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"Crypto hourly edge study — horizon spectrum, both signs"

2026-09-30

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8 majors x 33312 1h bars (2022-12-01..2026-09-18), 8760 bars/yr, OOS = last 40%.

Signals per horizon L: reversal (short past winners) and momentum (long past winners). Gross Sharpe, net Sharpe OOS at 15/25 bps (maker/taker) per side, per-bar turnover, bootstrap p(gross mean<=0).

#XS (K=2, dollar-neutral)

L(h)rev fullrev OOSrev prev net15rev net25rev turnmom fullmom OOSmom net15mom net25
1+1.36+0.960.003-91.45-142.112.99-1.36-0.96-94.16-145.79
2+1.33+1.970.005-65.35-101.232.17-1.33-1.97-69.22-104.98
3+0.44+1.080.194-54.99-85.101.82-0.44-1.08-57.12-87.17
6+0.20+0.510.352-40.20-62.781.34-0.20-0.51-41.33-64.05
12-0.38+1.290.770-29.64-47.150.97+0.38-1.29-32.25-49.78
24-0.86+1.390.958-20.71-33.680.69+0.86-1.39-23.44-36.32
48-0.87+1.030.956-15.63-25.610.50+0.87-1.03-17.65-27.55
72-0.66+2.040.901-12.32-21.100.41+0.66-2.04-16.22-24.73
168-0.85+0.920.953-8.44-14.270.27+0.85-0.92-10.24-16.01

#XS, rebalance only every L bars (hold=L, realistic turnover)

L(h)rev fullrev OOSrev prev net15rev net25rev turnmom fullmom OOSmom net15
1+1.36+0.960.003-91.45-142.112.990-1.36-0.96-94.16
2+0.70+0.540.091-42.69-59.671.494-0.70-0.54-43.04
3-0.20-0.020.646-29.46-41.550.998+0.20+0.02-29.24
6-0.82-0.120.945-15.82-23.220.495+0.82+0.12-15.73
12-1.59-0.850.999-8.60-12.840.244+1.59+0.85-7.00
24-1.47-1.710.999-5.68-8.020.123+1.47+1.71-2.34
48-0.04+0.880.540-1.27-2.640.063+0.04-0.88-3.01
72-0.05+0.650.529-0.80-1.740.042+0.05-0.65-2.09
168-0.71+0.160.923-0.45-0.850.017+0.71-0.16-0.77

#Per-year gross Sharpe (XS reversal, L=1/24/168h)

Yearrev1rev24rev168
2022+0.71-3.35-4.14
2023+1.30-1.83-2.43
2024+0.97-2.02-1.10
2025+2.36+0.74+0.13
2026+0.83+1.11+1.92

#TS (per-coin sign, EW)

L(h)rev fullrev OOSrev prev net15rev net25rev turnmom fullmom OOSmom net15mom net25
1+0.73-0.300.079-25.51-41.171.05-0.73+0.30-25.07-40.97
2+0.84+0.870.048-16.35-27.170.71-0.84-0.87-18.08-28.90
3+0.63+0.190.106-13.75-22.600.57-0.63-0.19-14.15-23.00
6-0.03-0.690.525-10.38-16.590.40+0.03+0.69-9.03-15.32
12-0.58-1.060.871-7.55-11.760.28+0.58+1.06-5.44-9.69
24+0.37+0.190.230-4.45-7.490.19-0.37-0.19-4.83-7.88
48-0.65-0.620.898-3.75-5.810.13+0.65+0.62-2.50-4.57
72-0.45+0.430.808-1.99-3.600.11+0.45-0.43-2.86-4.47
168-0.79-0.290.939-1.99-3.110.07+0.79+0.29-1.40-2.53

#Per-year gross Sharpe (TS reversal, L=1/24/168h)

Yearrev1rev24rev168
2022+3.48-2.78-2.76
2023+1.26+1.31-1.66
2024+1.61-0.00-0.95
2025-0.14+0.97-0.11
2026-0.03-0.98-0.49

Read: reversal (negative autocorrelation) shows as short-L rev>mom; momentum as long-L mom>rev. A real edge needs IS/OOS same sign AND net@15bps (maker)>0; at 15/25 bps per side (0.15%/0.25%) 8760 bars/yr makes the cost wall the binding constraint for any signal that turns over hourly.

All trading described is paper (simulated). Not investment advice.

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