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PriceMomentum_V1537

ARCHIVEDhybrid

llmAdded regime gates to avoid downtrend/high-vol regimes; simplified and tightened trend-follow leg; added volatility-based position scaling; improved exits with 1-day stop and drawdown cap to reduce tail risk; lowered base exposure to 0.8.

Fitness
0.3576
Generation
71
Complexity
18
Created
2026-10-14

Lineage

Parents (1)
PriceMomentum_V1339S1339 · gen 61ARCHIVEDllm

changed dist_sma_50 threshold -0.0774 -> -0.2357

Children (0)
None

Strategy Logic (pseudocode)

# PriceMomentum_V1537  [hybrid]
require regime.trend in ['UPTREND']
require regime.volatility in ['LOW_VOLATILITY', 'MEDIUM_VOLATILITY']
require regime.bubble in ['NORMAL', 'EXPENSIVE']
if flat and ((ret_20d > 0.12 and breakout_20 == 1) or (macd_hist > 0.0 and close > sma_50 and (sma_50 > sma_200 or sma_200_slope > -0.001) and dist_sma_50 > -0.3)):
    position = 0.8
if long and (macd_hist < 0.0 or ret_1d < -0.07 or drawdown < -0.15):
    position = 0.0  # exit to cash

Backtest Metrics

MetricTrainValidationHidden TestFull
CAGR4.1%24.0%1.4%7.3%
Total Return37.7%90.5%5.2%182.6%
Sharpe0.401.260.170.59
Sortino0.230.910.070.34
Calmar0.251.160.090.34
Volatility11.8%18.3%12.0%13.5%
Max DD-16.5%-20.7%-14.9%-21.3%
Win Rate40.4%50.0%52.9%46.4%
Avg Win4.5%7.9%2.7%5.1%
Avg Loss-2.2%-2.2%-2.6%-2.3%
Payoff2.043.591.042.20
Expectancy0.5%2.8%0.2%1.1%
Profit Factor1.383.591.171.91
Trades522634112
Avg Holding Days5.15.02.94.5
Turnover10.513.914.512.2
Exposure8.9%11.1%5.4%8.5%

Growth of $100

PriceMomentum_V1537 vs TSLA Buy & Hold
PriceMomentum_V1537 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
20160.6%0.13-5.3%7
201713.9%0.99-11.0%19
2018-6.3%-1.20-6.3%2
201913.2%1.66-3.0%0
202044.3%2.00-7.1%6
202135.9%1.56-16.0%15
2022-14.8%-1.99-14.7%4

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 testDOWNTREND2790.0%0.000%
hidden testEXPENSIVE8333.9%1.5617%
hidden testEXTREME480.0%0.000%
hidden testHIGH VOLATILITY254-19.8%-1.761%
hidden testLOW VOLATILITY44311.3%1.027%
hidden testMEDIUM VOLATILITY2517.9%0.566%
hidden testNORMAL817-1.0%-0.105%
hidden testSIDEWAYS298-9.9%-1.461%
hidden testUPTREND37113.2%0.7313%
trainDOWNTREND5180.0%0.000%
trainEXPENSIVE31137.0%1.8722%
trainEXTREME1009.3%1.551%
trainHIGH VOLATILITY6999.4%0.851%
trainLOW VOLATILITY7459.4%0.7918%
trainMEDIUM VOLATILITY568-7.3%-0.597%
trainNORMAL1,601-1.9%-0.197%
trainSIDEWAYS592-1.8%-0.680%
trainUPTREND90211.7%0.6620%
validationDOWNTREND1250.0%0.000%
validationEXPENSIVE13877.8%2.9728%
validationEXTREME14430.7%2.282%
validationHIGH VOLATILITY2581.0%0.071%
validationLOW VOLATILITY18316.8%1.5417%
validationMEDIUM VOLATILITY31544.9%1.8917%
validationNORMAL4744.9%0.309%
validationSIDEWAYS206-6.8%-1.140%
validationUPTREND42544.4%1.8520%

Trades (full period)

latest 100 of 112
EntryExitEntry PxExit PxReturnDays
2026-07-012026-07-06$425.30$419.77-5.30%3
2026-05-292026-06-01$435.79$415.88-1.30%2
2025-12-042025-12-30$454.53$454.432.22%18
2025-11-042025-11-05$444.26$462.07-4.27%2
2025-09-162025-10-06$421.62$453.253.78%15
2025-09-122025-09-15$395.94$410.045.72%2
2025-07-292025-07-30$321.20$319.04-1.24%2
2025-07-232025-07-24$332.56$305.30-0.05%2
2025-07-212025-07-22$328.49$332.11-0.44%2
2025-06-022025-06-03$342.69$344.27-1.03%2
2025-05-292025-05-30$358.43$346.460.18%2
2025-05-272025-05-28$362.89$356.905.39%2
2025-05-222025-05-23$341.04$339.341.37%2
2024-10-032024-10-04$240.66$250.08-2.84%2
2024-09-252024-09-26$257.02$254.220.70%2
2024-09-232024-09-24$250.00$254.273.78%2
2024-09-182024-09-19$227.20$243.92-0.40%2
2024-09-162024-09-17$226.78$227.87-1.38%2
2024-09-062024-09-09$210.73$216.27-6.91%2
2024-07-112024-07-12$241.03$248.23-6.91%2
2024-07-092024-07-10$262.33$263.262.81%2
2024-07-052024-07-08$251.52$252.941.50%2
2024-07-022024-07-03$231.26$246.397.99%2
2023-09-012023-09-05$245.01$256.49-4.21%2
2023-08-302023-08-31$256.90$258.08-0.25%2
2023-07-182023-07-19$293.34$291.260.65%2
2023-07-052023-07-06$282.48$276.540.60%2
2023-06-262023-06-27$241.05$250.21-5.00%2
2023-06-202023-06-21$274.45$259.464.11%2
2023-06-142023-06-15$256.79$255.90-0.75%2
2023-06-122023-06-13$249.83$258.711.62%2
2023-06-082023-06-09$234.86$244.403.50%2
2023-06-062023-06-07$221.31$224.571.20%2
2023-06-022023-06-05$213.97$217.612.32%2
2022-08-182022-08-19$302.87$296.67-0.46%2
2022-08-162022-08-17$306.56$304.00-0.87%2
2022-08-052022-08-08$288.17$290.42-5.46%2
2022-04-052022-04-11$363.75$325.31-8.58%5
2021-12-282022-01-04$362.82$383.207.63%6
2021-10-132021-11-10$270.36$355.9821.37%21
2021-10-082021-10-11$261.83$263.98-0.98%2
2021-09-282021-10-07$259.19$264.54-1.03%8
2021-09-162021-09-21$252.33$246.46-2.87%4
2021-09-142021-09-15$248.16$251.940.00%2
2021-09-072021-09-13$250.97$247.670.15%5
2021-09-022021-09-03$244.13$244.52-0.35%2
2021-08-312021-09-01$245.24$244.700.37%2
2021-08-132021-08-16$239.06$228.72-0.72%2
2021-08-112021-08-12$235.94$240.75-0.40%2
2021-08-092021-08-10$237.92$236.661.52%2
2021-08-052021-08-06$238.21$233.030.26%2
2021-01-262021-01-27$294.36$288.050.05%2
2021-01-122021-01-25$283.15$293.603.35%9
2021-01-042021-01-11$243.26$270.4019.26%6
2020-12-182020-12-23$231.67$215.33-1.99%4
2020-12-102020-12-17$209.02$218.632.29%6
2020-11-192020-12-08$166.42$216.6324.77%13
2020-11-092020-11-10$140.42$136.79-1.78%2
2020-10-142020-10-20$153.77$140.65-2.98%5
2019-12-162020-01-22$25.43$37.9740.42%25
2018-12-112018-12-18$24.45$22.47-3.81%6
2018-02-012018-02-05$23.28$22.21-2.54%3
2017-10-122017-10-23$23.71$22.47-2.29%8
2017-09-182017-09-25$25.67$23.00-6.22%6
2017-08-152017-08-18$24.16$23.16-2.77%4
2017-08-042017-08-07$23.79$23.682.10%2
2017-06-052017-06-14$23.15$25.388.28%8
2017-05-152017-05-16$21.06$21.13-2.36%2
2017-05-012017-05-04$21.52$19.70-0.92%4
2017-04-262017-04-27$20.68$20.58-1.08%2
2017-04-202017-04-21$20.17$20.37-0.95%2
2017-03-242017-04-04$17.54$20.2513.40%8
2017-03-202017-03-23$17.46$16.99-2.13%4
2017-02-092017-02-22$17.95$18.234.52%9
2017-02-072017-02-08$17.17$17.47-0.25%2
2017-01-202017-02-02$16.32$16.771.64%10
2017-01-182017-01-19$15.89$16.250.78%2
2017-01-132017-01-17$15.85$15.712.68%2
2017-01-112017-01-12$15.32$15.31-0.21%2
2017-01-092017-01-10$15.42$15.320.63%2
2017-01-052017-01-06$15.12$15.27-0.24%2
2016-08-052016-08-08$15.34$15.08-0.36%2
2016-08-032016-08-04$15.05$15.37-0.66%2
2016-08-012016-08-02$15.33$15.15-1.79%2
2016-07-282016-07-29$15.37$15.650.58%2
2016-07-262016-07-27$15.30$15.23-0.33%2
2016-06-082016-06-09$15.70$15.290.93%2
2016-04-052016-04-14$17.03$16.792.32%8
2015-07-212015-07-22$17.78$17.86-4.55%2
2015-06-222015-07-09$17.32$17.19-2.40%13
2015-05-132015-05-22$16.21$16.520.13%8
2015-05-112015-05-12$15.97$16.320.81%2
2015-04-292015-04-30$15.50$15.070.52%2
2014-10-082014-10-13$17.29$14.97-7.15%4
2014-09-022014-09-12$18.94$18.613.01%9
2014-08-282014-08-29$17.59$17.980.03%2
2014-08-262014-08-27$17.45$17.55-0.41%2
2014-07-312014-08-25$14.89$17.509.51%18
2014-06-232014-07-07$15.81$14.84-0.24%10
2014-02-132014-02-26$13.31$16.8721.13%9