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  • Universe: BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, LINK, AVAX, DOGE, ADA
  • Split (fixed): IS < 2025-07-01, OOS >= 2025-07-01
  • Costs: 8 bps/side on |position change|
EdgeSegRetSharpeMaxDDPFdays
E1 TS-mom daily 20d/wkIS+108.0%0.89-56.5%1.18943
E1 TS-mom daily 20d/wkOOS-10.8%-0.15-38.8%0.97445
E1 TS-mom daily 20d/wkOOS boot p0.574
E2 XS-mom daily top2/wkIS+39.0%1.38-10.3%1.23943
E2 XS-mom daily top2/wkOOS-3.0%-0.26-14.6%0.96445
E2 XS-mom daily top2/wkOOS boot p0.625
E3 RSI2 daily rev 5dIS+89.0%0.73-38.7%1.13943
E3 RSI2 daily rev 5dOOS-39.2%-0.48-61.9%0.93445
E3 RSI2 daily rev 5dOOS boot p0.711
E4 SMA20/100 hourlyIS+157.9%0.22-43.0%1.0422632
E4 SMA20/100 hourlyOOS-33.6%-0.16-60.8%0.9710680
E4 SMA20/100 hourlyOOS boot p0.812
E5 Bollinger daily rev 5dIS+50.3%0.72-17.7%1.29943
E5 Bollinger daily rev 5dOOS-15.2%-0.38-32.0%0.87445
E5 Bollinger daily rev 5dOOS boot p0.676
E6 XS-mom hourly top2/dIS+25.2%0.19-9.5%1.0322632
E6 XS-mom hourly top2/dOOS-4.9%-0.10-18.9%0.9810680
E6 XS-mom hourly top2/dOOS boot p0.715

Net Sharpe by calendar year (regime diagnostic)

Edge20222023202420252026full
E1 TS-mom daily 20d/wk0.001.850.55-0.03-0.430.61
E2 XS-mom daily top2/wk-2.932.251.56-0.07-0.570.90
E3 RSI2 daily rev 5d-4.841.330.570.13-0.220.33
E4 SMA20/100 hourly-1.560.370.37-0.16-0.180.11
E5 Bollinger daily rev 5d2.300.610.691.01-1.160.37
E6 XS-mom hourly top2/d-1.310.270.29-0.08-0.060.11

Verdict bar: pooled OOS NET Sharpe > 0 (loose). IS shown only to expose IS-mirage; it is not a selection target.

Note: the OOS tail (2025-07+) was a crypto bear market (EW-8 buy&hold OOS Sharpe -0.18, 7/8 coins down). Every long-only edge was positive in 2023-24 and negative in 2025-26: these are long- crypto beta with a trend filter, not a market-neutral edge. Alpaca paper crypto is long-only, so a short leg is not tradable here.