Market Neutral Tech Hedged

Performance 1/1/10 - 11/15/18
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Investment Approach
Model: Tech Hedge Market Neutral
The strategy identifies large cap Technology winners and hedges them with equal short allocation by identifying a set of uncorrelated constituents. The hedger uses Neuravest's proprietary pattern matching technology geared to identify which constituents exhibit inverse price behavior (relative to the market). When adding the short positions to the core holdings we in turn get a nice smooth low vol return that accrues over time.
Hedge positions are selected from the Russell 1000.
The portfolio re-assess its positions every week. It also holds between 10 and 20 positions with max allocation of 15% per position.
Performance Versus Benchmark 1/1/10 to 11/15/18
Strategy Overall Bench Overall Strategy TTM Bench TTM
Abs. Return 273.5% 141.0% 9.2% 5.6%
Rel. Return 132.5% N/A 3.6% N/A
Beta -0.04 N/A 0.34 N/A
Ann. Volatility 11.2% 14.8% 14.7% 14.5%
Sharpe 1.38 0.75 0.67 0.45
Drawdown -9.4% -19.4% -6.6% -10.2%
IR 0.24 N/A 0.20 N/A
Tracking Error 19.0% N/A 16.7% N/A
Historical Summary
1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Ann. Return 9.2% 15.7% 16.0% 18.4% N/A
Ann. Volatility 14.7% 12.5% 12.9% 11.9% N/A
Performance Attribution
Risk/Return versus benchmark
Monthly Return Comparison Trailing 12 Months
Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Total
Strategy -4.0% 4.9% 1.3% 1.1% 2.3% 2.7% -0.0% -2.2% 5.1% 1.5% -1.2% -1.7% 9.2%
Benchmark 1.0% 5.6% -3.9% -2.7% 0.3% 2.2% 0.5% 3.6% 3.0% 0.4% -6.9% 0.7% 5.6%
Rel. Return -5.0% -0.7% 5.2% 3.8% 2.0% 0.5% -0.5% -5.8% 2.1% 1.1% 5.7% -2.4% 3.6%
  
Perspective on Performance
  • Over its five years backtest, the portfolio exhibits returns every year.
  • Max drawdown of -13.2% and a Sharpe Ratio of 1.20.
  • Over 5 years its average annual return stands at over 20%
  • The portfolio is uncorrelated to the S&P with an R^2 of 0.01 and IR of 0.22.

    • Market Neutral Tech Hedged

    Strategy Performance Analysis by Neuravest
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    Simulation Settings
    Strategy Settings
    Module:Hedger
    Date of report: 2/23/20 8:56 AM
    Date Range: 1/1/10-11/15/18
    Generated by: Lucena Strategies
    Benchmark: S&P 500
    Target Leverage: 1.0
    Transaction Cost Modeling:
    Leverage1.0
    Short Borrowing0.0%
    Slippage ModeSpecify a bps value
    Slippage0 bps
    Rebalancing:
    FrequencyEvery 10 Days
    Preferred Day Monday
    Exit Criteria Settings:
    Stop Loss N/A
    Max Gain N/A
    Portfolio Stop Loss N/A
    Portfolio Max Gain N/A
    Hedge Settings:
    Whitelist DYN Short 1,DYN Short 2,DYN Short 3,DYN Short 4,DYN Short 5,DYN Short 6,DYN Short 7
    Blacklist
    Lookback 126 Trading days
    Min Hedge Allocation 1.00%
    Max Hedge Allocation 10.00%
    Hedge Type short
    Hedge Weight 50%
    Maximum # Assets 20
    Risk Level Blend
    Target Beta 1.0
      
    Performance Metrics
    Transaction Cost:
    Commissions ($0.004 per share, $2.95 min per trade)$32,594
    Slippage$66,570
    Borrowing Costs$0
    Total Transaction Costs$99,164

    Transaction Analysis:
    Number of Transactions 2,839
    Average Trade Hold Days (Weighted) 147.00 (N/A)
    % Successful Transactions (Weighted) 61.3% (N/A)
    % Hit Stop Loss 0.0%
    % Hit Stop Gain 0.0%
    Profit Ratio N/A
    Monthly Performance Metrics:
    Days of Outperformance 49.4%
    Months of Outperformance50.5%
    Most Consecutive Months of Outperformance7
    Most Consecutive Months of Underperformance6
    Benchmark Relative Metrics:
    Beta-0.04
    Information Ratio0.24
    Annualized Tracking Error19.0%
    Performance Metrics:
    Portfolio Return Sharpe Sortino Alpha Ann. Volatilty Max DrawDown
    Fund273.5%1.382.04 2.79 11.2% -9.4%
    Hedge120.0%0.450.71 3.15 30.0% -49.5%
    Core432.5%1.011.41 2.80 20.9% -22.9%
    Benchmark141.0%0.750.94 0.00 14.8% -19.4%
    Portfolio Initial Adjusted Final Adjusted Return Compound Annual Return
    Fund$1,000K$3,736K$2,736K 16.0%
    Hedge$1,000K$2,200K$1,200K 9.3%
    Core$1,000K$5,327K$4,327K 20.8%
    Benchmark$1,000K$2,411K$1,410K 10.4%
      
    Performance Metrics By Year
    2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
    ReturnStrategy 6.7% 14.4% 25.5% 3.8% 11.4% 37.1% 11.8% 20.4% 14.2%
    Core 15.7% -8.9% 37.0% 42.7% 15.1% 23.4% 5.3% 41.4% 22.3%
    Benchmark 11.0% -0.0% 13.4% 29.6% 11.4% -0.7% 9.5% 19.4% 2.1%
    Hedge -2.0% 43.1% 16.9% -30.9% 5.1% 65.2% 22.3% -7.0% -1.6%
    Winning DaysStrategy 49.4% 55.2% 58.8% 49.6% 50.8% 57.9% 57.1% 59.8% 55.0%
    Core 51.0% 50.0% 51.6% 56.7% 55.2% 52.8% 50.0% 60.6% 58.1%
    Benchmark 57.0% 54.8% 52.8% 58.3% 57.1% 47.2% 52.0% 57.2% 53.6%
    Hedge 52.2% 49.2% 54.4% 43.3% 47.2% 54.8% 50.4% 47.5% 45.9%
    SharpeStrategy 0.66 1.17 2.62 0.45 1.33 2.60 0.90 1.86 1.09
    Core 0.66 -0.16 1.51 2.20 1.00 1.27 0.35 3.08 1.30
    Benchmark 0.67 0.12 1.05 2.39 1.00 0.03 0.76 2.69 0.23
    Hedge 0.02 1.15 0.82 -1.74 0.31 1.66 0.80 -0.16 0.16
    SortinoStrategy 1.01 1.75 4.13 0.68 2.43 4.13 1.26 2.58 1.62
    Core 1.01 -0.23 2.55 3.84 1.58 1.84 0.46 3.79 1.75
    Benchmark 0.89 0.15 1.62 3.41 1.31 0.04 0.99 3.60 0.27
    Hedge 0.04 2.04 1.27 -2.90 0.58 2.61 1.30 -0.22 0.25
    Max DDStrategy -9.4% -7.3% -3.0% -8.0% -5.2% -5.0% -8.1% -7.3% -6.6%
    Core -18.5% -22.9% -14.8% -8.3% -9.2% -10.7% -18.5% -5.1% -9.7%
    Benchmark -16.0% -19.4% -9.9% -5.8% -7.4% -12.4% -10.5% -2.8% -10.2%
    Hedge -16.6% -25.5% -11.8% -32.1% -21.3% -17.4% -17.6% -19.1% -29.0%
    AlphaStrategy 0.07 0.14 0.27 0.03 0.11 0.37 0.12 0.20 0.13
    Core 0.03 -0.09 0.19 0.13 0.04 0.24 -0.06 0.22 0.20
    Benchmark 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
    Hedge 0.10 0.43 0.35 0.05 0.28 0.64 0.36 0.25 0.01
    Ann. VolatiltyStrategy 10.6% 12.0% 8.9% 9.3% 8.4% 12.4% 13.3% 10.3% 14.9%
    Core 27.8% 30.3% 22.6% 16.8% 15.2% 17.7% 20.4% 11.5% 18.9%
    Benchmark 18.0% 23.2% 12.7% 11.0% 11.3% 15.5% 13.1% 6.7% 15.3%
    Hedge 23.0% 37.0% 22.1% 20.0% 30.3% 33.6% 31.3% 25.5% 41.2%
    Tracking ErrorStrategy 1.3% 1.9% 1.1% 0.9% 0.9% 1.3% 1.2% 0.8% 1.1%
    Core 1.2% 1.0% 1.0% 0.8% 0.7% 0.7% 0.9% 0.6% 0.7%
    Benchmark 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
    Hedge 2.5% 3.7% 2.1% 1.8% 2.5% 2.9% 2.5% 1.8% 3.2%
      
    Monthly Return to Benchmark By Year
    JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
    2010 Strategy -1.3% 0.6% 0.3% -0.4% 1.5% 0.2% 2.5% 2.6% -3.4% 1.2% 2.3% 0.7% 6.7%
    Benchmark -5.2% 2.9% 5.9% 1.5% -8.2% -5.4% 6.9% -4.7% 8.8% 3.7% -0.2% 6.5% 11.0%
    Relative Return 3.9% -2.3% -5.6% -1.9% 9.7% 5.5% -4.3% 7.3% -12.2% -2.4% 2.5% -5.8% -4.3%
     
    2011 Strategy 0.1% 0.9% -2.1% 0.0% 3.5% 2.0% 0.7% 3.1% 8.3% -2.0% -2.7% 2.0% 14.4%
    Benchmark 2.3% 3.2% -0.1% 2.8% -1.4% -1.8% -2.1% -5.7% -7.2% 10.8% -0.5% 0.9% -0.0%
    Relative Return -2.1% -2.3% -2.0% -2.8% 4.8% 3.8% 2.9% 8.8% 15.5% -12.8% -2.2% 1.2% 14.4%
     
    2012 Strategy 1.4% 5.8% 4.6% 0.6% 2.0% 1.3% -1.3% 3.6% -0.0% 4.2% 1.2% -0.2% 25.5%
    Benchmark 4.4% 4.1% 3.1% -0.7% -6.3% 4.0% 1.3% 2.0% 2.4% -2.0% 0.3% 0.7% 13.4%
    Relative Return -3.0% 1.7% 1.5% 1.3% 8.2% -2.7% -2.5% 1.6% -2.5% 6.2% 0.9% -0.9% 12.1%
     
    2013 Strategy 0.4% 0.8% 1.8% -0.8% -0.5% 0.3% -4.3% 2.9% 5.2% -2.5% 1.6% -0.8% 3.8%
    Benchmark 5.0% 1.1% 3.6% 1.8% 2.1% -1.5% 4.9% -3.1% 3.0% 4.5% 2.8% 2.4% 29.6%
    Relative Return -4.7% -0.3% -1.8% -2.6% -2.6% 1.8% -9.3% 6.0% 2.2% -6.9% -1.2% -3.2% -25.8%
     
    2014 Strategy 0.6% 2.2% -1.9% -1.0% 0.2% 1.0% 0.3% 0.6% 2.4% 3.8% -0.2% 3.1% 11.4%
    Benchmark -3.6% 4.3% 0.7% 0.6% 2.1% 1.9% -1.5% 3.8% -1.6% 2.3% 2.5% -0.4% 11.4%
    Relative Return 4.2% -2.1% -2.6% -1.7% -1.9% -0.9% 1.8% -3.2% 4.0% 1.5% -2.7% 3.6% 0.1%
     
    2015 Strategy 2.4% 5.1% -1.2% 4.4% 2.1% 0.4% 2.5% -0.2% 7.1% 5.8% 0.9% 3.1% 37.1%
    Benchmark -3.1% 5.5% -1.7% 0.9% 1.0% -2.1% 2.0% -6.3% -2.6% 8.3% 0.1% -1.8% -0.7%
    Relative Return 5.5% -0.4% 0.6% 3.6% 1.0% 2.5% 0.5% 6.0% 9.7% -2.5% 0.9% 4.8% 37.9%
     
    2016 Strategy 2.9% -0.9% 1.8% 0.0% 4.4% -1.9% 3.3% 5.6% -5.5% 9.1% -6.3% -0.3% 11.8%
    Benchmark -5.1% -0.4% 6.6% 0.3% 1.5% 0.1% 3.6% -0.1% -0.1% -1.9% 3.4% 1.8% 9.5%
    Relative Return 7.9% -0.5% -4.8% -0.3% 2.9% -2.0% -0.2% 5.7% -5.3% 11.1% -9.7% -2.1% 2.3%
     
    2017 Strategy 2.0% -0.1% 2.0% 2.4% 5.5% -1.3% 3.9% 2.7% -2.8% 9.7% -0.5% -4.0% 20.4%
    Benchmark 1.8% 3.7% -0.0% 0.9% 1.2% 0.5% 1.9% 0.1% 1.9% 2.2% 2.8% 1.0% 19.4%
    Relative Return 0.2% -3.9% 2.0% 1.5% 4.4% -1.8% 2.0% 2.6% -4.7% 7.5% -3.3% -5.0% 1.0%
     
    2018 Strategy 4.9% 1.3% 1.1% 2.3% 2.7% -0.0% -2.2% 5.1% 1.5% -1.2% -1.7% N/A 14.2%
    Benchmark 5.6% -3.9% -2.7% 0.3% 2.2% 0.5% 3.6% 3.0% 0.4% -6.9% 0.7% 0.0% 2.1%
    Relative Return -0.7% 5.2% 3.8% 2.0% 0.5% -0.5% -5.8% 2.1% 1.1% 5.7% -2.4% N/A 12.1%
     
    Monthly Return for Core By Year
    JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
    2010 -12.3% 6.0% 4.9% 4.8% -6.2% -9.5% 13.1% -0.3% 1.2% 7.0% 4.4% 4.9% 15.7%
    2011 1.6% 1.0% -2.1% 2.1% 3.1% -1.9% -2.9% -6.5% -8.3% 17.4% -6.9% -3.6% -8.9%
    2012 14.2% 12.2% 4.4% -0.6% -8.9% 3.4% -6.5% 8.4% 1.9% -1.3% 1.5% 5.8% 37.0%
    2013 2.0% 1.5% 6.6% 3.5% 1.8% -1.4% 3.2% 4.4% 5.4% 3.8% 3.0% 2.6% 42.7%
    2014 2.4% 5.1% -1.4% -4.1% 2.1% 5.7% -1.7% 4.4% -0.9% 3.7% 0.2% -1.0% 15.1%
    2015 -5.5% 11.3% -4.5% 8.1% 0.2% -2.0% 3.2% -3.8% 1.8% 10.6% 2.7% 0.9% 23.4%
    2016 -5.2% -2.7% 8.3% -1.9% 6.7% -3.4% 4.7% 1.0% -1.2% 2.5% -2.2% -0.5% 5.3%
    2017 8.2% 1.9% 3.8% 3.0% 3.4% -1.3% 3.7% 3.9% -1.7% 10.0% 1.9% -1.0% 41.4%
    2018 8.8% 1.3% 0.3% 2.2% 6.1% 0.7% 2.0% 5.6% 1.8% -6.6% -1.1% N/A 22.3%
    Monthly Return for Hedge By Year
    JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
    2010 10.0% -3.8% -3.7% -5.5% 9.8% 9.2% -5.5% 5.3% -7.4% -4.2% 0.1% -3.9% -2.0%
    2011 -1.6% 0.8% -2.0% -2.5% 3.9% 7.1% 5.0% 13.8% 23.4% -15.1% 1.3% 6.9% 43.1%
    2012 -8.5% -0.4% 4.9% 1.9% 13.5% -0.5% 3.4% -0.2% -1.6% 9.2% 0.9% -5.1% 16.9%
    2013 -1.1% 0.2% -2.6% -5.2% -3.0% 2.4% -12.9% 1.0% 4.7% -11.2% -0.6% -6.4% -30.9%
    2014 -2.7% -3.5% -3.0% 5.7% -3.4% -8.8% 5.0% -8.1% 10.9% 3.9% -1.2% 12.8% 5.1%
    2015 18.7% -5.1% 5.3% -2.1% 5.8% 4.8% 1.2% 6.0% 15.1% -0.8% -1.8% 6.6% 65.2%
    2016 15.2% 1.4% -6.0% 2.7% 1.4% 0.3% 1.5% 11.8% -10.6% 18.2% -11.1% -0.1% 22.3%
    2017 -6.3% -3.1% -0.8% 1.4% 9.2% -1.2% 4.2% 0.7% -4.5% 9.1% -4.6% -9.5% -7.0%
    2018 -3.0% 1.3% 2.9% 2.5% -4.8% -1.8% -12.5% 3.4% 0.6% 15.1% -3.1% N/A -1.6%
    Monthly Turnover For Strategy By Year
    JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
    2010 93.8% 59.4% 76.3% 64.5% 57.2% 48.2% 55.3% 96.3% 47.0% 36.8% 65.9% 23.9% 724.6%
    2011 80.8% 62.8% 64.1% 61.7% 37.5% 28.8% 28.3% 97.8% 31.6% 37.4% 57.0% 57.2% 645.3%
    2012 76.7% 49.2% 49.9% 50.6% 66.1% 29.8% 60.0% 76.5% 42.2% 36.3% 36.6% 48.5% 622.6%
    2013 61.2% 44.4% 58.2% 45.8% 77.1% 35.9% 85.4% 59.0% 34.6% 57.0% 78.7% 95.2% 732.6%
    2014 57.5% 54.3% 50.7% 41.2% 52.5% 75.9% 35.0% 49.6% 63.2% 57.3% 77.0% 102.3% 716.5%
    2015 86.3% 81.8% 52.6% 65.2% 73.3% 45.6% 43.0% 36.9% 33.7% 71.5% 103.0% 62.3% 755.1%
    2016 74.1% 62.4% 40.1% 57.9% 78.3% 60.8% 49.6% 92.6% 65.2% 72.8% 59.1% 59.8% 772.7%
    2017 46.5% 72.1% 77.6% 58.7% 127.9% 80.7% 67.9% 55.3% 35.9% 91.1% 57.7% 52.8% 824.2%
    2018 54.7% 44.3% 58.8% 95.2% 71.7% 62.4% 53.5% 80.4% 70.2% 85.4% 42.0% N/A 718.7%
      

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