RPEA (RNAProf's Excellent Adventure) at a glance

RPEA (RNAProf's Excellent Adventure) is a tactical asset allocation (TAA) strategy by RNAProf across US Equity (3x), US Mid-Cap (3x), Tech (3x), International (3x), rebalanced monthly. Backtested 1992-01-31 to 2026-04-17 (34.3 years): 26.8% CAGR, 0.87 Sharpe, -76.8% max drawdown, 33.7% volatility.

Type
Tactical (TAA)
Author
RNAProf
Rebalancing
Monthly
Risk
Aggressive
Period
1992-01-31 to 2026-04-17
CAGR
26.8%
Sharpe
0.87
Max Drawdown
-76.8%
Volatility
33.7%

RPEA (RNAProf's Excellent Adventure) Tactical Asset Allocation Strategy

RPEA (RNAProf's Excellent Adventure) is a leveraged All-Weather-style portfolio with per-asset SMA timing. Nine sleeves use 2x/3x leveraged ETFs (UPRO 32%, MIDU 14%, TQQQ 7%, EURL 7%, AVDE 6%, EDC 7%, AVEM 6%, UGL 10%, UTSL 11%), each timed independently against its own SMA signal. Sleeves that fall below trend rotate into a defensive allocation instead of holding the leveraged ETF.

Two variants are available on BestFolio: Adaptive Defense (defensive leg cascades TMF, then GLD, then BIL depending on which is trending up) and Conservative / Partial Delever (splits the bearish sleeve 50/50 between the 1x underlying and the adaptive defense cascade). The original Full (9-sleeve, TMF-only defense) and Simplified (5-sleeve, TMF-only defense) variants have been removed because their backtested drawdowns were severe enough that we consider them unsuitable for real-money use.

Backtest Performance (1992-01-31 to 2026-04-17)

MetricRPEA (RNAProf's Excellent Adventure)
Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR)26.8%
Maximum Drawdown-76.8%
Sharpe Ratio0.87
Sortino Ratio1.18
Annualized Volatility33.7%
Calmar Ratio0.35
Total Return340850.8%
Backtest Period34.3 years

Strategy Details

Type
Tactical (TAA)
Rebalancing
monthly
Risk Level
aggressive
Variants
4
Author
RNAProf

Asset Classes

  • US Equity (3x)
  • US Mid-Cap (3x)
  • Tech (3x)
  • International (3x)
  • Emerging Markets (3x)
  • Gold (2x)
  • Utilities (3x)
  • Long Treasuries (3x)
  • Cash

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