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312 FOMC dates. Overnight prev close -> open.

A. FOMC minutes-release overnight

instrumentnmeantISOOSplacebo p
SPY201+0.104%+2.06+0.150%+0.045%0.0790
VUG201+0.109%+2.11+0.169%+0.033%0.2138
MTUM111+0.062%+0.85+0.114%+0.048%0.5682

B. FOMC eve by regime (SPY overnight)

regimenmeantISOOS
VIX Q150+0.050%+1.58+0.029%+0.074%
VIX Q249+0.121%+2.86+0.162%+0.078%
VIX Q349+0.107%+1.36+0.129%+0.077%
VIX Q449+0.579%+3.53+0.574%+0.588%
uptrend (21d>0)128+0.166%+4.60+0.186%+0.147%
downtrend (21d<=0)68+0.302%+2.41+0.301%+0.304%

C. Top-50-beta basket on FOMC eves (net)

cost bps RTmean nettISOOS
2+0.354%+3.84+0.386%+0.322%
5+0.324%+3.51+0.356%+0.292%

Reading

  • A: if the minutes overnight is positive and OOS-stable, it is a second Fed-information event to add to the sleeve.
  • B: a leg that is strong only in one regime is a conditional filter, not a standalone edge (re-gridding risk).
  • C: the beta basket must beat a single ETF AFTER turnover cost.

Time 12s.