The Defensive Tell

About this strategy

Rotates SPY into SH when utilities (XLU) are outperforming the broad market by enough to signal an institutional flight to safety, ahead of a confirmed index-level decline.

1. Agent triggers

   Triggered weekly on Mondays at 15:15 Eastern Time, monitoring utility performance. This marks a routine check for institutional flight to safety.

2. Computes its signals

   It reads the performance of XLU against SPY, deciding to act when XLU outperforms by enough to indicate clear market shifts. This leverages a cross-sectional smart money tell.

3. Sets the target portfolio

   The target portfolio form shifts SPY into SH when conditions are met. The strategy can have a mix focused on SPY and SH based on the performance metrics.

4. Executes orders

   Your account trades toward that target, sells before buys, inside the platform's risk rails: stop-loss and daily loss limits you control.

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