The Dow-30 long-short strategy has performed well year-to-date and has acted as a hedge in a falling stock market.
The Dow-30 long-short strategy for Dow-30 stocks operates with weekly features calculated by DLPAL LS software. The strategy is rebalanced weekly at the open and is dollar neutral; three stocks long and three stocks short.
The strategy is up nearly 7% year-to-date, with a maximum drawdown of 5.2%.
The strategy, called DOWW, went into drawdown mode in February but started rebounding by mid-March. The strategy recovered the losses by Mid-April but then entered a consolidation period until mid-July. Afterward, due to accelerated losses in the stock market, the strategy equity made new highs. During August there was another consolidation without a significant drawdown and last week the performance got a good boost from short positions, as shown below, for a gain of 1.2% from the open to the close of the week.
A 7% return from long-short can help to reduce drawdown and limit losses of an ensemble of strategies. The DOWW strategy has a volatility switch, and when it is triggered, the signals may be ignored. The year-to-date return of the strategy with the volatility switch is about 2% (Due to a delayed exit, the reported performance in our weekly signals is +0.1%.) The volatility switch was triggered in mid-February, and the strategy avoided the drawdown this year but that limited the performance going forward. However, even a return of +2% can be a good contribution to an ensemble during negative performance periods.
The DOWW strategy is part of a six-strategy ensemble. The strategies operate in the weekly timeframe. The performance, open positions, and new signals are updated for our subscribers every week during the weekend.
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