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Less is more: small and simple mixed strategies

Hi there,

I will share two simplified classic strategies and their respective mashup:

I. Simplified version of "Sell in May and go away" with SPY
Based on: https://www.quantopian.com/posts/time-to-sell-in-may-and-go-away

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II. Simplified version of "50/200MA Crossover" with SPY
Based on: https://www.quantopian.com/posts/50-slash-200ma-crossover-strategy-spy-no-short-component

III. Smart SPY
Both strategies mixed: It reduces the max drawdown and improve the returns ;)

  • I think it's a good practice to work progressively with simple and effective strategies.
  • Alternatively you can short SPY instead of sell it: the returns will be better but the max drawdown will increase by 27%!!

IV. Smart SPY tweaked w/short component

  • NO leverage, SPY=benchmark, code easy to read
  • The rebalance frequency can be improved.
  • Does this strategy could be optimized if it works with a group of stocks?
  • How would implement the minute mode?

Enjoy!

Hi Martin,

thanks your interesting strategy and let us could see the powerful about quantopian backtest platform.

Thanks for sharing!

Simple strategy but look graphic data is pretty.

A minute backtest version of this strategy