TQQQ 200SMA Bands
Community TQQQ timing rule discussed in r/LETFs: hold TQQQ only after QQQ closes 5% above its 200-day SMA, and stay in cash once QQQ closes 3% below the same moving average.
- Type: Tactical
- Frequency: daily
- Asset classes: US Equity, Cash
- Backtest window: 2010-02-11 to 2026-08-06
- 1Y
- 13.5%
- 3Y
- 112.5%
- CAGR
- 33.2%
- Max DD
- -39.6%
- Sharpe
- 0.77
Methodology
- Use QQQ, not TQQQ, as the 200-day SMA signal asset.
- Enter TQQQ when QQQ closes more than 5% above its 200-day SMA.
- Exit to BIL when QQQ closes more than 3% below its 200-day SMA.
Source: r/LETFs community discussion of TQQQ 200SMA band timing variants.
Headline backtest performance as of 2026-08-06.