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Strategy concepts, in plain English
Start with the signals that show up inside the backtests and replays: trend regimes, RSI, moving averages, volatility, relative strength, defensive assets, and the metrics used to judge the results.
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These four ideas unlock most of the language used across the strategy pages.
Bull, bear, and chop
Trend Regimes
A regime is the strategy's read on the market backdrop. Most atrader strategies first decide whether conditions are risk-on, risk-off, or too choppy before choosing the asset to hold.
Momentum over a lookback window
RSI Signals
RSI, or Relative Strength Index, compares recent average gains with recent average losses and turns that relationship into a 0 to 100 momentum reading.
SMA and EMA trend lines
Moving Averages
Moving averages smooth price action so the strategy can compare today's price against a recent trend line instead of reacting to every small move.
What the strategies hold when risk changes
Defensive and Hedge Assets
The strategies do not only choose bullish assets. They also use inverse ETFs, volatility exposure, bonds, and cash-like sleeves when rules call for defense or hedging.
Detailed Case Study
TQQQ Core
Real examples across up, down, and choppy markets
See when the strategy made money by catching upside and downside trends, when it lost because the assumption was wrong, and when it went months without making a new high.
All Concepts
Bull, bear, and chop
Trend Regimes
A regime is the strategy's read on the market backdrop. Most atrader strategies first decide whether conditions are risk-on, risk-off, or too choppy before choosing the asset to hold.
Momentum over a lookback window
RSI Signals
RSI, or Relative Strength Index, compares recent average gains with recent average losses and turns that relationship into a 0 to 100 momentum reading.
SMA and EMA trend lines
Moving Averages
Moving averages smooth price action so the strategy can compare today's price against a recent trend line instead of reacting to every small move.
How rough is the ride?
Volatility and Drawdown Gates
Volatility measures how jumpy returns have been. Drawdown measures how far an asset has fallen from a recent peak. The strategies use both to decide when normal trend rules need a different playbook.
Choosing the strongest candidate
Relative Strength Filters
Relative strength compares assets against each other. Instead of asking whether one asset is up or down in isolation, the strategy asks which candidate has the better recent behavior.
Trend confirmation versus noise
Breakouts and Chop
Breakout rules look for price clearing a recent range. Chop filters look for price movement that is too inefficient or too compressed to trust.
What the strategies hold when risk changes
Defensive and Hedge Assets
The strategies do not only choose bullish assets. They also use inverse ETFs, volatility exposure, bonds, and cash-like sleeves when rules call for defense or hedging.
Reading the scorecard
Backtest Metrics
Backtest metrics summarize how a ruleset behaved over historical data. They are useful for comparison, but they are not guarantees of future results.
Strategy Concept Map
| Concept | Signal Language | Used In |
|---|---|---|
| Trend Regimes | BULL, BEAR, CHOP, SOXL-SIG | TQQQ Core, TQQQ Adaptive Fade, TQQQ Breakout |
| RSI Signals | RSI(14), RSI(10), overbought, oversold | TQQQ Core, TQQQ Adaptive Fade, TQQQ Momentum |
| Moving Averages | 200MA, 20MA, 5 EMA, 20 EMA | TQQQ Core, TQQQ Adaptive Fade, TQQQ EMA Trend |
| Volatility and Drawdown Gates | StdDev(14), StdDev(30), maxDD(60), maxDD(200) | SOXL Growth, SOXL Conservative, TQQQ Adaptive Fade |
| Relative Strength Filters | top-2, top-3, bottom-2, 5d return | SOXL Growth, TQQQ Momentum, TQQQ/SOXL Rotation |
| Breakouts and Chop | 20-day high, 20-day low, ER(10), EMA gap | TQQQ Breakout, TQQQ Adaptive Fade, TQQQ/SOXL Rotation |
| Defensive and Hedge Assets | SQQQ, SOXS, UVXY, BSV | TQQQ Core, TQQQ Adaptive Fade, SOXL Growth |
| Backtest Metrics | CAGR, max drawdown, Sharpe, win rate | Strategy Backtests, Portfolio Builder, Portfolio Replay |