Stocks/Bonds 40/60 2x Leveraged Portfolio: Rebalancing Strategy
Managing the Stocks/Bonds 40/60 2x Leveraged Portfolio with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 17.82% compound annual return in the last 10 Years.
With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 8.77%.
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 Stocks/Bonds 40/60 2x Leveraged Portfolio 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 | 35.60 | (0) | 15.02 | (0) | 17.82 | (0) | 17.25 | (0) |
| Yearly Rebalancing | 15.50 | (1) | 4.02 | (5) | 8.71 | (10) | 11.76 | (16) |
| Half Yearly Rebalancing | 15.54 | (2) | 3.46 | (10) | 8.77 | (20) | 11.79 | (32) |
| Quarterly Rebalancing | 16.18 | (4) | 3.56 | (20) | 9.33 | (40) | 12.39 | (65) |
| 5% Tolerance per asset | 15.76 | (2) | 3.58 | (7) | 9.05 | (17) | 12.01 | (26) |
| 10% Tolerance per asset | 16.71 | (1) | 3.86 | (3) | 9.71 | (8) | 12.10 | (9) |
In order to have complete information about the portfolio, please refer to the Stocks/Bonds 40/60 2x Leveraged Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.
Performances as of Jun 30, 2026
Historical returns and stats of Stocks/Bonds 40/60 2x Leveraged Portfolio, 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 | 17.25 | (0) | 20.32 | 0.85 | -43.23 | 0.40 |
| Yearly Rebalancing | 11.76 | (16) | 13.29 | 0.88 | -36.46 | 0.32 |
| Half Yearly Rebalancing | 11.79 | (32) | 13.41 | 0.88 | -36.42 | 0.32 |
| Quarterly Rebalancing | 12.39 | (65) | 13.50 | 0.92 | -36.31 | 0.34 |
| 5% Tolerance per asset | 12.01 | (26) | 13.52 | 0.89 | -36.69 | 0.33 |
| 10% Tolerance per asset | 12.10 | (9) | 13.50 | 0.90 | -36.46 | 0.33 |
Drawdowns as of Jun 30, 2026
Historical Drawdowns of Stocks/Bonds 40/60 2x Leveraged Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.
|
Rebalancing
|
Tolerance per asset
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Rebalancing | Yearly | Half Yearly | Quarterly | 5% | 10% |
|
-43.23
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
|
-36.46
Jan 2022 - Sep 2025
|
-36.42
Jan 2022 - Sep 2025
|
-36.31
Jan 2022 - Sep 2025
|
-36.69
Jan 2022 - Sep 2025
|
-36.46
Jan 2022 - Sep 2025
|
|
-26.22
Feb 2020 - Aug 2020
|
-9.59
Sep 2018 - Mar 2019
|
-9.03
Sep 2018 - Mar 2019
|
-7.74
Sep 2018 - Feb 2019
|
-9.35
Feb 2020 - Apr 2020
|
-8.44
Sep 2018 - Mar 2019
|
|
-18.55
Oct 2018 - Apr 2019
|
-7.29
Feb 2020 - May 2020
|
-7.29
Feb 2020 - May 2020
|
-7.29
Feb 2020 - Apr 2020
|
-8.44
Sep 2018 - Mar 2019
|
-8.14
Feb 2020 - Apr 2020
|
|
-16.76
Dec 2024 - Jun 2025
|
-7.11
Feb 2018 - Aug 2018
|
-7.12
Sep 2020 - Nov 2020
|
-7.11
Feb 2018 - Aug 2018
|
-7.26
Mar 2026 - Apr 2026
|
-7.03
Mar 2026 - May 2026
|
|
-11.42
Feb 2026 - Apr 2026
|
-7.07
Mar 2026 - May 2026
|
-7.11
Feb 2018 - Aug 2018
|
-7.07
Mar 2026 - Apr 2026
|
-6.88
Sep 2020 - Nov 2020
|
-7.00
Mar 2015 - Mar 2016
|
| 5 Worst Drawdowns - Average | |||||
| -23.24 | -13.50 | -13.40 | -13.10 | -13.72 | -13.41 |
| 10 Worst Drawdowns - Average | |||||
| -16.22 | -9.76 | -9.75 | -9.69 | -9.94 | -9.75 |
For a deeper insight, please refer to the Stocks/Bonds 40/60 2x Leveraged Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.