNov 9, 202239.5%-26.6%1.38
OG 2x of OG Adaptive Asset Allocation - SPY, TLT, UUP, GLD | GiantStepsquantlyMomentum, Risk parity, Market timingNov 10, 202213%-17%0.93
Adaptive Asset Allocation | SMA trend strategy | GiantSteps | LeveragedquantlyMomentum, Risk parity, Leveraged ETFsNov 11, 202214.4%-26.7%0.92
Unleveraged If Statements | Adaptive Asset Allocation - UPRO, TMF, UUP, and DBC | SMA Strategy | GiantSteps Replace some UPRO with SOXLquantlyMarket timing, Momentum, Risk parityNov 12, 202217.6%-53.1%0.93
The Weekly Grind [Experimental]quantlyMomentum, Market timing, Sector rotationNov 15, 202223%-25.1%1.17
v1.0 | The Weekly GrindquantlyMarket timing, Risk parity, MomentumNov 17, 202222.3%-19%1.39
$ OG v1.1 Buy The Dips 150d MA Basket | with bond selector | - less k-1 edition quantlyTrend following, Momentum, Market timingNov 19, 202248%-31.9%1.37
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
Monthly Mega-Cap V2 | MA of return + cumulative return | PskonejottquantlyTrend following, Momentum, Single stocksNov 29, 202226.1%-30.7%1.11
Magic Internet Money (+ Gain Train)quantlyTrend following, Momentum, Market timingNov 30, 202245.4%-50%1.11
FINVIZ Screened ☢️ NASDAQ-X DeETF | Deez | AR: 83% DD: 25.6% - 1JAN2019 | V 1.2quantlyMarket timing, Mean reversion, Tech / Nasdaq focusDec 1, 202256.1%-32.9%1.49
ComposerQC SampleStrategyquantlyTrend following, Momentum, Market timingDec 6, 202220%-48.6%0.78
Beat The Market V2quantlyTrend following, Momentum, Mean reversionDec 18, 202222.3%-22.6%1.23
Stupid Bot l 17Jul2006quantlyMomentum, Sector rotation, Drawdown protectionDec 19, 20228.1%-17.1%0.89
Remove unused rules of Framework 3.0.4 QQQ/PSQ | AR 49.6% | DD 15.7% | BT 20Oct11 - 08Aug23quantlyTrend following, Momentum, Mean reversionDec 26, 202234.9%-39.1%1.57
Vanguard Mean Reversion HybridquantlyMean reversion, Momentum, Sector rotationJan 9, 202310.4%-52.8%0.56
V1 BOTZ bot | QLD AI🤖 FTLTquantlyTrend following, Momentum, Short hedgeJan 27, 202342.6%-24.9%1.57
V1 Simple SPY Reddit RebalancerquantlyMarket timing, Momentum, Defensive rotationJan 30, 202315.9%-26.5%0.92
V1 ARKQ bot | QLD AI🤖 FTLTquantlyTrend following, Momentum, Market timingFeb 9, 202337.5%-31.7%1.37
Basic Trend ModelquantlyMomentum, Market timing, Defensive rotationFeb 26, 20235.2%-11.6%0.68
V1 QLD bot | QLD FTLTquantlyTrend following, Momentum, Market timingMar 1, 202354.9%-42.1%1.38
Copy of V1 QLD bot | QLD FTLTquantlyTrend following, Momentum, Market timingMar 1, 202354.9%-42.1%1.38
HAA CANARY + DUAL MOMENTUM + BLACK SWAN CATCHERquantlyTrend following, Momentum, Market timingMar 4, 202344.6%-40.7%1.21
V1a HAA CANARY + DUAL MOMENTUM + BLACK SWAN CATCHERquantlyMarket timing, Volatility hedge, MomentumMar 5, 202347.4%-40.4%1.25
Vol harvestquantlyMean reversion, Volatility hedge, Short hedgeMar 14, 202329.5%-38.8%0.96
OG v1.01 BBD - Scale In | Simple taxes modquantlyMarket timing, Momentum, Volatility hedgeMar 17, 20232.1%-57.5%0.21
2x Better UPRO - DailyquantlyTrend following, Momentum, Risk parityMar 23, 202351.1%-40.4%1.21
V1a Dereck Nielsen All Weather PortfolioquantlyTrend following, Momentum, Defensive rotationMar 25, 202325.3%-18.4%1.71
Big Tech MomentumquantlyMomentum, Tech / Nasdaq focus, Single stocksMar 25, 202327.7%-53.3%0.86
Copy of RSRCH Simple FTLT l 12 Jun'14 AR56 DD27 l BE WeeklyquantlyMarket timing, Momentum, Risk parityApr 8, 202333.1%-38.2%1.07
The name's bond v2quantlyMomentum, Bonds, Broad marketApr 10, 20237.5%-13.3%0.82
The name's bondquantlyMomentum, Bonds, Buy and holdApr 10, 20236%-16.6%0.67

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