The 433 playbook, in plain numbers
The allocation rules behind our free calculators — written down once, so you can print them and check your own account against them.
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What the rules actually say
- 433 is roughly 40% base index funds, 30% leveraged ETFs, 30% cash. Under 30, or while still saving, it is usually 442.
- Real equity exposure = 1x + 2x + 3x, so the leveraged sleeve has to be counted, not assumed.
- Leverage is capped twice: never above the target mix, and never above the cash sleeve.
- Cash is there so a crash is a buying opportunity, not a forced sale of stocks.
The accounts come before the numbers
Three things have to exist before any of this works: a brokerage account that can hold index ETFs and a leveraged sleeve, a cash sleeve in an account you can reach the same day, and — if you support family elsewhere — a remittance service whose rate you can actually check.
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