Public trading strategy
USO Conditional Macro Reversal Strategy
Created
Thesis
HSBC's chief strategist argues that elevated bond yields — the main thing weighing on stocks and bonds right now — are 'incredibly correlated' with oil, and that an oil pullback to $80 would make almost every asset a buy. News that the U.S. and Iran are exploring a deal over the Strait of Hormuz is a realistic trigger for exactly that oil decline, since easing supply fears typically knock crude lower. If oil falls, the pressure on yields should ease, allowing both stocks and long-term bonds to bounce. This sets up a conditional trade: wait for the oil drop as your signal, then buy the assets the yield surge has been suppressing.
Strategy approach
HSBC's chief strategist argues that elevated bond yields — the main thing weighing on stocks and bonds right now — are 'incredibly correlated' with oil, and that an oil pullback to $80 would make almost every asset a buy. News that the U.S. and Iran are exploring a deal over the Strait of Hormuz is a realistic trigger for exactly that oil decline, since easing supply fears typically knock crude lower. If oil falls, the pressure on yields should ease, allowing both stocks and long-term bonds to bounce. This sets up a conditional trade: wait for the oil drop as your signal, then buy the assets the yield surge has been suppressing. Decision analysis profile: value. Required dimensions: valuation_method, valuation_sensitivity, business_economics, cash_quality, balance_sheet_leverage,…
Markets and timeframes
Latest published rule evaluation
Evaluated . This is a dated rule snapshot, not a live price or trade execution confirmation.
SPY · 1d
1 of 4 published entry conditions marked met.
- Price crossed below SMA (50) — near
- RSI (14) below 40 — far
- Price crossed above SMA (50) — near
- RSI (14) above 50 — met
- Price crossed below SMA (50) — near
TLT · 1d
1 of 4 published entry conditions marked met.
- Price crossed below SMA (50) — near
- RSI (14) below 40 — met
- Price crossed above SMA (50) — near
- RSI (14) above 50 — far
- Price crossed below SMA (50) — near
USO · 1d
No entry condition values were published.
- Price crossed above SMA (50) — far
Entry and exit at a glance
These are the named rules in the shared configuration. Review the full conditions below before using a strategy.
- Entry: Oil Breakdown + TLT Reclaim of 50-Day Long (TLT@1d) (4 conditions)
- Entry: Oil Breakdown + SPY Reclaim of 50-Day Long (SPY@1d) (4 conditions)
- Exit: Invalidation: USO Rebound Restores Yield Pressure (all symbols) (1 condition)
- Exit: Moving-Average Stop: TLT Loses Reclaimed 50-Day (TLT@1d) (1 condition)
- Exit: Moving-Average Stop: SPY Loses Reclaimed 50-Day (SPY@1d) (1 condition)
- Exit: TP: Prior Range Extension (TLT@1d) (1 condition)
- Exit: TP: Prior Resistance Extension (SPY@1d) (1 condition)
- Exit: Time Stop at 90 Trading Days (all symbols) (1 condition)
Shared strategy rules
Rule configuration
{
"data_dependencies": [
{
"symbol": "STOCK:USO",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
{
"symbol": "STOCK:TLT",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
{
"symbol": "STOCK:SPY",
"timeframe": "1d"
}
],
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"timeframe": "1d"
},
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"operator": "crossed_below",
"right": {
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"timeframe": "1d"
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"indicator": {
"name": "sma",
"period": 50
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"type": "indicator"
}
},
{
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"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "STOCK:USO",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"indicator": {
"name": "rsi",
"period": 14
},
"type": "indicator"
},
"operator": "less_than",
"right": {
"type": "constant",
"value": 40
}
},
{
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"timeframe": "1d"
},
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
},
"operator": "crossed_above",
"right": {
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"timeframe": "1d"
},
"indicator": {
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"period": 50
},
"type": "indicator"
}
},
{
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"timeframe": "1d"
},
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"period": 14
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"type": "indicator"
},
"operator": "greater_than",
"right": {
"type": "constant",
"value": 50
}
}
],
"direction": "long",
"enabled": true,
"id": "entry_1_tlt",
"name": "Oil Breakdown + TLT Reclaim of 50-Day Long (TLT@1d)",
"priority": 2,
"trade_symbol": "STOCK:TLT"
},
{
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"timeframe": "1d"
},
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"type": "price"
},
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"right": {
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"timeframe": "1d"
},
"indicator": {
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"period": 50
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"type": "indicator"
}
},
{
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"timeframe": "1d"
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"type": "indicator"
},
"operator": "less_than",
"right": {
"type": "constant",
"value": 40
}
},
{
"left": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "STOCK:SPY",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
},
"operator": "crossed_above",
"right": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "STOCK:SPY",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"indicator": {
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"period": 50
},
"type": "indicator"
}
},
{
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"operator": "greater_than",
"right": {
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"value": 50
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],
"direction": "long",
"enabled": true,
"id": "entry_1_spy",
"name": "Oil Breakdown + SPY Reclaim of 50-Day Long (SPY@1d)",
"priority": 3,
"trade_symbol": "STOCK:SPY"
}
],
"exit_rules": [
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"conditions": [
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"timeframe": "1d"
},
"field": "close",
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"right": {
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"indicator": {
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],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_invalidation_uso_rebound",
"name": "Invalidation: USO Rebound Restores Yield Pressure (all symbols)",
"priority": 1,
"purpose": "signal"
},
{
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"conditions": [
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"right": {
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"timeframe": "1d"
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"indicator": {
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}
}
],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_tlt_ma_stop",
"name": "Moving-Average Stop: TLT Loses Reclaimed 50-Day (TLT@1d)",
"priority": 2,
"purpose": "stop_loss",
"target_symbol": "STOCK:TLT"
},
{
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"conditions": [
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"timeframe": "1d"
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"field": "close",
"type": "price"
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"right": {
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"indicator": {
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}
],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_spy_ma_stop",
"name": "Moving-Average Stop: SPY Loses Reclaimed 50-Day (SPY@1d)",
"priority": 3,
"purpose": "stop_loss",
"target_symbol": "STOCK:SPY"
},
{
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"conditions": [
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"timeframe": "1d"
},
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
},
"operator": "greater_than",
"right": {
"chart_ref": {
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"timeframe": "1d"
},
"ratio": 1272,
"type": "fibonacci_extension"
}
}
],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_tlt_tp",
"name": "TP: Prior Range Extension (TLT@1d)",
"priority": 96,
"purpose": "take_profit",
"target_symbol": "STOCK:TLT"
},
{
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"conditions": [
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"timeframe": "1d"
},
"field": "close",
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"right": {
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"timeframe": "1d"
},
"ratio": 1272,
"type": "fibonacci_extension"
}
}
],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_spy_tp",
"name": "TP: Prior Resistance Extension (SPY@1d)",
"priority": 97,
"purpose": "take_profit",
"target_symbol": "STOCK:SPY"
},
{
"applies_to": "both",
"conditions": [
{
"left": {
"field": "holding_period_bars",
"type": "position"
},
"operator": "greater_than_or_equal",
"right": {
"type": "constant",
"value": 90
}
}
],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_time_stop",
"name": "Time Stop at 90 Trading Days (all symbols)",
"priority": 100,
"purpose": "signal"
}
],
"position_sizing": {
"max_position_percent": 25,
"method": {
"risk_percent": 2.35625,
"support_stop_rank": 2,
"type": "fixed_risk"
},
"min_position_value": 100
},
"trigger_timeframe": "1d",
"version": 2
}Indicator configuration
{
"indicators": [
{
"name": "sma",
"period": 50
},
{
"name": "ema",
"period": 20
},
{
"name": "ema",
"period": 50
},
{
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"period": 14
},
{
"name": "adx",
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},
{
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},
{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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},
{
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},
{
"name": "ema",
"period": 50
},
{
"name": "rsi",
"period": 14
},
{
"name": "adx",
"period": 14
}
]
}Parsed strategy
{
"data_dependencies": [
{
"symbol": "STOCK:USO",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
{
"symbol": "STOCK:TLT",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
{
"symbol": "STOCK:SPY",
"timeframe": "1d"
}
],
"entry_rules": [
{
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"symbol": "STOCK:USO",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
},
"operator": "crossed_below",
"right": {
"chart_ref": {
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"timeframe": "1d"
},
"indicator": {
"name": "sma",
"period": 50
},
"type": "indicator"
}
},
{
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"timeframe": "1d"
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"indicator": {
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"type": "indicator"
},
"operator": "less_than",
"right": {
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"value": 40
}
},
{
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"timeframe": "1d"
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"field": "close",
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"right": {
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"timeframe": "1d"
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"indicator": {
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"type": "indicator"
}
},
{
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"timeframe": "1d"
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"indicator": {
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"period": 14
},
"type": "indicator"
},
"operator": "greater_than",
"right": {
"type": "constant",
"value": 50
}
}
],
"direction": "long",
"enabled": true,
"id": "entry_1_tlt",
"name": "Oil Breakdown + TLT Reclaim of 50-Day Long (TLT@1d)",
"priority": 2,
"trade_symbol": "STOCK:TLT"
},
{
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"timeframe": "1d"
},
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"type": "indicator"
},
"operator": "less_than",
"right": {
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},
{
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"timeframe": "1d"
},
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
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"right": {
"chart_ref": {
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"timeframe": "1d"
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"indicator": {
"name": "sma",
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"type": "indicator"
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],
"direction": "long",
"enabled": true,
"id": "entry_1_spy",
"name": "Oil Breakdown + SPY Reclaim of 50-Day Long (SPY@1d)",
"priority": 3,
"trade_symbol": "STOCK:SPY"
}
],
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{
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"timeframe": "1d"
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"field": "close",
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"operator": "crossed_above",
"right": {
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"timeframe": "1d"
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],
"enabled": true,
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"name": "Invalidation: USO Rebound Restores Yield Pressure (all symbols)",
"priority": 1,
"purpose": "signal"
},
{
"applies_to": "both",
"conditions": [
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"right": {
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},
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],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_tlt_ma_stop",
"name": "Moving-Average Stop: TLT Loses Reclaimed 50-Day (TLT@1d)",
"priority": 2,
"purpose": "stop_loss",
"target_symbol": "STOCK:TLT"
},
{
"applies_to": "both",
"conditions": [
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"symbol": "STOCK:SPY",
"timeframe": "1d"
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"field": "close",
"type": "price"
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"right": {
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"timeframe": "1d"
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"indicator": {
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],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_spy_ma_stop",
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"purpose": "stop_loss",
"target_symbol": "STOCK:SPY"
},
{
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"symbol": "STOCK:TLT",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
},
"operator": "greater_than",
"right": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "STOCK:TLT",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"ratio": 1272,
"type": "fibonacci_extension"
}
}
],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_tlt_tp",
"name": "TP: Prior Range Extension (TLT@1d)",
"priority": 96,
"purpose": "take_profit",
"target_symbol": "STOCK:TLT"
},
{
"applies_to": "both",
"conditions": [
{
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"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "STOCK:SPY",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
},
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"right": {
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"symbol": "STOCK:SPY",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
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"type": "fibonacci_extension"
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],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_spy_tp",
"name": "TP: Prior Resistance Extension (SPY@1d)",
"priority": 97,
"purpose": "take_profit",
"target_symbol": "STOCK:SPY"
},
{
"applies_to": "both",
"conditions": [
{
"left": {
"field": "holding_period_bars",
"type": "position"
},
"operator": "greater_than_or_equal",
"right": {
"type": "constant",
"value": 90
}
}
],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_time_stop",
"name": "Time Stop at 90 Trading Days (all symbols)",
"priority": 100,
"purpose": "signal"
}
],
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"max_position_percent": 25,
"method": {
"risk_percent": 2.35625,
"support_stop_rank": 2,
"type": "fixed_risk"
},
"min_position_value": 100
},
"trigger_timeframe": "1d",
"version": 2
}Strategy instructions
Trading agent generated from recommendation idea 'HSBC's chief strategist argues that elevated bond yields — the main thing weighing on stocks and bonds right now — are 'incredibly correlated' with oil, and that an oil pullback to $80 would make almost every asset a buy. News that the U.S. and Iran are e'. Thesis: HSBC's chief strategist argues that elevated bond yields — the main thing weighing on stocks and bonds right now — are 'incredibly correlated' with oil, and that an oil pullback to $80 would make almost every asset a buy. News that the U.S. and Iran are exploring a deal over the Strait of Hormuz is a realistic trigger for exactly that oil decline, since easing supply fears typically knock crude lower. If oil falls, the pressure on yields should ease, allowing both stocks and long-term bonds to bounce. This sets up a conditional trade: wait for the oil drop as your signal, then buy the assets the yield surge has been suppressing.
Performance
No trade count, win rate, or realized P&L figures are provided in this public preview. The thesis and shared rules do not establish a performance record.
What this public preview can establish
- The dated rule snapshot above shows the conditions evaluated at that time. It does not prove a current trigger or executed trade.
- Technical strategy fields are shared above. Inspect the actual conditions and check when they were evaluated before relying on them.
- No trade count, win rate, or P&L figure is published in this preview. It cannot establish a performance record.
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