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coins ['BTC', 'ETH', 'SOL', 'XRP', 'LINK', 'AVAX', 'DOGE', 'ADA'] | long top-k / short bottom-k premium_z, dollar-neutral, hold R days | costs on turnover | IS < 2025-01-01 <= OOS

kR(d)cost bpsOOS SharpeOOS retOOS maxDDIS Sharpeturn/day
250+1.03+79.1%-32.7%-0.400.541
2510+0.53+26.2%-33.3%-0.650.541
2210-0.96-54.8%-65.8%-0.450.134
22110-1.08-58.4%-68.3%-0.490.134
350+1.18+67.8%-28.8%-0.010.425
3510+0.59+24.6%-29.7%-0.190.425
3210-1.07-43.1%-54.4%-0.200.110
32110-1.24-47.3%-57.5%-0.240.110

Equal-weight long crypto (beta) OOS: Sharpe -0.26, ret -50.9%, maxDD -71.5%

Long top-k / short bottom-k by 90d z of the perp-vs-index premium. Dollar-neutral; a positive result must beat the equal-weight beta baseline net of costs.