Gyroscopic Investing Desert Portfolio 2x Leveraged: Rebalancing Strategy
Managing the Gyroscopic Investing Desert Portfolio 2x Leveraged with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 16.41% compound annual return in the last 10 Years.
With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 8.01%.
How do returns and drawdowns change, implementing different rebalancing strategies?
Rebalancing Strategies
In order to keep risk under control, you should rebalance assets quotes from time to time, so to keep them at the original percentage of the asset allocation.
At fixed time intervals:
- Yearly: Jan 1st
- Half Yearly: Jan 1st, Jul 1st
- Quarterly: Jan 1st, Apr 1st, Jul 1st, Oct 1st
Portfolio Returns as of Jun 30, 2026
Implementing different rebalancing strategies, the Gyroscopic Investing Desert Portfolio 2x Leveraged guaranteed the following returns.
Portfolio returns are calculated in USD, assuming:
- No fees or capital gain taxes
- the reinvestment of dividends, if existing
| Return (%) and number of rebalances as of Jun 30, 2026 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebalancing Strategy | 1Y | 5Y | 10Y |
MAX (~16Y) |
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| No Rebalancing | 34.29 | (0) | 14.41 | (0) | 16.41 | (0) | 15.62 | (0) |
| Yearly Rebalancing | 17.35 | (1) | 5.24 | (5) | 8.09 | (10) | 10.68 | (16) |
| Half Yearly Rebalancing | 15.59 | (2) | 4.34 | (10) | 8.01 | (20) | 10.56 | (32) |
| Quarterly Rebalancing | 16.27 | (4) | 4.43 | (20) | 8.48 | (40) | 11.02 | (65) |
| 5% Tolerance per asset | 17.81 | (2) | 5.09 | (9) | 8.88 | (19) | 11.24 | (29) |
| 10% Tolerance per asset | 17.30 | (1) | 4.85 | (3) | 9.10 | (8) | 10.90 | (9) |
In order to have complete information about the portfolio, please refer to the Gyroscopic Investing Desert Portfolio 2x Leveraged: ETF allocation and returns page.
Performances as of Jun 30, 2026
Historical returns and stats of Gyroscopic Investing Desert Portfolio 2x Leveraged, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.
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Standard Deviation
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Max Drawdown (%)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebalancing Strategy | Return % | Std Dev(%) | Ret. / Std Dev | MaxDD(%) | Ret. / MaxDD | |
| No Rebalancing | 15.62 | (0) | 18.82 | 0.83 | -42.14 | 0.37 |
| Yearly Rebalancing | 10.68 | (16) | 12.37 | 0.86 | -34.04 | 0.31 |
| Half Yearly Rebalancing | 10.56 | (32) | 12.42 | 0.85 | -33.92 | 0.31 |
| Quarterly Rebalancing | 11.02 | (65) | 12.52 | 0.88 | -33.86 | 0.33 |
| 5% Tolerance per asset | 11.24 | (29) | 12.51 | 0.90 | -33.92 | 0.33 |
| 10% Tolerance per asset | 10.90 | (9) | 12.66 | 0.86 | -35.14 | 0.31 |
Drawdowns as of Jun 30, 2026
Historical Drawdowns of Gyroscopic Investing Desert Portfolio 2x Leveraged, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.
|
Rebalancing
|
Tolerance per asset
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Rebalancing | Yearly | Half Yearly | Quarterly | 5% | 10% |
|
-42.14
Jan 2022 - Jun 2024
|
-34.04
Jan 2022 - Jun 2025
|
-33.92
Jan 2022 - Jun 2025
|
-33.86
Jan 2022 - Jun 2025
|
-33.92
Jan 2022 - Jun 2025
|
-35.14
Jan 2022 - Jun 2025
|
|
-22.37
Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
|
-10.03
Aug 2016 - Jul 2017
|
-9.17
Aug 2016 - May 2017
|
-9.47
Aug 2016 - May 2017
|
-8.80
Aug 2016 - May 2017
|
-8.92
Mar 2026 - In progress
|
|
-16.09
Sep 2018 - Apr 2019
|
-8.82
Mar 2026 - In progress
|
-8.82
Mar 2026 - In progress
|
-8.88
May 2013 - Feb 2014
|
-8.47
May 2013 - Feb 2014
|
-8.24
May 2013 - Feb 2014
|
|
-14.54
Dec 2024 - Jun 2025
|
-8.09
May 2013 - Oct 2013
|
-8.09
May 2013 - Jan 2014
|
-8.82
Mar 2026 - In progress
|
-8.45
Mar 2026 - In progress
|
-7.89
Aug 2016 - Apr 2017
|
|
-11.05
Feb 2026 - Apr 2026
|
-7.55
Feb 2018 - Mar 2019
|
-7.60
Feb 2018 - Feb 2019
|
-7.02
Feb 2018 - Jan 2019
|
-7.29
Feb 2018 - Feb 2019
|
-7.29
Feb 2018 - Mar 2019
|
| 5 Worst Drawdowns - Average | |||||
| -21.24 | -13.70 | -13.52 | -13.61 | -13.39 | -13.50 |
| 10 Worst Drawdowns - Average | |||||
| -14.93 | -9.60 | -9.54 | -9.57 | -9.33 | -9.49 |
For a deeper insight, please refer to the Gyroscopic Investing Desert Portfolio 2x Leveraged: ETF allocation and returns page.