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When SPY is below its 200 day moving average the portfolio is long the 15 stocks and holds an equal short position in SPY («100 % Hedged»).
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The percentage each ETF within the Ivy 10 and Ivy 5 Portfolio is above or below the current 10 month simple moving average is now provided.
The performance for the 10 month moving average system within the 4 ETF permanent portfolio is below.
The 10 month moving average system lowered the volatility of the portfolio to 7.1 % and drawdown to 7.1 % but had slightly lower overall returns than simply buying and holding the portfolio.
In order to properly compare strategies (moving average vs. buy and hold) we first need to show the results for buying and holding the portfolios over the same time period of 2006 - present (portfolio A is the Emerging Markets version, Portfolio B is the oportfolio A is the Emerging Markets version, Portfolio B is the oPortfolio B is the original):
Since the first buy and hold test started in 2005, it is fair to compare the 10 month moving average returns to buying and holding the same portfolio from 2006 - February 13th, 2012:
How has a simple 10 month moving average system performed within this portfolio?
Holding only 2 ETFs increases portfolio volatility, which should be expected, but did not necessarily increase returns versus buy and hold or the 10 month simple moving average system.
In my original article I also tested the 10 month moving average system popularized in recent years by Mebane Faber in The Ivy Portfolio: How to Invest Like the Top Endowments and Avoid Bear Markets.
One of my favorite tools for potentially reducing portfolio volatility and drawdown is to use the 10 month simple moving average strategy, popularized in recent years by Mebane Faber in The Ivy Portfolio: How to Invest Like the Top Endowments and Avoid Bearportfolio volatility and drawdown is to use the 10 month simple moving average strategy, popularized in recent years by Mebane Faber in The Ivy Portfolio: How to Invest Like the Top Endowments and Avoid BearPortfolio: How to Invest Like the Top Endowments and Avoid Bear Markets.
The results for a 10 month moving average system on the 8 ETF Permanent portfolio are below (2008 - present).
By using a long - term moving average signal, we could potentially reduce portfolio drawdown created when any one of the holdings enters a bear market.
When we apply the 10 month moving average system to the Emerging Markets version (EEM / SHY / TLT / GLD), we see the same impact, a decrease in returns and volatility and an increase in the portfolios sharpe ratio:
When an ETF in the portfolio was below its 10 month moving average at month - end, the position was sold and held in «cash» (SHY was used as the cash position).
When an ETF in the portfolio was below its 10 month moving average at month - end, the position was sold and held in «cash» (SHY was used as a substitute for cash).
We consider as benchmarks: an equally weighted portfolio of all mutual funds, rebalanced monthly (EW All); buying and holding VTSMX; and, holding VTSMX when the S&P 500 Index is above its 10 - month simple moving average (SMA10) and Cash when the index is below its SMA10 (VTSMX: SMA10).
For benchmarks, they consider the value - weighted market portfolio (VW), the equal - weighted market portfolio (EW), the minimum variance portfolio (MVP) and a maximum Sharpe ratio portfolio based on 5 - year moving average actual returns (HIST).
Faber discusses 5, 10, and 20 security portfolios that have trading signals based on long - term moving averages.
I have added a new tool to the site for those interested in tracking the 10 month moving average signals for some of the portfolios listed in Faber's book.
The ETF will shift half of the portfolio into an inverse S&P 500 fund when the S&P ends a month below its 200 - day moving average.
Last week different tactical approaches (momentum, moving average) to the Permanent Portfolio were detailed here.
My suggestion for using a moving average system was inspried in part by Mebane Faber's The Ivy Portfolio: How to Invest Like the Top Endowments and Avoid Bear Markets and also by Tom Lydon, author of The ETF Trend Following Playbook: Profiting from Trends in Bull or Bear Markets with Exchange Traded Funds.
Using the beta stockscreen123 I backtested the Tiny Titans portfolio only when the Russell 2000 was above its 200 day moving average.
All of the securities in the 5 and 10 ETF portfolios are above their 10 month moving averages.
The percentage each ETF within the Ivy 10 and Ivy 5 Portfolio is above or below the current 10 month simple moving average is now provided.
For the first 10 month moving average test we will revisit the original Harry Browne ETF Portfolio (SPY / SHY / TLT / GLD).
Faber discusses 5, 10, and 20 security portfolios that have trading signals based on long - term moving averages.
In order to properly compare strategies (moving average vs. buy and hold) we first need to show the results for buying and holding the portfolios over the same time period of 2006 - present (portfolio A is the Emerging Markets version, Portfolio B is the oportfolio A is the Emerging Markets version, Portfolio B is the oPortfolio B is the original):
When we apply the 10 month moving average system to the Emerging Markets version (EEM / SHY / TLT / GLD), we see the same impact, a decrease in returns and volatility and an increase in the portfolios sharpe ratio:
When an ETF in the portfolio was below its 10 month moving average at month - end, the position was sold and held in «cash» (SHY was used as a substitute for cash).
The Ivy Portfolio spreadsheet track the 10 month moving average signals for two portfolios listed in Mebane Faber's book The Ivy Portfolio: How to Invest Like the Top Endowments and Avoid Bear Markets.
You liquidate your portfolio if the market falls below say the 10 - month simple moving average or something (see, for example, A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation)?
Below are the 10 year results if we are 100 % long the 15 stocks in the portfolio when SPY is above its 200 day simple moving average.
The backtest results for the Ivy 5 Portfolio since 2007 and 10 month simple moving average with a monthly update are charted below.
This document tracks the 10 month moving averages for three different portfolios designed for TD Ameritrade, Fidelity, and Vanguard commission - free ETF offers.
For example, the Ivy Portfolio uses a 10 month moving average to dictate an invested or cash position (signals are updated daily at Scott's Investments and many equity indices are currently very near their 10 month average).
Below are the 10 month moving average signals (using adjusted price data) for the commission - free portfolios:
What if, like some of my other momentum and tactical portfolios, we only held the ETFs in the portfolio when they were above their 10 month moving average?
The 10 month moving average system lowered the volatility of the portfolio to 7.1 % and drawdown to 7.1 % but had slightly lower overall returns than simply buying and holding the portfolio.
How has a simple 10 month moving average system performed within this portfolio?
The results for a 10 month moving average system on the 8 ETF Permanent portfolio are below (2008 - present).
Holding only 2 ETFs increases portfolio volatility, which should be expected, but did not necessarily increase returns versus buy and hold or the 10 month simple moving average system.
The performance for the 10 month moving average system within the 4 ETF permanent portfolio is below.
The 10 month simple moving average system has been popularized in recent years by Mebane Faber in The Ivy Portfolio: How to Invest Like the Top Endowments and Avoid Bear Markets.
Second, we would further preserve capital in portfolios if a technical breach occurred in the 10 - month simple moving average; that is, if the monthly close on the 10 - month SMA is below its trendline, we shift a much greater percentage to the safe harbor of money market accounts and other cash equivalents.
When an ETF in the portfolio was below its 10 month moving average at month - end, the position was sold and held in «cash» (SHY was used as the cash position).
ETF Replay is a site that provides free backtesting for ETFs using moving averages, moving average crossovers, and a free ETF portfolio back test function.
The timing portfolio is invested in the asset when the adjusted close price is greater than or equal to the moving average, otherwise the portfolio is invested in cash.
So following up on our last «chat» I researched UTX a bit more and thought it would be an interesting addition to my portfolio — put in a buy @ $ 98 which is right above their 40 week moving average so we'll see how things play out over the next few weeks.
There are a variety of variations that can be applied to this portfolio (moving averages, momentum, risk - parity weighting, additional holdings within each asset class, etc.).