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"Equity-state edge research -- Phase 5 (incremental vs D1 + cross-sleeve)"

2026-10-04

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Generated 2026-10-05 | D1 = flat when SPY < 200d SMA (exact production semantics); state map walk-forward (2010-01-01.., holdout >= 2023-01-01).

#5A eqmom -- D1 vs D1+state (walk-forward)

variantretsharpemaxDDdownvolCVaR5calmar
BASE+970.5%0.97-34.1%16.6%-2.08%28.42
D1+437.7%0.87-26.9%13.6%-1.72%16.29
D1+state+467.1%1.01-17.4%12.6%-1.58%26.85

#5A eqmom -- D1 vs D1+state (HOLDOUT)

variantretsharpemaxDDdownvolCVaR5calmar
BASE+236.6%1.49-26.0%18.3%-2.48%9.08
D1+158.6%1.28-21.5%17.2%-2.40%7.37
D1+state+158.6%1.28-21.5%17.2%-2.40%7.37

state-on-D1 block-placebo p = 0.000 (holdout map=M0_off); D1 base is the incumbent shadow candidate.

#5B cross-sleeve state (book = 0.5 eqmom + 0.5 flagship)

featuretargetICIC OOSpartial vs stateq
corr63vol21+0.128-0.393+0.1050.1
corr63dd21-0.051+0.299-0.0400.428
corr63fwd21+0.087+0.171+0.0860.171
avg_ddfwd21-0.192-0.149-0.1930.000851
n_above_mavol21-0.056-0.141-0.0160.428
n_in_ddfwd21+0.207+0.135+0.2120.000338
pct_pos_20dvol21+0.077-0.095+0.0960.321
pct_pos_5dvol21+0.083-0.083+0.0680.295
pct_pos_20dfwd21+0.033-0.069+0.0230.558
n_above_madd21-0.055+0.069-0.0540.428
n_above_mafwd21-0.028-0.067-0.0480.586
pct_pos_5dfwd21+0.052-0.067+0.0380.428
n_in_dddd21-0.148+0.051-0.1050.0308
pct_pos_20ddd21-0.098+0.051-0.0850.171
pct_pos_5ddd21-0.108+0.048-0.0760.138
avg_dddd21+0.193-0.043+0.1380.00273
n_in_ddvol21+0.329-0.030+0.2693.82e-07
avg_ddvol21-0.359-0.003-0.2883.15e-08

#book vs cross-sleeve de-risk (walk-forward)

variantretsharpemaxDDdownvolCVaR5calmar
BOOK+785.5%0.97-32.3%15.0%-1.82%24.33
BOOK+cross_de-risk+238.3%0.80-20.0%9.8%-1.33%11.94

#book vs cross-sleeve de-risk (HOLDOUT)

variantretsharpemaxDDdownvolCVaR5calmar
BOOK+221.2%1.76-21.2%13.3%-1.89%10.44
BOOK+cross_de-risk+140.5%1.71-15.1%10.2%-1.46%9.32

#Verdict

  • D1 does not transfer to the current baseline. On the frozen residual-momentum eqmom curve, D1 is WORSE than BASE in the walk-forward (Sharpe 0.87 vs 0.97) and on the holdout (1.28 vs 1.49) - the prior D1 win (SR 1.53 vs 1.10) was specific to the live101 12m raw-momentum config, not this one.
  • **State-on-D1 helps the rolling walk-forward (D1+state 1.01 vs D1 0.87, block-placebo p=0.00) but NOT the untouched holdout: the map fitted on all pre-holdout data selected M0_off (M0_off), i.e. it chose to use no state overlay. The walk-forward uplift is therefore period-concentrated and does not survive the holdout selection.
  • Cross-sleeve (§12): simultaneous sleeve deterioration predicts higher forward book vol (n_in_dd -> vol21 IC +0.33) but the simple de-risk overlay loses Sharpe (walk-forward 0.80 vs 0.97; holdout 1.71 vs 1.76) while cutting drawdown - the same de-risk-fails-to-pay pattern.

Recommendation: DO NOT PURSUE. Both incremental tests fail the untouched holdout. Separately, the incumbent D1 shadow does not replicate on the live residual-momentum baseline and should be re-validated on that config before any promotion.

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

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