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PriceMomentum_V0400

ARCHIVEDhybrid

structuraladded entry filter: vol_chg < 1.2824; swapped indicator vol_chg -> rel_volume

Fitness
0.6793
Generation
18
Complexity
13
Created
2026-09-18

Lineage

Parents (1)
PriceMomentum_V0298S0298 · gen 14ARCHIVEDstructural

changed ret_20d threshold 0.05 -> 0.0923

Children (9)
PriceMomentum_V0422S0422 · gen 19ARCHIVEDllm
PriceMomentum_V0483S0483 · gen 22ARCHIVEDllm
PriceMomentum_V0490S0490 · gen 22ARCHIVEDstructural
PriceMomentum_V0539S0539 · gen 24ARCHIVEDstructural
PriceMomentum_V0565S0565 · gen 26ARCHIVEDcrossover
PriceMomentum_V0569S0569 · gen 26ARCHIVEDllm
PriceMomentum_V0639S0639 · gen 29ARCHIVEDstructural
LongTermTrend_V0668S0668 · gen 31ARCHIVEDcrossover
PriceMomentum_V0685S0685 · gen 31ARCHIVEDstructural

Strategy Logic (pseudocode)

# PriceMomentum_V0400  [hybrid]
require regime.trend in ['DOWNTREND', 'UPTREND']
if flat and (ret_20d > 0.05 and (((close > sma_200 and sma_200_slope > 0.0) or ret_20d > 0.0923) and ret_20d > 0.05 and cumret_252d > -0.1997) and rel_volume < 1.5953):
    position = 1.0
if long and ret_20d < -0.03:
    position = 0.0  # exit to cash

Backtest Metrics

MetricTrainValidationHidden TestFull
CAGR24.4%99.1%4.7%31.4%
Total Return471.2%689.3%18.4%5395.5%
Sharpe0.911.660.300.97
Sortino0.861.600.230.85
Calmar0.502.360.120.64
Volatility28.2%48.5%30.3%33.8%
Max DD-49.0%-41.9%-39.4%-49.0%
Win Rate45.7%53.3%53.3%49.2%
Avg Win20.8%43.5%12.7%26.4%
Avg Loss-4.8%-8.8%-10.4%-6.9%
Payoff4.324.931.213.85
Expectancy6.9%19.1%1.9%9.5%
Profit Factor3.645.631.393.73
Trades35151565
Avg Holding Days18.823.416.820.1
Turnover8.910.08.48.9
Exposure33.1%44.4%27.4%34.0%

Growth of $100

PriceMomentum_V0400 vs TSLA Buy & Hold
PriceMomentum_V0400 TSLA Buy & HoldIn-sampleValidationHidden test
Growth of $100 · log scale · in-sample, validation and hidden-test segments are shaded separately and must not be compared as one out-of-sample track record.

Walk-Forward Years

year-by-year stability matters more than any single year
YearCAGRSharpeMax DDTrades
201615.5%1.18-11.9%6
20176.4%0.37-22.9%5
2018-33.6%-2.02-33.5%7
201934.3%2.15-8.5%1
2020538.4%2.97-33.7%6
202170.0%1.76-17.6%3
2022-30.4%-1.19-37.5%6

A robust strategy performs acceptably in most years rather than spectacularly in one — look for consistency across regimes, not a single outlier year.

Regime Performance

PeriodRegimeDaysAnn. ReturnSharpeExposure
hidden testDOWNTREND267-10.7%-0.5121%
hidden testEXPENSIVE8368.9%1.4967%
hidden testEXTREME48195.3%3.4769%
hidden testHIGH VOLATILITY254-23.3%-0.5735%
hidden testLOW VOLATILITY42945.0%2.1920%
hidden testMEDIUM VOLATILITY248-19.2%-0.6031%
hidden testNORMAL800-8.1%-0.3221%
hidden testSIDEWAYS293-4.9%-0.333%
hidden testUPTREND37134.7%0.8152%
trainDOWNTREND5188.8%0.948%
trainEXPENSIVE31140.7%1.0765%
trainEXTREME100403.3%5.4797%
trainHIGH VOLATILITY69951.5%1.4030%
trainLOW VOLATILITY74527.0%1.2843%
trainMEDIUM VOLATILITY568-7.7%-0.3325%
trainNORMAL1,601-0.8%-0.0423%
trainSIDEWAYS592-3.8%-0.373%
trainUPTREND90254.8%1.3567%
validationDOWNTREND12545.2%2.0812%
validationEXPENSIVE13855.2%1.0162%
validationEXTREME144344.5%4.2685%
validationHIGH VOLATILITY25893.8%1.4245%
validationLOW VOLATILITY18332.6%1.4942%
validationMEDIUM VOLATILITY31597.8%2.3145%
validationNORMAL4747.9%0.2827%
validationSIDEWAYS206-24.2%-1.463%
validationUPTREND425141.9%2.2874%

Trades (full period)

66 trades
EntryExitEntry PxExit PxReturnDays
2026-08-25—$350.25—4.29%18OPEN
2026-05-292026-06-01$435.79$415.88-1.63%2
2026-05-052026-05-08$389.37$428.354.70%4
2025-12-152026-01-07$475.31$431.41-5.85%16
2025-09-122025-11-14$395.94$404.358.79%46
2025-09-042025-09-05$338.53$350.841.13%2
2025-05-222025-06-06$341.04$295.14-15.09%11
2025-04-302025-05-12$282.16$318.381.93%9
2025-04-102025-04-22$252.40$237.97-16.60%8
2024-11-082025-01-14$321.22$396.3635.57%44
2024-10-032024-10-14$240.66$219.16-12.71%8
2024-09-052024-09-27$230.17$260.4615.64%17
2024-07-102024-08-02$263.26$207.67-17.50%18
2024-05-012024-05-29$179.99$176.19-3.76%20
2023-06-022023-08-02$213.97$254.1125.56%42
2023-05-242023-05-31$182.90$203.938.07%5
2022-08-162022-08-22$306.56$289.91-4.28%5
2022-08-052022-08-08$288.17$290.42-6.82%2
2022-07-142022-08-02$238.31$300.5925.16%14
2022-06-242022-06-29$245.71$228.49-1.22%4
2022-04-052022-04-27$363.75$293.84-23.64%16
2022-01-042022-01-20$383.20$332.09-17.18%12
2021-08-242021-12-01$236.16$365.0061.75%70
2021-08-052021-08-23$238.21$235.43-4.50%13
2020-11-232021-02-11$173.95$270.5564.06%55
2020-10-222020-10-29$141.93$136.94-4.12%6
2020-10-072020-10-20$141.77$140.653.87%10
2020-08-142020-09-24$110.05$129.2617.09%29
2020-05-152020-08-10$53.28$94.5780.47%60
2020-04-142020-04-30$47.33$52.1322.74%13
2019-10-302020-03-04$21.00$49.97135.28%86
2019-07-162019-07-22$16.83$17.051.64%5
2018-11-292018-12-19$22.74$22.20-3.31%14
2018-11-192018-11-20$23.56$23.17-0.44%2
2018-08-272018-08-28$21.28$20.79-1.30%2
2018-08-102018-08-20$23.70$20.56-13.49%7
2018-06-152018-07-05$23.88$20.61-13.27%14
2018-04-272018-05-04$19.61$19.61-0.56%6
2018-02-012018-02-06$23.28$22.26-6.17%4
2017-09-182017-09-29$25.67$22.74-10.76%10
2017-08-042017-08-24$23.79$23.531.44%15
2017-06-012017-07-06$22.69$20.59-4.27%25
2017-03-282017-05-24$18.50$20.6812.23%41
2017-01-062017-03-08$15.27$16.469.41%42
2016-12-202016-12-28$13.92$14.658.07%6
2016-07-262016-08-23$15.30$14.99-3.27%21
2016-06-082016-06-09$15.70$15.291.17%2
2016-04-082016-05-04$16.67$14.84-9.86%19
2016-03-242016-03-28$15.18$15.352.12%2
2016-03-042016-03-21$13.40$15.8918.67%12
2015-12-032015-12-29$15.51$15.81-1.51%18
2015-11-302015-12-02$15.35$15.472.20%3
2015-05-112015-07-28$15.97$17.656.72%55
2015-04-292015-05-01$15.50$15.07-2.12%3
2015-04-242015-04-28$14.56$15.375.71%3
2015-04-132015-04-14$13.99$13.83-0.73%2
2014-08-052014-09-16$15.90$17.386.22%30
2014-06-232014-07-17$15.81$14.36-5.60%18
2014-01-242014-03-26$11.64$14.2021.21%43
2013-07-012013-10-22$7.81$11.4460.46%80
2013-03-262013-06-26$2.52$7.05172.31%65
2013-01-282013-02-26$2.54$2.30-7.21%21
2012-12-182013-01-11$2.31$2.19-2.72%17
2012-11-232012-12-14$2.14$2.253.30%16
2012-02-232012-04-10$2.30$2.16-3.32%33
2012-02-212012-02-22$2.30$2.28-1.54%2