LTC·3X

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A high-risk trading strategy that outperforms passive investing.

LTC-3x follows a fixed set of rules to grow faster than the index while stepping aside when markets turn down.

Tested over
Jun 2007–Jul 2026*
Compared against
S&P 500
Annual return
28.4%
What it holds
ETFs, cash
How often you trade
About 5 days a month

Performance

LTC-3xNasdaq 100GoldS&P 500
Max Drawdown -49% · Ending value: LTC-3x $1.17M · Nasdaq 100 $168K · S&P 500 $70K · Gold $58K

If you invested in …

You would have made $827,000 vs. $86,174 holding the S&P 500.

Since 2010

32.2%
Average per year
vs. 14.6% for the S&P 500
-34%
Worst drop
2019-06
-23%
Worst year
2022
93%
Best year
2013

How the strategy works

Follow the market up

Hold the growth ETF only while the market is climbing. When it stops climbing, the strategy steps aside.

Hold some gold

A separate gold position is managed on its own schedule, so the two rarely fall at the same time.

Get out fast

A sharp drop moves that position into cash, and it waits before buying back in.

Risks

  • Risk of 50% drawdowns: In testing over the 2008 financial crisis, the strategy fell about 49% from its high before recovering. Only invest an amount where a drop that size wouldn't force you to sell or upend the rest of your finances.

  • Expect to underperform the index at times: Several years trail the index, especially when markets chop sideways. 2022 was the worst, down 23%.

  • Past performance does not guarantee future success

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