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Hedged Gold Min Vola

Optimize FIRE Projection
Monthly Rebalancing
EUR
Low Risk
4.0yr backtest

Performance Summary

Total Return+3.83%
Annualized Return+0.95%
Volatility+8.55%
Sharpe Ratio-0.12
Max Drawdown+11.44%

Holdings

Asset Allocation

Asset Class

Precious Metals 100.0%
Holdings Details
A 100% precious metals ETF portfolio combining long gold positions with a tactical short hedge for those betting on gold price movements.
AssetTypeAllocationTER
PHAU.AS
WisdomTree Physical Gold EURJE00B1VS3770
ETF
42.2%0.39%
GOLD-EUR.PA
Amundi Physical Gold ETC (C)FR0013416716
ETF
36.8%0.12%
GL3S.XETRA
Leverage Shares -3x Short Gold ETP SecuritiesXS2472195283
ETF
21.0%0.75%
Total100.0%0.37%

Performance

Portfolio Value Over Time
Starting with 10,000 investment → now worth €10,382.98
Histogram of Monthly Returns
The portfolio had a positive return during 26 of the 49 months (53%)
Monthly Returns Heatmap
Best month: +4.2% • Worst month: -4.2% • Best year: 2024 (+12.0%) • Worst year: 2025 (-5.5%)
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
2026+4.2%-0.6%+1.6%-3.2%+0.2%+0.6%-1.4%+1.0%-0.7%---+1.5%
2025+1.7%-0.1%-1.6%-4.2%-1.2%-3.2%+2.5%-1.5%+2.6%+1.5%+0.5%-2.3%-5.5%
2024+1.9%+0.5%+1.9%+2.0%-1.3%+1.1%+0.6%-2.3%+0.3%+3.6%+2.3%+0.8%+12.0%
2023-0.3%+1.9%-0.7%-1.3%+3.5%-2.5%-0.5%+1.6%+2.2%+2.2%-2.7%-1.2%+1.8%
2022--------+1.7%-1.4%-2.9%-2.6%-5.1%
> +2%
0% to +2%
-2% to 0%
< -2%
Drawdown Analysis
Maximum drawdown: +11.44% • The longest drawdown period lasted for 1 year and 7 months and was between February 2025 and September 2026. It reached a trough of -11.4%.
When could this portfolio get you to financial independence?

Hedged Gold Min Vola returned +0.95% a year over the 4 years above. Run those same monthly returns forward through 10,000 simulated paths, with your own savings and target retirement age, to see when they could reach your FIRE number.

Detailed Metrics

Returns
Total Return
+3.83%
Annualized Return
+0.95%
Avg Monthly Return
+0.10%
Risk
Volatility (Annual)
+8.55%
Max Drawdown
+11.44%
Positive Months
53%
Average Drawdown
-5.6%
Risk-Adjusted
Sharpe Ratio
-0.12
Risk-free rate: 2.0%
Sortino Ratio
-0.12
Downside risk adjusted
Return/Volatility
0.11
Calmar Ratio
0.08
Return/Max Drawdown
Ulcer Index
6.09
Drawdown depth & duration
Martin Ratio
-0.00
Return/Ulcer Index
Backtest Configuration
Initial Investment
10,000
Final Value
10,382.98
Backtest Period
2022-09-13 to 2026-09-11
4.0 years
Rebalancing
monthly
Base Currency
EUR