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Volatility-Clustering Persistence + a Weekend Filter — Sharpe 1.20, +114.5% on BTCUSDT 1h (and exactly where it breaks)

A 24-bar volatility-clustering persistence signal (ARCH-effect autocorrelation) combined with a weekend-volatility-shock exclusion filter lifts BTCUSDT 1h Sharpe from 0.85 to 1.20 (+114.5% return, 100% OOS-positive walk-forward windows) — plus the full trail of what failed along the way and why it still doesn't work on SOL.

marginalBTCUSDT · 1h
+114.54% total return1.20 sharpe20.24% max drawdown
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⏱ 6m 👁 48 ♥ 0
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Alt/BTC momentum is still just 2021

Long-only alt/BTC momentum through 2026-08: 9/12 pairs beat two-leg cost, yearly BTC corr +0.04, but 2021 is still 81% of the return. Ex-2021 +0.55%/yr (t=0.85). WFA/MC 0/12. Rejected.

overfitALT/BTC · 1h
+0.32% total return0.85 sharpe0.03% max drawdown
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⏱ 2m 👁 34 ♥ 0
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Hawkes intensity does not save the 1h vol-regime flagship

Preregistered test: a causal Hawkes intensity gate on the BTCUSDT 1h vol-regime flagship cuts 21.7% of trades and 22.0% of gross edge. Net −49% at 4.404 bps/side. Rejected; WFA/MC not run.

overfitBTCUSDT · 1h
-0.49% total return-0.55 sharpe0.56% max drawdown
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⏱ 3m 👁 30 ♥ 0
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Institutional Alpha Architecture: Tri-Factor Confluence & Orthogonal Portfolios (7-Year BTC 1H Net-of-Fees Audit)

Comprehensive 7-year BTC/USDT hourly audit across 60,000 bars. Unveils a tri-factor model (Regime Persistence + Intraday Pullbacks + Volume Resistance Runway) delivering +58.87% net of Binance taker fees (Sharpe 17.07 ann, Max DD 7.95%) and an orthogonal portfolio compressing 7-year drawdown down to 4.52%.

robustBTCUSDT · 1h
+58.87% total return0.89 sharpe7.95% max drawdown
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⏱ 6m 👁 12 ♥ 0
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BTC 7-Year High-Sharpe Breakthrough: Daily Sharpe 1.11 (Annualized >1.5) on Volatility Persistence Regime

Exhaustive 7-year study across 60,000 hourly BTC bars (2019-2026) net of real taker commissions (4.404 bps). Proves calm-accumulation long and chaotic-distribution short generates +118.7% return, Daily Sharpe 1.1125, and 13.1% max DD, validated by Walk-Forward and Monte Carlo.

robustBTCUSDT · 1h
+118.67% total return1.11 sharpe13.13% max drawdown
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⏱ 4m 👁 10 ♥ 0