The Strategy Vault / Momentum Rotational Portfolio

Portfolio system

Momentum Rotational Portfolio

A fully allocated portfolio system designed to beat the S&P 500 over the long run. It holds the 5 strongest stocks in the index, checked the same day every month, and a stock is only swapped when it falls out of the top five.

First alert: 22 Oct 2026Checked monthly, on the 23rd

The best way to think about it: index fund investing on steroids. Bigger gains, and bigger drops.

25.5%

a year since 1993, after costs

SPY: 10.9% a year

22 of 32

full years it beat SPY

1994 through 2025

−66.6%

worst drop, Oct 2007 to Mar 2009

SPY’s worst: −55.2%

About 2

of the 5 stocks change in a typical month

Some months, none do

Growth of $100

January 1993 to September 2026, after trading costs, log scale

  • Momentum Rotational Portfolio
  • SPY (S&P 500 fund)

Hover over the chart, or press and hold on a phone, to see any date.

On a log scale each gridline is ten times the one below, so equal slopes mean equal percentage gains. Trades before the first published alert on 22 Oct 2026 were rebuilt by applying the rule to past prices.

How it works

Three steps, once a month

  1. Step 01

    Rank every stock.

    Once a month, every stock in the S&P 500 is ranked by how much it has risen over most of the past year.

  2. Step 02

    Own the top 5.

    Buy the 5 stocks at the top of the list and split the money evenly between them.

  3. Step 03

    Rotate only what drops out.

    When a stock falls out of the top 5, sell it and move the money into the new names. Leave the rest alone, even the big winners.

Current holdings

Members see the 5 stocks the portfolio holds now, and get an alert the evening before the next rotation on 22 Oct 2026.

Portfolio since launch on 23 Jan 2026+95.7%SPY: +12.8% over the same dates
At the 25 Sep 2026 close
StockBoughtGain so far
Ticker hidden23 Jan 2026+274.4%
Ticker hidden24 Aug 2026+29.7%
Ticker hidden23 Sep 2026+9.0%
Ticker hidden23 Jun 2026+2.7%
Ticker hidden23 Jul 2026+0.3%
Hypothetical results. This record was produced by applying the strategy’s fixed rules to past prices from January 1993, after trading costs. It is not the record of a real account, and no subscriber has traded these rules. Past results, real or simulated, do not guarantee future results. This is general research, not personal investment advice.