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Fear Index Factor

Implied-volatility and put volume distilled into one fear gauge.

Formula

Fear = iVIX_rank * PutVolRatio

Performance (Top-30 equal-weight long, monthly rebalance)

Annualized return
6.15%
Sharpe ratio
0.38
Max drawdown
-38.32%
Total return
81.59%
Cumulative performance(2016-09 … 2026-08)
2016 -13.9%2017 -17.8%2018 +5.7%2019 +29.3%2020 +32.9%2021 +5.4%2022 +28.6%2023 -9.8%2024 -6.6%2025 +8.4%2026 +14.1%

Current top-30 holdings

#TickerCompanyScore
1SMCISuper Micro Computer132.406
2DELLDell Technologies105.470
3MUMicron Technology99.970
4AMDAdvanced Micro Devices95.499
5MRVLMarvell Technology93.516
6GLWCorning92.291
7DDOGDatadog92.151
8ONON Semiconductor91.560
9ZSZscaler85.739
10AMCAMC Entertainment84.740
11TERTeradyne84.175
12ENTGEntegris83.700
13AMATApplied Materials81.028
14NOWServiceNow76.195
15LRCXLam Research75.509
16RCLRoyal Caribbean74.897
17KLACKLA71.541
18MDBMongoDB71.076
19DOWDow69.575
20PLTRPalantir69.347
21CRMSalesforce69.111
22DASHDoorDash68.990
23ETSYEtsy67.242
24SNOWSnowflake67.233
25CFCF Industries66.670
26CHTRCharter Communications66.615
27QCOMQualcomm64.872
28WDAYWorkday64.447
29HPQHP63.498
30SOFISoFi Technologies63.389

Holdings computed by the exact formula above at the latest month-end observation on the deterministic research panel (2026-08).

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Exports include formulas, performance statistics, the 120-month series and current holdings — everything needed to replicate results locally.

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Factors are implemented exactly as published. Scores are computed on the platform deterministic research panel (263 stocks, daily OHLCV + quarterly fundamentals); Top-30 equal-weight, monthly rebalance — zero simplification.