Tactical: DIY, ranked by Standard Deviation

for period ending September 30, 2026

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Standard Deviation shows the 1-, 3-, 5-, 10-, 15-, and 20-year standard deviation from the mean. This is calculated using monthly returns, then annualized.

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Standard Deviation vs. Annual Return
● Portfolio Recipes: Tactical: DIY ● S&P 500 (SPY) ● U.S. Bonds (BND) ● Balanced (60% Equity / 40% Bonds)

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      Standard Deviation   Total Return, annualized
Recipe Name ID Category 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year 15 year 20 year   1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year 15 year 20 year
    Group average  
 
U.S. Total Bond Market BND Benchmark 3.6% 5.6% 6.3% 5.2% 4.6% 4.6%   -1.5% 4.2% -0.6% 1.1% 1.8% 2.9%
S&P 500 SPY Benchmark 14.6% 14.9% 17.8% 17.7% 16.2% 17.1%   15.7% 22.8% 13.7% 15.2% 15.6% 11.1%
Strategic 60-40 Portfolio s.6040 Benchmark 8.9% 10.2% 12.1% 11.5% 10.4% 10.9%   8.5% 14.9% 7.3% 9.3% 9.9% 8.0%
Adaptive Allocation A t.aaaa Adaptive 12.2% 10.5% 12.3% 11.9% 11.2% 12.5%   9.7% 18.0% 7.4% 9.1% 8.3% 10.6%
Adaptive Allocation B t.aaab Adaptive 15.0% 10.9% 13.2% 12.6% 11.5% 12.5%   19.9% 18.8% 7.3% 8.5% 8.0% 10.4%
Adaptive Allocation C t.aaac Adaptive 14.7% 10.7% 13.3% 12.7% 11.6% 12.6%   20.7% 19.6% 7.7% 8.5% 8.1% 10.4%
Adaptive Allocation D t.aaad Adaptive 17.8% 12.6% 14.3% 13.9% 12.7% 14.1%   6.3% 13.6% 7.2% 10.7% 9.6% 11.9%
Adaptive Allocation E t.aaae Adaptive 15.1% 12.4% 13.8% 13.3% 12.2% 13.6%   21.1% 22.3% 9.9% 11.6% 10.2% 12.0%
Adaptive Allocation F t.aaaf Adaptive 16.8% 13.9% 14.1% 12.4% 11.3% 12.6%   15.8% 23.5% 12.4% 13.2% 13.6% 14.4%
Minimum Correlation t.coco Correlation 12.2% 12.5% 14.2% 12.3% 10.9% 11.4%   4.4% 16.6% 5.5% 7.1% 7.4% 8.4%
Maximum Diversification t.mdiv Diversification 10.6% 11.4% 13.3% 11.5% 10.2% 10.8%   3.0% 14.6% 4.7% 5.7% 6.6% 8.1%
Equal Weight With Cluster t.dist Correlation 12.8% 12.9% 13.8% 12.3% 11.3% 11.8%   4.3% 15.0% 5.6% 6.5% 6.3% 7.7%
Minimum Mean Abs Deviation t.madm Risk-Driven 10.3% 10.5% 12.2% 10.8% 9.6% 10.3%   -0.2% 14.7% 5.9% 7.4% 7.9% 8.8%
Minimum Variance A t.mvar Risk-Driven 9.7% 10.6% 12.4% 11.0% 9.8% 10.4%   0.0% 14.1% 6.5% 7.9% 8.1% 9.0%
Risk Parity Portfolio A t.rpba Risk-Driven 13.3% 12.6% 14.4% 13.1% 12.2% 13.1%   10.3% 18.3% 8.3% 9.7% 9.9% 9.2%
Maximum Sortino Portfolio t.sort Risk/Reward 17.8% 12.7% 13.0% 13.2% 11.9% 13.6%   12.8% 12.8% 5.6% 10.1% 8.7% 10.1%
Equal Weight Portfolio t.eqwt Equal Weight 14.3% 13.5% 15.3% 14.0% 13.0% 14.6%   12.3% 19.1% 8.4% 10.1% 10.1% 8.8%
Faber Rel Strength: Top 1 t.frs1 Momentum 20.1% 16.4% 17.6% 16.1% 14.6% 16.7%   7.7% 9.5% 6.6% 8.8% 7.4% 9.8%
Faber Rel Strength: Top 2 t.frs2 Momentum 11.7% 11.9% 12.5% 11.7% 11.2% 12.7%   23.5% 16.1% 12.1% 10.9% 9.5% 9.6%
Faber Rel Strength: Top 3 t.frs3 Momentum 8.9% 10.3% 10.6% 9.8% 9.3% 10.4%   20.6% 14.3% 9.4% 10.7% 10.0% 9.4%
Faber Rel Strength: Top 4 t.frs4 Momentum 7.7% 7.9% 8.5% 8.2% 7.7% 8.8%   15.0% 11.3% 6.5% 7.6% 6.6% 7.0%
Pure Momentum t.pure Momentum 26.6% 19.7% 21.0% 20.7% 18.5% 21.0%   20.5% 13.6% 7.1% 12.0% 10.2% 15.8%
Quartile Sector Rotation t.srqr Sector Rotation 110.7% 81.8% 77.3% 54.9% 48.6% 43.8%   75.0% 70.1% 43.9% 27.6% 28.9% 22.4%
Rel Strength Sector Rotatn t.srrs Sector Rotation 9.2% 11.0% 13.3% 13.1% 12.0% 12.1%   11.1% 12.9% 9.0% 11.1% 11.5% 9.7%
Top 5 Sector Rotation t.srt5 Sector Rotation 25.8% 21.8% 21.6% 19.8% 18.2% 19.6%   42.2% 33.2% 19.6% 18.0% 18.0% 13.8%
Top 3 Sector Rotation t.srt3 Sector Rotation 21.4% 20.6% 17.9% 17.3% 16.3% 18.2%   15.2% 16.1% 11.7% 11.2% 12.4% 10.9%
Minimum CdaR t.cdar Risk-Driven 9.6% 11.9% 12.5% 11.4% 10.5% 11.6%   -0.4% 11.8% 4.3% 7.7% 8.0% 9.3%
Minimum CvaR t.cvar Risk-Driven 10.7% 11.2% 12.7% 11.1% 10.0% 10.6%   2.4% 17.6% 7.7% 7.2% 7.6% 8.6%
Equal Risk Contribution t.eqrc Risk-Driven 12.4% 12.1% 13.6% 11.7% 10.5% 11.0%   7.9% 16.2% 6.6% 7.8% 7.9% 8.6%
Minimum Drawdown t.loss Risk-Driven 13.7% 11.8% 12.8% 11.3% 10.2% 11.0%   9.1% 18.2% 8.0% 8.1% 7.8% 9.0%
Minimum Downside MAD t.madd Risk-Driven 10.3% 10.5% 12.2% 10.8% 9.6% 10.3%   -0.2% 14.7% 5.9% 7.4% 7.9% 8.8%
Minimum Correlation A t.mca1 Risk-Driven 11.3% 11.4% 12.7% 11.1% 10.2% 10.8%   3.9% 13.7% 4.9% 6.4% 6.6% 7.7%
Minimum Correlation B t.mca2 Risk-Driven 12.3% 11.9% 13.3% 11.5% 10.4% 10.9%   7.4% 15.7% 6.4% 7.5% 7.4% 8.2%
Minimum Variance B t.mva2 Risk-Driven 10.2% 10.7% 12.2% 10.8% 9.9% 10.8%   0.6% 12.8% 5.0% 6.1% 6.5% 8.1%
Minimum Variance C t.mva3 Risk-Driven 11.1% 10.9% 12.6% 11.1% 10.2% 10.9%   3.7% 15.9% 7.1% 8.1% 8.4% 9.6%
Min Downside Deviation t.risd Risk-Driven 10.1% 10.6% 12.1% 10.9% 9.7% 10.4%   -0.3% 12.6% 5.4% 7.6% 7.7% 8.6%
Risk Parity With Cluster t.rpcl Risk-Driven 11.3% 11.8% 13.0% 11.5% 10.6% 11.2%   3.3% 14.1% 5.7% 6.2% 5.9% 7.7%
Risk Parity Portfolio B t.rsop Risk-Driven 13.5% 12.7% 14.6% 13.3% 12.3% 13.3%   10.8% 18.2% 8.3% 9.7% 9.8% 9.0%
Target Return 12% t.tret Risk-Driven 9.9% 9.9% 12.3% 11.7% 10.6% 11.4%   6.4% 12.9% 3.5% 6.3% 7.3% 9.2%
Target Risk 10% t.tris Risk-Driven 12.9% 11.1% 12.8% 11.8% 11.1% 12.1%   7.6% 14.0% 7.7% 8.5% 6.8% 8.1%
Maximum Sharpe Portfolio t.shar Risk/Reward 16.9% 12.5% 12.9% 12.8% 11.6% 13.3%   11.8% 14.0% 6.1% 10.3% 9.1% 10.4%
Target Return Post-Modern t.trdd Target Return 10.5% 9.8% 12.1% 11.7% 10.6% 11.6%   6.0% 11.9% 2.7% 5.8% 6.7% 8.9%
Active Combined Asset t.acap Momentum 14.0% 13.2% 13.1% 11.7% 10.8% 12.0%   4.3% 17.7% 6.7% 6.1% 7.2% 7.9%
Quarterly Asset Rotation t.qaro Momentum 12.5% 13.4% 13.2% 11.9% 10.9% 11.1%   -3.9% 12.0% 5.6% 6.3% 4.4% 5.2%
Defensive Bond t.dbnd Momentum 4.8% 6.5% 7.8% 6.2% 6.0%     -1.6% 5.6% 3.5% 4.4% 4.1%  
Dynamic Harry Browne t.dyhb Momentum 8.7% 7.3% 7.1% 7.0% 6.7% 8.2%   2.3% 9.1% 3.9% 5.3% 3.8% 6.2%