Tactical: DIY, ranked by Total Return

for period ending September 30, 2026

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Portfolio Recipes: Tactical: DIY Peer Group
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      Total Return   Downside Deviation
Recipe Name ID Category YTD Sep 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 -2.4% -2.2% -1.5% 4.2% -0.6% 1.1% 1.8% 2.9%   3.1% 3.2% 4.5% 3.6% 3.1% 2.9%
S&P 500 SPY Benchmark 12.7% -0.3% 15.7% 22.8% 13.7% 15.2% 15.6% 11.1%   5.9% 6.6% 10.6% 10.9% 9.6% 11.1%
Strategic 60-40 Portfolio s.6040 Benchmark 6.5% -1.4% 8.5% 14.9% 7.3% 9.3% 9.9% 8.0%   4.4% 4.9% 7.8% 7.2% 6.3% 7.1%
Adaptive Allocation A t.aaaa Adaptive 6.4% -0.5% 9.7% 18.0% 7.4% 9.1% 8.3% 10.6%   7.4% 5.7% 8.1% 7.5% 6.9% 7.1%
Adaptive Allocation B t.aaab Adaptive 15.9% 3.2% 19.9% 18.8% 7.3% 8.5% 8.0% 10.4%   8.1% 5.7% 8.9% 8.1% 7.3% 7.4%
Adaptive Allocation C t.aaac Adaptive 16.6% 3.1% 20.7% 19.6% 7.7% 8.5% 8.1% 10.4%   7.6% 5.5% 8.8% 8.1% 7.3% 7.4%
Adaptive Allocation D t.aaad Adaptive 1.2% -2.8% 6.3% 13.6% 7.2% 10.7% 9.6% 11.9%   11.8% 7.8% 9.5% 8.6% 7.9% 8.4%
Adaptive Allocation E t.aaae Adaptive 17.3% 0.0% 21.1% 22.3% 9.9% 11.6% 10.2% 12.0%   8.0% 6.1% 8.9% 8.3% 7.4% 8.1%
Adaptive Allocation F t.aaaf Adaptive 9.9% -1.7% 15.8% 23.5% 12.4% 13.2% 13.6% 14.4%   9.4% 7.1% 8.0% 7.0% 6.1% 6.6%
Minimum Correlation t.coco Correlation 0.8% -2.9% 4.4% 16.6% 5.5% 7.1% 7.4% 8.4%   8.6% 6.7% 9.1% 7.7% 6.7% 7.1%
Maximum Diversification t.mdiv Diversification 0.8% -3.9% 3.0% 14.6% 4.7% 5.7% 6.6% 8.1%   7.5% 6.3% 8.6% 7.3% 6.4% 6.6%
Equal Weight With Cluster t.dist Correlation 1.2% -4.1% 4.3% 15.0% 5.6% 6.5% 6.3% 7.7%   9.2% 7.2% 8.8% 8.0% 7.2% 7.5%
Minimum Mean Abs Deviation t.madm Risk-Driven -1.7% -4.5% -0.2% 14.7% 5.9% 7.4% 7.9% 8.8%   7.8% 6.0% 7.9% 6.6% 5.7% 6.1%
Minimum Variance A t.mvar Risk-Driven -1.5% -4.2% 0.0% 14.1% 6.5% 7.9% 8.1% 9.0%   7.5% 6.1% 7.8% 6.6% 5.8% 6.0%
Risk Parity Portfolio A t.rpba Risk-Driven 7.5% -3.5% 10.3% 18.3% 8.3% 9.7% 9.9% 9.2%   8.1% 6.4% 9.1% 8.3% 7.4% 8.4%
Maximum Sortino Portfolio t.sort Risk/Reward 9.4% -1.0% 12.8% 12.8% 5.6% 10.1% 8.7% 10.1%   10.5% 7.1% 8.4% 7.4% 6.7% 7.5%
Equal Weight Portfolio t.eqwt Equal Weight 9.0% -3.1% 12.3% 19.1% 8.4% 10.1% 10.1% 8.8%   8.6% 6.9% 9.8% 8.9% 7.9% 9.6%
Faber Rel Strength: Top 1 t.frs1 Momentum 2.3% 3.3% 7.7% 9.5% 6.6% 8.8% 7.4% 9.8%   14.6% 11.5% 12.2% 10.6% 9.6% 10.6%
Faber Rel Strength: Top 2 t.frs2 Momentum 19.1% 1.5% 23.5% 16.1% 12.1% 10.9% 9.5% 9.6%   6.5% 6.8% 7.2% 7.3% 7.0% 8.3%
Faber Rel Strength: Top 3 t.frs3 Momentum 16.7% -0.1% 20.6% 14.3% 9.4% 10.7% 10.0% 9.4%   3.9% 5.8% 5.9% 5.4% 5.2% 6.2%
Faber Rel Strength: Top 4 t.frs4 Momentum 11.9% -1.7% 15.0% 11.3% 6.5% 7.6% 6.6% 7.0%   3.2% 4.3% 4.9% 4.8% 4.6% 5.4%
Pure Momentum t.pure Momentum 21.4% -0.3% 20.5% 13.6% 7.1% 12.0% 10.2% 15.8%   14.0% 11.1% 13.2% 12.0% 10.9% 11.4%
Quartile Sector Rotation t.srqr Sector Rotation 65.4% 10.4% 75.0% 70.1% 43.9% 27.6% 28.9% 22.4%   43.1% 30.8% 36.0% 28.5% 25.3% 23.6%
Rel Strength Sector Rotatn t.srrs Sector Rotation 8.9% -3.2% 11.1% 12.9% 9.0% 11.1% 11.5% 9.7%   5.9% 6.7% 8.3% 8.3% 7.5% 7.7%
Top 5 Sector Rotation t.srt5 Sector Rotation 37.5% 1.5% 42.2% 33.2% 19.6% 18.0% 18.0% 13.8%   12.6% 10.1% 12.6% 11.5% 10.5% 12.7%
Top 3 Sector Rotation t.srt3 Sector Rotation 15.9% 2.0% 15.2% 16.1% 11.7% 11.2% 12.4% 10.9%   14.5% 12.8% 10.7% 10.3% 9.5% 11.4%
Minimum CdaR t.cdar Risk-Driven -1.5% -3.5% -0.4% 11.8% 4.3% 7.7% 8.0% 9.3%   7.7% 7.0% 8.3% 7.0% 6.4% 7.0%
Minimum CvaR t.cvar Risk-Driven 0.1% -5.2% 2.4% 17.6% 7.7% 7.2% 7.6% 8.6%   7.5% 5.8% 7.6% 6.7% 6.0% 6.1%
Equal Risk Contribution t.eqrc Risk-Driven 5.3% -4.0% 7.9% 16.2% 6.6% 7.8% 7.9% 8.6%   8.1% 6.5% 8.7% 7.3% 6.4% 6.7%
Minimum Drawdown t.loss Risk-Driven 6.7% -5.1% 9.1% 18.2% 8.0% 8.1% 7.8% 9.0%   8.2% 6.1% 7.5% 6.6% 6.0% 6.5%
Minimum Downside MAD t.madd Risk-Driven -1.7% -4.5% -0.2% 14.7% 5.9% 7.4% 7.9% 8.8%   7.8% 6.0% 7.9% 6.6% 5.7% 6.1%
Minimum Correlation A t.mca1 Risk-Driven 1.6% -4.7% 3.9% 13.7% 4.9% 6.4% 6.6% 7.7%   8.1% 6.6% 8.3% 7.0% 6.3% 6.6%
Minimum Correlation B t.mca2 Risk-Driven 4.9% -4.2% 7.4% 15.7% 6.4% 7.5% 7.4% 8.2%   8.1% 6.5% 8.5% 7.1% 6.3% 6.6%
Minimum Variance B t.mva2 Risk-Driven -1.0% -5.0% 0.6% 12.8% 5.0% 6.1% 6.5% 8.1%   7.8% 6.4% 7.9% 6.7% 6.0% 6.2%
Minimum Variance C t.mva3 Risk-Driven 1.7% -4.6% 3.7% 15.9% 7.1% 8.1% 8.4% 9.6%   7.8% 6.2% 7.9% 6.7% 6.0% 6.2%
Min Downside Deviation t.risd Risk-Driven -2.0% -4.4% -0.3% 12.6% 5.4% 7.6% 7.7% 8.6%   7.8% 6.4% 7.9% 6.5% 5.8% 6.1%
Risk Parity With Cluster t.rpcl Risk-Driven 1.9% -4.6% 3.3% 14.1% 5.7% 6.2% 5.9% 7.7%   8.1% 6.6% 8.2% 7.4% 6.7% 6.8%
Risk Parity Portfolio B t.rsop Risk-Driven 8.0% -3.5% 10.8% 18.2% 8.3% 9.7% 9.8% 9.0%   8.2% 6.5% 9.2% 8.4% 7.4% 8.5%
Target Return 12% t.tret Risk-Driven 4.8% -1.9% 6.4% 12.9% 3.5% 6.3% 7.3% 9.2%   6.3% 5.4% 8.6% 7.7% 6.7% 6.7%
Target Risk 10% t.tris Risk-Driven 3.5% -2.4% 7.6% 14.0% 7.7% 8.5% 6.8% 8.1%   8.8% 6.4% 7.9% 7.2% 6.9% 7.1%
Maximum Sharpe Portfolio t.shar Risk/Reward 8.1% -1.0% 11.8% 14.0% 6.1% 10.3% 9.1% 10.4%   10.3% 6.9% 8.4% 7.3% 6.6% 7.3%
Target Return Post-Modern t.trdd Target Return 4.5% -1.9% 6.0% 11.9% 2.7% 5.8% 6.7% 8.9%   7.0% 5.7% 8.7% 7.7% 6.8% 6.8%
Active Combined Asset t.acap Momentum 0.5% -4.0% 4.3% 17.7% 6.7% 6.1% 7.2% 7.9%   9.7% 7.5% 8.5% 8.0% 7.2% 7.8%
Quarterly Asset Rotation t.qaro Momentum -6.5% -3.0% -3.9% 12.0% 5.6% 6.3% 4.4% 5.2%   9.9% 7.8% 8.1% 7.1% 6.8% 6.8%
Defensive Bond t.dbnd Momentum -2.6% -3.4% -1.6% 5.6% 3.5% 4.4% 4.1%     4.1% 3.2% 4.5% 3.3% 3.6%  
Dynamic Harry Browne t.dyhb Momentum -2.0% -0.5% 2.3% 9.1% 3.9% 5.3% 3.8% 6.2%   6.5% 4.4% 4.8% 4.3% 4.3% 4.5%