Strategy Library

16 quantitative strategies — momentum, mean-reversion, carry, breakout, ML, regime switching, event-driven, and portfolio overlays.

Statistical ArbitrageLOW

Pair Trading

Identify temporary price divergences between statistically related assets

Based on Gatev, Goetzmann & Rouwenhorst (2006), 'Pairs Trading: Performance of a Relative-Value Arbitrage Rule', Review of Financial Studies

Holding Period: Days to weeksView Details
Trend FollowingMEDIUM

TSMOM

Time-series momentum: measure trend persistence across multiple assets

Based on Moskowitz, Ooi & Pedersen (2012), 'Time Series Momentum', Journal of Financial Economics

Holding Period: 1 month (rebalanced monthly)View Details
Cross-AssetMEDIUM

Cross-Asset Pairs

Trade asset pairs connected by real economic relationships

Based on Gatev, Goetzmann & Rouwenhorst (2006), 'Pairs Trading: Performance of a Relative-Value Arbitrage Rule', Review of Financial Studies

Holding Period: Days to weeksView Details
Statistical ArbitrageMEDIUM

Cointegration Basket

Find stationary combinations across multiple assets simultaneously

Based on Johansen (1988), 'Statistical Analysis of Cointegration Vectors', Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Holding Period: Days to weeksView Details
Machine LearningHIGH

XGBoost ML

Machine learning predicts price direction using dozens of market features

Walk-forward methodology based on Lopez de Prado (2018), 'Advances in Financial Machine Learning'

Holding Period: 5 days (rebalanced periodically)View Details
Regime DetectionMEDIUM

HMM Regime

Automatically detect market regimes and adjust strategy allocation

Based on Hamilton (1989), 'A New Approach to the Economic Analysis of Nonstationary Time Series and the Business Cycle', Econometrica

Holding Period: Varies by underlying strategyView Details
CarryMEDIUM

FX Carry

Long high-yielding currencies, short low-yielding ones — earn the interest rate differential

Based on Lustig, Roussanov & Verdelhan (2011), 'Common Risk Factors in Currency Markets', Review of Financial Studies

Holding Period: 1 month (monthly rebalanced)View Details
XS MomentumMEDIUM

Cross-Sectional Momentum

Rank G10 currencies by 6-month return and long the winners, short the losers

Based on Asness, Moskowitz & Pedersen (2013), 'Value and Momentum Everywhere', Journal of Finance

Holding Period: 1 month (monthly rebalanced)View Details
BreakoutHIGH

Donchian Breakout

Enter when price breaks the N-day high/low — the classic Turtle Trader rule

Based on Faith (2003), 'Way of the Turtle' — the original 20/10-day breakout system taught by Richard Dennis

Holding Period: Weeks to months (trend-following)View Details
Statistical ArbitrageLOW

Kalman Pair

Pair trading with a Kalman filter that learns the hedge ratio as the market shifts

Based on Chan (2009) 'Algorithmic Trading: Winning Strategies and Their Rationale', Chapter 3 on Kalman-filter hedge ratio estimation

Holding Period: Days to weeksView Details
Portfolio LayerLOW

Risk Parity

Re-size positions so every asset contributes equal risk — the Bridgewater All Weather playbook

Based on Qian (2005) 'Risk Parity Portfolios' — and the Bridgewater All Weather implementation framework

Holding Period: Matches the wrapped child strategyView Details
Filter / OverlayLOW

VIX Regime Filter

Cut gross exposure when the VIX spikes — carry and momentum hate risk-off regimes

Based on Moreira & Muir (2017), 'Volatility-Managed Portfolios', Journal of Finance

Holding Period: Matches the wrapped child strategyView Details
Regime SwitchingMEDIUM

Markov Switching

Each market regime has its own α and σ — trade accordingly, automatically

Based on Hamilton (1989), 'A New Approach to the Economic Analysis of Nonstationary Time Series and the Business Cycle', Econometrica — extended with per-regime regression coefficients

Holding Period: Varies — monthly rebalance with state transitionsView Details
Event-DrivenLOW

FOMC Drift

Long SPX in the 24 hours before FOMC — the Lucca-Moench anomaly

Based on Lucca & Moench (2015), 'The Pre-FOMC Announcement Drift', Journal of Finance

Holding Period: ~2-3 trading days per eventView Details
Event-DrivenLOW

NFP Drift

Pre-announcement drift on scheduled BLS release days (NFP + CPI)

Based on Savor & Wilson (2014), 'Asset Pricing: A Tale of Two Days', Journal of Financial Economics

Holding Period: ~2-3 trading days per eventView Details
Event-DrivenLOW

CPI Drift

Pre-announcement drift on scheduled BLS release days (NFP + CPI)

Based on Savor & Wilson (2014), 'Asset Pricing: A Tale of Two Days', Journal of Financial Economics

Holding Period: ~2-3 trading days per eventView Details