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The full scored report

Published with Can financial statements tell you which stocks to buy? I tested 31,000 strategies to find out. · Brandon Wilson · October 19, 2026

Public copy of the scored report generated from the run's recorded rows on 2026-10-16, unchanged except for this note. In this file the three arms carry the study's internal labels. They map to the article as follows: "placebo" is version 2, Library only; "design space" or "sweep" is version 3, Adaptive, any settings; "as designed" is version 4, Adaptive, shipped settings. The per-run table behind it is runs.csv.gz: one row per strategy per time span, with the universe, the settings the sweep drew, and the results (CAGR, max drawdown, volatility, Sharpe, the four scores, the benchmark comparisons, turnover, and holdings count). It names no tickers.

Generated 2026-10-16 10:55 by scripts/score_study.py. Bootstrap: 1000 4-quarter circular-block resamples, seed 20261016, identical paths across arms. Random clouds: 500 portfolios, seed 7, matched to the engine's per-quarter pick count (primary). Spans in scorecard.md section 6. Verdict words from section 8. Every number is an aggregate across draws; no draw is a strategy.

1. Headline cell A-all-none (all sectors, all caps, no gate, $5 floor, fresh filers)

The four versions of the picker, FULL span 2016-08-31 to 2026-07-10 (41 quarters)

Median percentile against the matched random cloud [95% interval] and verdict. 50 = indistinguishable from random.

Version n draws T1 CAGR T2 max drawdown T2 volatility T3 Sharpe
Random stocks cloud 50 by definition 50 50 50
Placebo engine 498 97.2 [71.1, 98.2] EDGE 94.5 [80.4, 99.4] EDGE 99.2 [84.3, 100.0] EDGE 99.6 [84.4, 99.6] EDGE
Design space 489 96.8 [67.0, 98.6] EDGE 98.6 [86.4, 99.6] EDGE 100.0 [93.4, 100.0] EDGE 99.8 [84.8, 99.8] EDGE
As designed 63 98.2 [74.6, 99.0] EDGE 98.8 [84.2, 99.8] EDGE 100.0 [88.6, 100.0] EDGE 99.8 [87.2, 100.0] EDGE

Median values behind those percentiles (the draw at the middle of each version):

Version CAGR max drawdown volatility Sharpe product-convention CAGR pct stood aside
Placebo engine 11.4% -31.1% 19.3% 0.69 97.0 0.0%
Design space 11.1% -25.4% 17.3% 0.70 97.0 0.0%
As designed 12.2% -25.5% 18.1% 0.73 98.0 0.0%

T6, what the statistics add (design space minus placebo), FULL span

Comparison T1 CAGR T2 max drawdown T3 Sharpe
Design space minus placebo (T6) -0.4 [-11.6, 7.7] NOT DETECTED 4.1 [-2.8, 9.2] NOT DETECTED 0.2 [-7.6, 6.8] NOT DETECTED
As designed minus design space 1.4 [-2.6, 11.2] NOT DETECTED 0.2 [-4.0, 3.4] NOT DETECTED 0.0 [-2.8, 6.6] NOT DETECTED

T5, better than just owning things? FULL span, cash quarters at 0%

Share of draws whose 41-quarter CAGR beats the benchmark [95% interval], verdict, and the benchmark's own CAGR.

Version vs universe average vs RSP vs SPY cap-weighted picks vs SPY
Placebo engine 89.0% [64.8%, 91.6%] BEATS 50.0% [23.9%, 69.7%] TIES 22.5% [6.8%, 55.4%] TIES 36.5% [22.7%, 60.4%] TIES
Design space 93.9% [61.1%, 98.0%] BEATS 46.4% [17.2%, 77.5%] TIES 13.3% [7.4%, 48.1%] TRAILS 60.1% [23.1%, 80.0%] TIES
As designed 96.8% [73.0%, 98.4%] BEATS 58.7% [22.2%, 84.1%] TIES 25.4% [7.9%, 61.9%] TIES 54.0% [17.5%, 87.3%] TIES

Benchmark CAGRs over the same 41 quarters: universe average 3.2%, RSP 11.3%, SPY 15.0%. Median draw CAGR with cash quarters: design space 11.0%, cap-weighted 16.3%.

T4, does a strong backtest predict a strong holdout? (design-space arm)

Spearman rank correlation across draws between the selection span and the holdout, per seam. Bar: at or above +0.20 at 3 of 4 seams.

Seam n rho CAGR rho max drawdown top decile holdout CAGR pct rest top decile holdout excess vs SPY rest
S1/H1 485 0.342 0.320 88.2 77.3 -1.9% -8.4%
S2/H2 478 -0.078 0.219 50.0 62.8 -6.6% -3.0%
S3/H3 485 -0.090 0.220 90.4 95.4 -4.4% 0.1%
S4/H4 489 0.143 0.266 80.6 80.6 -6.3% -6.6%

Verdict: CAGR DOES NOT PERSIST (1 of 4 seams); max drawdown PERSISTS (4 of 4 seams).

T7, following the app's own selection advice (design-space arm)

Selected draws' median holdout percentile minus the remaining draws'. Bar: lead of 5 or more points at 3 of 4 seams.

Seam (a) shallowest-drawdown quartile: n lead CAGR pct lead max-DD pct (b) above the product bar: n bar lead CAGR pct lead max-DD pct
S1/H1 122 13.2 13.6 1 99.8 14.6 4.8
S2/H2 120 -7.3 6.7 24 99.8 -11.5 5.3
S3/H3 122 -3.2 0.9 10 99.8 -0.8 1.0
S4/H4 123 0.4 2.8 59 99.8 7.0 -7.2
  • a_shallow_dd_cagr: DOES NOT PERSIST (1 of 4 seams)
  • a_shallow_dd_maxdd: DOES NOT PERSIST (2 of 4 seams)
  • b_above_bar_cagr: DOES NOT PERSIST (2 of 4 seams)
  • b_above_bar_maxdd: DOES NOT PERSIST (1 of 4 seams)

T1 to T3 per holdout, headline cell, design-space arm

Holdout n refused T1 CAGR T2 max drawdown T2 volatility T3 Sharpe
H1 485 15 78.4 [64.6, 86.6] EDGE 82.0 [67.0, 92.6] EDGE 78.4 [61.2, 83.6] EDGE 79.0 [58.8, 92.0] EDGE
H2 478 22 59.2 [19.4, 91.8] NOT DETECTED 89.7 [65.8, 94.0] EDGE 98.8 [73.2, 98.8] EDGE 75.6 [53.4, 90.8] EDGE
H3 485 15 95.2 [78.2, 95.6] EDGE 98.2 [79.0, 98.4] EDGE 92.8 [73.4, 94.2] EDGE 98.2 [82.6, 98.2] EDGE
H4 489 11 80.6 [57.4, 90.6] EDGE 95.4 [81.8, 96.6] EDGE 97.8 [85.2, 97.8] EDGE 91.8 [75.8, 94.4] EDGE

2. The four versions on every no-gate Tier A cell (FULL span)

Cell Placebo T1 Design space T1 As designed T1 T6 CAGR (design minus placebo) Placebo T2 Design T2 As designed T2 T6 max DD Placebo T3 Design T3 As designed T3 T6 Sharpe
A-micro-none 100.0 EDGE 100.0 EDGE 100.0 EDGE 0.0 [-0.8, 0.4] NOT DETECTED 100.0 EDGE 100.0 EDGE 100.0 EDGE 0.0 [-0.4, 0.2] NOT DETECTED 100.0 EDGE 100.0 EDGE 100.0 EDGE 0.0 [-0.2, 0.2] NOT DETECTED
A-small-none 90.3 EDGE 78.6 NOT DETECTED 73.2 NOT DETECTED -11.7 [-20.5, -0.1] SUBTRACTS 93.0 EDGE 93.2 EDGE 73.2 NOT DETECTED 0.2 [-12.1, 6.5] NOT DETECTED 97.0 EDGE 91.2 EDGE 82.0 NOT DETECTED -5.8 [-21.4, 2.6] NOT DETECTED
A-mid-none 87.2 NOT DETECTED 92.9 EDGE 98.2 EDGE 5.7 [-16.8, 48.9] NOT DETECTED 37.2 NOT DETECTED 75.9 EDGE 93.2 EDGE 38.7 [-31.6, 79.0] NOT DETECTED 91.6 NOT DETECTED 97.6 EDGE 100.0 EDGE 6.0 [-17.8, 52.1] NOT DETECTED
A-large-none 71.2 NOT DETECTED 84.0 NOT DETECTED 91.8 NOT DETECTED 12.8 [-10.8, 41.2] NOT DETECTED 56.0 NOT DETECTED 47.2 NOT DETECTED 81.8 NOT DETECTED -8.8 [-30.4, 53.4] NOT DETECTED 75.4 NOT DETECTED 90.4 NOT DETECTED 94.8 EDGE 15.0 [-12.0, 50.2] NOT DETECTED
A-micro_small-none 99.4 EDGE 99.0 EDGE 99.4 EDGE -0.4 [-9.2, 3.8] NOT DETECTED 100.0 EDGE 99.3 EDGE 99.4 EDGE -0.7 [-14.8, 0.6] NOT DETECTED 100.0 EDGE 99.8 EDGE 99.6 EDGE -0.2 [-8.8, 2.0] NOT DETECTED
A-small_mid-none 73.1 NOT DETECTED 85.1 EDGE 93.4 EDGE 12.0 [-7.5, 34.6] NOT DETECTED 66.8 NOT DETECTED 86.9 EDGE 79.6 NOT DETECTED 20.1 [-6.0, 49.6] NOT DETECTED 84.8 NOT DETECTED 95.8 EDGE 98.2 EDGE 11.0 [-6.5, 44.6] NOT DETECTED
A-mid_large-none 71.2 NOT DETECTED 89.8 NOT DETECTED 96.0 EDGE 18.6 [-16.5, 35.5] NOT DETECTED 72.1 NOT DETECTED 66.2 NOT DETECTED 94.6 EDGE -5.9 [-34.2, 45.5] NOT DETECTED 86.6 EDGE 97.8 EDGE 99.6 EDGE 11.2 [-23.9, 37.7] NOT DETECTED
A-ex_micro-none 87.2 EDGE 88.6 NOT DETECTED 89.2 NOT DETECTED 1.4 [-19.2, 17.8] NOT DETECTED 89.8 EDGE 94.0 EDGE 84.4 EDGE 4.2 [-7.8, 17.0] NOT DETECTED 96.4 EDGE 98.6 EDGE 96.8 EDGE 2.2 [-8.3, 21.0] NOT DETECTED
A-all-none 97.2 EDGE 96.8 EDGE 98.2 EDGE -0.4 [-11.6, 7.7] NOT DETECTED 94.5 EDGE 98.6 EDGE 98.8 EDGE 4.1 [-2.8, 9.2] NOT DETECTED 99.6 EDGE 99.8 EDGE 99.8 EDGE 0.2 [-7.6, 6.8] NOT DETECTED

3. F1, the cell map (design-space arm, FULL span)

Median percentile [95% interval] verdict for T1 to T3; T5 shares with verdicts. Thin cells would be marked; none are.

Cell n refused T1 CAGR T2 max DD T3 Sharpe T5 vs universe avg T5 vs RSP T5 vs SPY T5 vs sector ETF T4 CAGR T4 max DD
A-micro-none 492 5 100.0 [97.8, 100.0] EDGE 100.0 [99.4, 100.0] EDGE 100.0 [99.4, 100.0] EDGE 97.8% BEATS 73.2% TIES 40.2% TIES - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-micro-profit 488 9 86.4 [53.3, 94.2] EDGE 83.4 [62.2, 93.1] EDGE 93.7 [63.0, 97.6] EDGE 79.5% TIES 65.0% TIES 26.8% TIES - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-micro-solvent 491 7 100.0 [95.0, 100.0] EDGE 100.0 [97.6, 100.0] EDGE 100.0 [97.8, 100.0] EDGE 99.2% BEATS 69.7% TIES 37.9% TIES - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-small-none 485 15 78.6 [46.2, 90.0] NOT DETECTED 93.2 [66.6, 99.8] EDGE 91.2 [57.4, 98.0] EDGE 81.4% TIES 24.9% TIES 6.2% TRAILS - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-small-profit 486 12 39.6 [20.2, 66.4] NOT DETECTED 61.6 [43.9, 80.8] NOT DETECTED 54.9 [29.0, 79.4] NOT DETECTED 18.3% TIES 14.0% TRAILS 2.7% TRAILS - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-small-solvent 484 14 80.1 [48.4, 89.4] NOT DETECTED 91.2 [64.2, 99.8] EDGE 91.2 [58.2, 97.6] EDGE 78.3% TIES 27.1% TIES 5.0% TRAILS - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-mid-none 492 5 92.9 [63.4, 96.2] EDGE 75.9 [57.8, 96.9] EDGE 97.6 [71.2, 98.8] EDGE 85.8% BEATS 65.2% TIES 32.1% TIES - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-mid-profit 486 10 82.2 [35.0, 93.6] NOT DETECTED 69.2 [22.6, 95.8] NOT DETECTED 89.0 [40.1, 97.2] NOT DETECTED 57.2% TIES 49.6% TIES 27.0% TRAILS - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-mid-solvent 490 4 91.8 [62.6, 95.8] EDGE 74.0 [56.6, 93.6] EDGE 96.6 [69.0, 98.0] EDGE 82.4% BEATS 60.6% TIES 33.1% TIES - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-large-none 496 2 84.0 [40.9, 96.0] NOT DETECTED 47.2 [27.6, 95.4] NOT DETECTED 90.4 [42.8, 98.2] NOT DETECTED 77.0% TIES 58.3% TIES 16.7% TIES - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-large-profit 494 5 87.8 [36.7, 97.6] NOT DETECTED 42.5 [12.2, 95.0] NOT DETECTED 88.5 [31.4, 97.8] NOT DETECTED 67.2% TIES 59.3% TIES 26.5% TIES - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-large-solvent 495 3 83.2 [37.4, 95.8] NOT DETECTED 40.0 [23.3, 95.8] NOT DETECTED 89.8 [39.3, 98.0] NOT DETECTED 76.8% TIES 57.4% TIES 14.9% TIES - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-micro_small-none 486 13 99.0 [77.0, 99.4] EDGE 99.3 [81.1, 100.0] EDGE 99.8 [85.6, 100.0] EDGE 96.3% BEATS 34.6% TIES 10.3% TIES - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-micro_small-profit 477 20 48.8 [24.6, 76.2] NOT DETECTED 69.0 [51.4, 88.8] EDGE 65.6 [34.4, 87.6] NOT DETECTED 32.7% TIES 25.6% TIES 8.8% TRAILS - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-micro_small-solvent 490 5 97.4 [68.6, 98.6] EDGE 97.8 [72.1, 100.0] EDGE 99.4 [77.8, 100.0] EDGE 95.7% BEATS 35.9% TIES 8.0% TIES - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-small_mid-none 486 12 85.1 [53.3, 91.9] EDGE 86.9 [72.1, 98.8] EDGE 95.8 [72.2, 98.4] EDGE 81.1% TIES 45.9% TIES 16.3% TRAILS - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-small_mid-profit 468 29 46.5 [16.6, 78.8] NOT DETECTED 51.5 [18.1, 83.9] NOT DETECTED 53.2 [19.6, 82.8] NOT DETECTED 31.4% TIES 23.7% TIES 8.1% TRAILS - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-small_mid-solvent 487 13 85.0 [49.5, 91.8] NOT DETECTED 87.0 [72.4, 98.4] EDGE 94.6 [70.6, 98.4] EDGE 80.1% TIES 44.6% TIES 13.8% TRAILS - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-mid_large-none 498 1 89.8 [45.6, 97.4] NOT DETECTED 66.2 [40.1, 99.0] NOT DETECTED 97.8 [54.1, 99.6] EDGE 80.9% TIES 63.5% TIES 27.3% TIES - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-mid_large-profit 492 6 90.4 [38.2, 98.0] NOT DETECTED 72.1 [24.7, 97.8] NOT DETECTED 94.8 [42.9, 99.4] NOT DETECTED 67.9% TIES 60.8% TIES 28.5% TIES - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-mid_large-solvent 496 3 91.2 [48.2, 97.4] NOT DETECTED 71.4 [44.2, 98.6] NOT DETECTED 97.6 [60.2, 99.4] EDGE 82.3% TIES 63.5% TIES 25.8% TIES - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-ex_micro-none 493 6 88.6 [49.2, 95.6] NOT DETECTED 94.0 [78.2, 99.2] EDGE 98.6 [75.7, 99.2] EDGE 84.2% TIES 56.6% TIES 17.8% TRAILS - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-ex_micro-profit 484 16 65.3 [17.8, 92.2] NOT DETECTED 67.0 [19.9, 95.8] NOT DETECTED 78.9 [27.2, 96.8] NOT DETECTED 46.7% TIES 38.2% TIES 13.6% TRAILS - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-ex_micro-solvent 483 15 87.0 [47.6, 95.4] NOT DETECTED 89.4 [69.2, 99.0] EDGE 98.2 [70.2, 99.0] EDGE 80.3% TIES 55.5% TIES 16.4% TRAILS - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-all-none 489 11 96.8 [67.0, 98.6] EDGE 98.6 [86.4, 99.6] EDGE 99.8 [84.8, 99.8] EDGE 93.9% BEATS 46.4% TIES 13.3% TRAILS - DOES NOT PERSIST PERSISTS
A-all-profit 485 12 60.2 [16.2, 90.6] NOT DETECTED 80.6 [28.4, 96.6] NOT DETECTED 82.0 [31.1, 96.2] NOT DETECTED 42.5% TIES 33.0% TIES 9.5% TRAILS - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-all-solvent 482 15 94.3 [61.4, 97.4] EDGE 97.7 [86.2, 99.4] EDGE 99.2 [83.8, 99.6] EDGE 94.2% BEATS 50.6% TIES 14.3% TIES - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
A-all-solvent18 490 8 99.4 [80.6, 99.8] EDGE 100.0 [97.4, 100.0] EDGE 100.0 [96.4, 100.0] EDGE 96.5% BEATS 77.3% TIES 29.4% TIES - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-basic_materials-all-none 195 4 79.8 [43.8, 93.6] NOT DETECTED 91.8 [54.6, 97.1] EDGE 85.2 [48.0, 94.4] NOT DETECTED 80.0% TIES 41.5% TIES 5.1% TIES 64.6% TIES (XLB) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-basic_materials-all-profit 195 4 40.2 [19.8, 71.3] NOT DETECTED 71.0 [25.4, 89.2] NOT DETECTED 47.2 [23.1, 78.3] NOT DETECTED 20.5% TIES 25.1% TIES 7.2% TIES 45.1% TIES (XLB) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-basic_materials-ex_micro-none 197 2 55.2 [24.8, 81.7] NOT DETECTED 61.4 [28.9, 87.8] NOT DETECTED 59.4 [27.6, 82.2] NOT DETECTED 32.5% TIES 20.3% TIES 5.1% TIES 42.6% TIES (XLB) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-basic_materials-ex_micro-profit 195 5 29.8 [14.4, 63.8] NOT DETECTED 66.6 [22.7, 86.2] NOT DETECTED 39.6 [19.4, 72.0] NOT DETECTED 13.8% TIES 16.9% TIES 2.1% TRAILS 31.3% TIES (XLB) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-communication_services-all-none 196 4 98.2 [76.2, 98.6] EDGE 99.6 [96.6, 99.8] EDGE 99.8 [91.9, 99.6] EDGE 93.9% BEATS 12.8% TIES 2.0% TRAILS 7.1% TIES (XLC) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-communication_services-all-profit 195 5 94.4 [65.6, 97.5] EDGE 93.0 [80.8, 98.6] EDGE 98.2 [78.0, 99.2] EDGE 87.7% BEATS 20.5% TIES 4.1% TRAILS 12.3% TIES (XLC) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-communication_services-ex_micro-none 192 8 88.9 [61.7, 92.9] EDGE 92.2 [83.0, 98.7] EDGE 94.5 [71.7, 96.2] EDGE 87.0% BEATS 3.6% TRAILS 0.0% TRAILS 1.6% TIES (XLC) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-communication_services-ex_micro-profit 188 12 88.2 [59.1, 95.4] EDGE 71.6 [57.2, 94.6] EDGE 92.5 [62.2, 97.0] EDGE 83.5% TIES 9.0% TIES 0.0% TRAILS 4.3% TIES (XLC) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-consumer_cyclical-all-none 198 2 89.1 [27.0, 98.6] NOT DETECTED 95.1 [64.4, 99.5] EDGE 95.5 [38.2, 99.4] NOT DETECTED 85.9% TIES 20.7% TIES 4.5% TRAILS 18.2% TIES (XLY) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-consumer_cyclical-all-profit 190 10 45.2 [9.8, 83.2] NOT DETECTED 54.7 [30.4, 90.8] NOT DETECTED 57.6 [12.0, 88.2] NOT DETECTED 33.2% TIES 8.4% TRAILS 0.0% TRAILS 7.9% TIES (XLY) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-consumer_cyclical-ex_micro-none 194 5 71.3 [17.1, 93.6] NOT DETECTED 80.2 [45.7, 96.8] NOT DETECTED 81.9 [23.8, 96.7] NOT DETECTED 70.6% TIES 11.3% TIES 0.5% TRAILS 8.8% TIES (XLY) DOES NOT PERSIST PERSISTS
B-consumer_cyclical-ex_micro-profit 194 5 51.0 [16.2, 82.4] NOT DETECTED 63.6 [38.8, 84.4] NOT DETECTED 58.9 [19.2, 86.2] NOT DETECTED 38.1% TIES 9.3% TIES 3.1% TRAILS 8.8% TIES (XLY) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-consumer_defensive-all-none 194 5 89.1 [44.5, 96.2] NOT DETECTED 99.0 [80.6, 99.2] EDGE 93.8 [50.7, 98.2] EDGE 89.2% TIES 1.0% TRAILS 0.0% TRAILS 12.4% TIES (XLP) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-consumer_defensive-all-profit 195 5 37.0 [17.6, 64.4] NOT DETECTED 63.4 [37.6, 71.6] NOT DETECTED 41.8 [18.2, 65.8] NOT DETECTED 20.0% TIES 1.5% TRAILS 0.0% TRAILS 9.7% TIES (XLP) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-consumer_defensive-ex_micro-none 195 4 62.8 [28.6, 83.2] NOT DETECTED 84.6 [52.3, 89.8] EDGE 68.2 [33.2, 86.2] NOT DETECTED 52.8% TIES 3.1% TRAILS 0.5% TRAILS 18.5% TIES (XLP) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-consumer_defensive-ex_micro-profit 188 11 31.2 [14.0, 60.4] NOT DETECTED 49.4 [29.0, 68.2] NOT DETECTED 33.7 [15.9, 60.4] NOT DETECTED 13.8% TIES 0.5% TRAILS 0.0% TRAILS 6.9% TIES (XLP) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-cyclical-all-none 197 2 92.6 [50.6, 97.2] EDGE 96.6 [81.2, 99.0] EDGE 97.8 [72.4, 99.0] EDGE 90.4% TIES 55.3% TIES 11.2% TIES - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-cyclical-all-profit 197 2 54.2 [18.3, 82.0] NOT DETECTED 74.4 [56.6, 90.8] EDGE 73.4 [39.4, 91.4] NOT DETECTED 35.0% TIES 35.0% TIES 10.7% TRAILS - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-cyclical-ex_micro-none 197 3 73.8 [31.8, 90.8] NOT DETECTED 87.2 [67.4, 95.4] EDGE 89.2 [55.8, 95.6] EDGE 60.9% TIES 47.7% TIES 11.2% TIES - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-cyclical-ex_micro-profit 196 4 53.1 [21.2, 79.4] NOT DETECTED 80.5 [52.6, 91.7] EDGE 79.2 [44.8, 90.3] NOT DETECTED 33.7% TIES 34.7% TIES 6.1% TRAILS - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-defensive-all-none 193 7 99.8 [82.6, 100.0] EDGE 100.0 [99.8, 100.0] EDGE 100.0 [96.4, 100.0] EDGE 99.0% BEATS 15.5% TIES 2.6% TRAILS - DOES NOT PERSIST PERSISTS
B-defensive-all-profit 190 10 27.9 [13.0, 61.5] NOT DETECTED 50.8 [18.2, 76.4] NOT DETECTED 32.1 [14.4, 67.6] NOT DETECTED 17.9% TIES 1.1% TRAILS 0.0% TRAILS - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-defensive-ex_micro-none 196 4 87.7 [40.2, 97.6] NOT DETECTED 100.0 [96.0, 100.0] EDGE 98.2 [66.2, 99.6] EDGE 94.9% TIES 8.2% TIES 0.5% TRAILS - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-defensive-ex_micro-profit 184 16 19.7 [9.4, 54.2] NOT DETECTED 33.0 [9.9, 67.4] NOT DETECTED 18.7 [9.7, 56.3] NOT DETECTED 8.7% TRAILS 1.6% TRAILS 0.5% TRAILS - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-energy-all-none 196 4 96.0 [64.0, 99.0] EDGE 91.2 [59.8, 99.6] EDGE 99.0 [77.2, 99.8] EDGE 90.3% BEATS 73.0% TIES 45.9% TIES 75.0% TIES (XLE) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-energy-all-profit 196 4 81.1 [42.6, 96.0] NOT DETECTED 62.4 [30.8, 79.2] NOT DETECTED 83.8 [45.1, 96.8] NOT DETECTED 70.9% TIES 71.9% TIES 42.9% TIES 74.0% TIES (XLE) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-energy-ex_micro-none 198 2 89.4 [46.8, 97.2] NOT DETECTED 92.7 [64.0, 99.4] EDGE 96.6 [68.4, 99.5] EDGE 80.3% TIES 58.6% TIES 26.8% TIES 65.7% TIES (XLE) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-energy-ex_micro-profit 196 3 81.3 [40.0, 94.0] NOT DETECTED 73.5 [41.4, 85.4] NOT DETECTED 85.1 [46.6, 96.4] NOT DETECTED 59.2% TIES 58.2% TIES 31.6% TIES 59.2% TIES (XLE) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-financial-all-none 200 0 90.2 [48.8, 97.2] NOT DETECTED 75.1 [33.1, 90.6] NOT DETECTED 94.0 [57.0, 98.5] EDGE 72.0% TIES 41.5% TIES 18.5% TIES - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-financial-all-profit 196 3 92.8 [40.5, 99.2] NOT DETECTED 66.2 [7.8, 92.2] NOT DETECTED 88.4 [34.5, 98.2] NOT DETECTED 60.2% TIES 50.5% TIES 32.1% TIES - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-financial-ex_micro-none 198 2 80.6 [32.2, 96.2] NOT DETECTED 73.6 [16.4, 96.6] NOT DETECTED 86.7 [35.6, 97.4] NOT DETECTED 56.6% TIES 35.4% TIES 17.7% TRAILS - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-financial-ex_micro-profit 194 5 84.5 [30.1, 95.9] NOT DETECTED 79.0 [13.0, 94.0] NOT DETECTED 84.5 [32.0, 96.0] NOT DETECTED 47.9% TIES 32.0% TIES 12.4% TRAILS - DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-financial_services-all-none 199 0 73.0 [39.0, 89.2] NOT DETECTED 57.0 [31.8, 87.0] NOT DETECTED 81.2 [47.6, 93.2] NOT DETECTED 64.3% TIES 37.2% TIES 14.1% TIES 28.6% TIES (XLF) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-financial_services-all-profit 196 4 77.6 [29.0, 94.6] NOT DETECTED 52.4 [4.0, 79.1] NOT DETECTED 69.4 [21.4, 92.3] NOT DETECTED 51.5% TIES 46.4% TIES 24.5% TIES 39.8% TIES (XLF) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-financial_services-ex_micro-none 198 2 59.5 [16.6, 92.4] NOT DETECTED 75.1 [10.2, 96.0] NOT DETECTED 72.2 [20.3, 94.8] NOT DETECTED 42.9% TIES 33.3% TIES 14.6% TRAILS 28.3% TIES (XLF) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-financial_services-ex_micro-profit 193 7 70.6 [18.2, 93.6] NOT DETECTED 68.4 [6.3, 92.8] NOT DETECTED 72.8 [19.8, 92.6] NOT DETECTED 44.6% TIES 39.9% TIES 16.1% TRAILS 35.8% TIES (XLF) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-growth-all-none 191 8 99.8 [89.8, 99.8] EDGE 99.4 [92.6, 99.8] EDGE 100.0 [97.4, 100.0] EDGE 98.4% BEATS 93.2% TIES 83.8% TIES - DOES NOT PERSIST PERSISTS
B-growth-all-profit 191 8 97.0 [71.1, 98.6] EDGE 70.0 [52.7, 95.8] EDGE 98.2 [77.4, 99.6] EDGE 92.1% BEATS 91.6% TIES 77.5% TIES - DOES NOT PERSIST PERSISTS
B-growth-ex_micro-none 195 5 96.6 [74.5, 98.4] EDGE 86.0 [74.4, 97.8] EDGE 99.4 [86.0, 99.8] EDGE 89.7% BEATS 88.2% TIES 72.8% TIES - DOES NOT PERSIST PERSISTS
B-growth-ex_micro-profit 194 5 91.0 [58.7, 98.2] EDGE 39.3 [33.1, 93.5] NOT DETECTED 96.6 [62.8, 99.4] EDGE 82.0% TIES 86.6% TIES 65.5% TIES - DOES NOT PERSIST PERSISTS
B-healthcare-all-none 200 0 100.0 [93.0, 100.0] EDGE 100.0 [100.0, 100.0] EDGE 100.0 [99.6, 100.0] EDGE 100.0% BEATS 54.5% TIES 13.0% TIES 63.5% TIES (XLV) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-healthcare-all-profit 195 5 81.6 [41.6, 92.8] NOT DETECTED 95.6 [69.8, 97.4] EDGE 90.8 [59.4, 95.9] EDGE 65.1% TIES 33.3% TIES 7.2% TIES 44.1% TIES (XLV) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-healthcare-ex_micro-none 196 4 97.4 [57.4, 99.8] EDGE 100.0 [97.9, 100.0] EDGE 100.0 [88.0, 100.0] EDGE 99.5% TIES 28.1% TIES 4.6% TIES 44.4% TIES (XLV) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-healthcare-ex_micro-profit 191 7 63.6 [32.8, 84.3] NOT DETECTED 80.8 [48.4, 94.0] NOT DETECTED 77.2 [40.6, 92.7] NOT DETECTED 43.5% TIES 23.6% TIES 2.6% TRAILS 34.0% TIES (XLV) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-industrials-all-none 198 2 94.3 [56.2, 97.8] EDGE 97.2 [84.8, 98.6] EDGE 99.2 [80.1, 99.4] EDGE 95.5% TIES 82.8% TIES 33.3% TIES 68.7% TIES (XLI) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-industrials-all-profit 191 9 50.0 [17.0, 80.7] NOT DETECTED 86.8 [40.1, 93.4] NOT DETECTED 75.2 [36.6, 91.0] NOT DETECTED 33.5% TIES 59.2% TIES 18.8% TIES 40.3% TIES (XLI) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-industrials-ex_micro-none 200 0 75.8 [31.9, 92.0] NOT DETECTED 93.4 [65.8, 96.2] EDGE 93.9 [60.0, 97.4] EDGE 60.0% TIES 67.0% TIES 30.0% TIES 53.0% TIES (XLI) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-industrials-ex_micro-profit 192 8 45.1 [13.4, 83.2] NOT DETECTED 85.8 [38.8, 94.8] NOT DETECTED 73.1 [36.0, 93.4] NOT DETECTED 32.8% TIES 58.3% TIES 27.1% TIES 40.1% TIES (XLI) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-real_estate-all-none 198 2 52.7 [24.2, 77.8] NOT DETECTED 33.4 [27.2, 77.6] NOT DETECTED 55.3 [23.0, 84.6] NOT DETECTED 50.0% TIES 0.5% TRAILS 0.0% TRAILS 8.1% TIES (XLRE) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-real_estate-all-profit 193 7 23.4 [13.9, 58.2] NOT DETECTED 20.8 [16.4, 59.8] NOT DETECTED 27.8 [15.0, 65.8] NOT DETECTED 28.0% TIES 0.0% TRAILS 0.0% TRAILS 9.8% TIES (XLRE) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-real_estate-ex_micro-none 194 6 21.5 [9.6, 57.6] NOT DETECTED 23.6 [15.6, 55.4] NOT DETECTED 21.3 [10.3, 60.6] NOT DETECTED 28.9% TIES 0.0% TRAILS 0.0% TRAILS 10.8% TIES (XLRE) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-real_estate-ex_micro-profit 194 5 23.6 [15.5, 54.1] NOT DETECTED 26.6 [15.2, 61.6] NOT DETECTED 26.6 [16.3, 62.7] NOT DETECTED 30.4% TIES 0.0% TRAILS 0.0% TRAILS 12.9% TIES (XLRE) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-technology-all-none 196 4 99.8 [86.6, 99.8] EDGE 99.8 [95.0, 100.0] EDGE 100.0 [97.8, 100.0] EDGE 96.9% BEATS 93.9% BEATS 90.3% TIES 13.3% TIES (XLK) DOES NOT PERSIST PERSISTS
B-technology-all-profit 194 6 89.4 [54.4, 95.6] EDGE 61.9 [46.4, 98.2] NOT DETECTED 97.7 [70.8, 99.2] EDGE 84.0% TIES 90.7% TIES 81.4% TIES 7.7% TIES (XLK) DOES NOT PERSIST PERSISTS
B-technology-ex_micro-none 194 6 89.3 [59.6, 96.2] EDGE 79.0 [60.4, 97.4] EDGE 98.6 [76.4, 99.3] EDGE 88.7% BEATS 91.8% TIES 75.3% TIES 8.2% TRAILS (XLK) DOES NOT PERSIST PERSISTS
B-technology-ex_micro-profit 195 5 89.8 [55.8, 97.2] EDGE 56.2 [40.5, 98.6] NOT DETECTED 98.2 [68.6, 99.6] EDGE 83.6% TIES 89.7% TIES 84.1% TIES 13.8% TIES (XLK) DOES NOT PERSIST PERSISTS
B-utilities-all-none 196 4 43.5 [22.5, 67.2] NOT DETECTED 50.1 [31.8, 75.3] NOT DETECTED 45.5 [23.8, 67.8] NOT DETECTED 27.6% TIES 0.5% TRAILS 0.0% TRAILS 4.1% TIES (XLU) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-utilities-all-profit 193 7 14.2 [10.4, 38.4] HARM 41.6 [18.5, 60.1] NOT DETECTED 18.8 [11.6, 41.3] HARM 10.4% TRAILS 0.0% TRAILS 0.0% TRAILS 1.0% TRAILS (XLU) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-utilities-ex_micro-none 190 10 24.1 [13.4, 58.7] NOT DETECTED 40.2 [21.0, 68.5] NOT DETECTED 23.5 [14.0, 55.8] NOT DETECTED 15.3% TIES 0.5% TRAILS 0.5% TRAILS 4.2% TIES (XLU) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST
B-utilities-ex_micro-profit 187 13 12.4 [8.4, 40.4] HARM 30.8 [13.8, 58.8] NOT DETECTED 12.8 [8.4, 41.0] HARM 7.0% TRAILS 0.0% TRAILS 0.0% TRAILS 1.6% TRAILS (XLU) DOES NOT PERSIST DOES NOT PERSIST

Distribution of verdicts across the 88 non-thin cells

Chance alone at the 5% level would produce EDGE on about 4.4 cells; the upper 95% binomial bound is 8. The broad claim needs more than 8 cells with EDGE on a test.

Test EDGE / BEATS / PERSISTS / ADDS NOT DETECTED / TIES / DOES NOT PERSIST HARM / TRAILS / SUBTRACTS
T4_cagr 0 88 0
T4_maxdd 11 77 0
T5_pool 20 65 3
T5_rsp 1 70 17
T5_sector 0 41 3
T5_spy 0 43 45
T7_a_shallow_dd_cagr 5 83 0
T7_a_shallow_dd_maxdd 17 71 0
T7_b_above_bar_cagr 3 85 0
T7_b_above_bar_maxdd 1 87 0
T_cagr 29 57 2
T_maxdd 43 45 0
T_sharpe 43 43 2
T_vol 52 36 0

4. Exploration findings (design-space arm, FULL span, medians across pooled draws)

F2, size (Tier A, all gates pooled)

size draws T1 CAGR T2 max DD T2 vol T3 Sharpe median CAGR (traded) stood aside
micro 1471 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 13.6% 0.0%
small 1455 71.8 86.4 99.8 86.2 9.7% 0.0%
mid 1468 90.6 73.2 95.4 95.4 13.9% 0.0%
large 1485 84.6 43.4 71.2 89.4 12.7% 0.0%
micro_small 1453 95.2 96.2 100.0 98.4 10.0% 0.0%
small_mid 1441 78.2 79.2 99.0 88.4 11.2% 0.0%
mid_large 1486 90.4 69.6 97.0 97.0 13.5% 0.0%
ex_micro 1460 84.2 84.2 99.8 95.8 12.1% 0.0%
all 1946 95.4 98.4 100.0 99.4 12.1% 0.0%

F3, gates (Tier A, all sizes pooled)

gate draws T1 CAGR T2 max DD T2 vol T3 Sharpe median CAGR (traded) stood aside
none 4417 93.2 94.6 99.8 98.4 11.8% 0.0%
profit 4360 71.6 68.2 89.4 81.1 12.6% 7.3%
solvent 4398 92.0 91.8 99.8 98.2 11.9% 0.0%
solvent18 490 99.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 13.6% 0.0%

F4, engine-chosen universe floor on vs off (Tier A pooled)

universe_floor draws T1 CAGR T2 max DD T2 vol T3 Sharpe median CAGR (traded) stood aside
True 6895 90.0 87.2 98.8 96.4 12.4% 0.0%
False 6770 88.6 88.0 99.0 95.8 11.9% 0.0%

F8, training window (Tier A pooled)

lookback draws T1 CAGR T2 max DD T2 vol T3 Sharpe median CAGR (traded) stood aside
expanding 2636 89.8 94.0 99.8 97.4 12.1% 0.0%
12 2827 90.6 87.4 98.6 96.4 12.5% 0.0%
16 2784 89.0 77.4 97.2 94.4 12.1% 0.0%
20 2754 88.6 80.8 98.0 95.4 12.1% 0.0%
24 2664 89.0 91.1 99.4 96.6 11.9% 0.0%

F6, holdings count and blend size (Tier A pooled)

holdings_bucket draws T1 CAGR T2 max DD T2 vol T3 Sharpe median CAGR (traded) stood aside
5-7 3793 85.2 87.0 97.8 92.4 11.7% 0.0%
8-11 4912 89.4 87.4 98.8 95.8 12.1% 0.0%
12-15 4960 92.4 88.4 99.4 98.0 12.4% 0.0%
n_flavors draws T1 CAGR T2 max DD T2 vol T3 Sharpe median CAGR (traded) stood aside
1 2109 79.2 80.0 88.6 86.6 11.2% 9.8%
2 2318 86.3 84.8 95.8 92.8 11.5% 0.0%
3 2316 89.8 86.0 98.4 95.8 12.2% 0.0%
4 2412 90.0 90.2 99.4 97.0 12.1% 0.0%
5 2306 91.4 90.0 99.6 97.8 12.6% 0.0%
6 2204 93.0 90.6 99.8 98.4 12.8% 0.0%

Other dials (Tier A pooled)

stability draws T1 CAGR T2 max DD T2 vol T3 Sharpe median CAGR (traded) stood aside
standard 6899 90.2 87.2 99.0 96.6 12.2% 0.0%
strict 6766 88.4 88.0 98.6 95.4 12.1% 0.0%
ic_floor draws T1 CAGR T2 max DD T2 vol T3 Sharpe median CAGR (traded) stood aside
0.01 4629 90.4 85.8 98.8 96.8 12.1% 0.0%
0.02 4524 89.2 87.4 98.8 96.0 12.1% 0.0%
0.03 4512 88.4 89.7 99.0 95.6 12.2% 0.0%
cadence draws T1 CAGR T2 max DD T2 vol T3 Sharpe median CAGR (traded) stood aside
quarterly 6901 89.8 89.8 99.2 96.6 12.3% 0.0%
boundary 6764 88.8 85.0 98.6 95.6 12.0% 0.0%

F5, sectors (Tier B, per sector set, its 4 cells pooled)

Sector set draws T1 CAGR T2 max DD T3 Sharpe share beating sector ETF share beating universe avg share beating SPY
Basic Materials 782 51.7 74.7 59.4 45.9% 36.7% 4.9%
Communication Services 771 93.0 93.8 97.4 6.4% 88.1% 1.6%
Consumer Cyclical 776 67.5 77.2 76.8 11.0% 57.2% 2.1%
Consumer Cyclical+Industrials+Basic Materials+Energy 787 72.6 87.0 88.6 n/a 55.0% 9.8%
Consumer Defensive 772 56.7 77.6 61.3 11.9% 44.2% 0.1%
Consumer Defensive+Utilities+Healthcare 763 73.8 97.0 81.0 n/a 56.0% 0.9%
Energy 786 88.9 82.6 93.3 68.4% 75.2% 36.8%
Financial Services 786 70.4 64.2 74.1 33.1% 50.9% 17.3%
Financial Services+Real Estate 788 87.8 73.7 89.4 n/a 59.3% 20.2%
Healthcare 782 95.5 100.0 99.6 46.7% 77.4% 6.9%
Industrials 781 74.8 92.4 91.0 50.7% 55.8% 27.4%
Real Estate 779 30.6 26.2 32.8 10.4% 34.4% 0.0%
Technology 779 94.6 87.0 99.4 10.8% 88.3% 82.8%
Technology+Communication Services 771 97.6 84.4 99.4 n/a 90.5% 74.8%
Utilities 766 22.0 41.8 24.5 2.7% 15.1% 0.1%

F7, F9, F10: stood-aside, refusals, turnover, portfolio size per cell (design-space arm, FULL span)

Cell n refused stood-aside rate (median draw) turnover per quarter (median) names held (median draw) requested (median)
A-micro-none 492 5 0.0% 66.7% 11.0 11
A-micro-profit 488 9 0.0% 75.0% 10.0 10
A-micro-solvent 491 7 0.0% 66.7% 10.0 10
A-small-none 485 15 0.0% 72.7% 10.0 10
A-small-profit 486 12 26.8% 80.0% 10.0 10
A-small-solvent 484 14 0.0% 73.3% 10.0 10
A-mid-none 492 5 0.0% 71.4% 10.0 10
A-mid-profit 486 10 6.1% 75.0% 10.0 10
A-mid-solvent 490 4 0.0% 73.3% 10.0 10
A-large-none 496 2 0.0% 58.7% 10.0 10
A-large-profit 494 5 4.9% 61.5% 10.0 10
A-large-solvent 495 3 0.0% 57.1% 10.0 10
A-micro_small-none 486 13 0.0% 75.0% 10.0 10
A-micro_small-profit 477 20 9.8% 83.3% 10.0 10
A-micro_small-solvent 490 5 0.0% 75.0% 10.0 10
A-small_mid-none 486 12 0.0% 73.3% 10.0 10
A-small_mid-profit 468 29 23.2% 79.3% 10.0 10
A-small_mid-solvent 487 13 0.0% 75.0% 10.0 10
A-mid_large-none 498 1 0.0% 70.0% 10.0 10
A-mid_large-profit 492 6 4.9% 75.0% 9.0 9
A-mid_large-solvent 496 3 0.0% 71.4% 10.0 10
A-ex_micro-none 493 6 0.0% 71.4% 10.0 10
A-ex_micro-profit 484 16 7.3% 76.9% 10.0 10
A-ex_micro-solvent 483 15 0.0% 72.7% 10.0 10
A-all-none 489 11 0.0% 75.0% 10.0 10
A-all-profit 485 12 7.3% 81.2% 10.0 10
A-all-solvent 482 15 0.0% 76.9% 10.0 10
A-all-solvent18 490 8 0.0% 75.0% 10.0 10
B-basic_materials-all-none 195 4 0.0% 58.3% 10.0 10
B-basic_materials-all-profit 195 4 4.9% 60.0% 10.0 10
B-basic_materials-ex_micro-none 197 2 2.4% 57.7% 11.0 11
B-basic_materials-ex_micro-profit 195 5 9.8% 60.0% 10.0 10
B-communication_services-all-none 196 4 0.0% 57.1% 9.0 9
B-communication_services-all-profit 195 5 0.0% 58.3% 9.0 9
B-communication_services-ex_micro-none 192 8 0.0% 57.1% 10.0 10
B-communication_services-ex_micro-profit 188 12 1.2% 53.8% 11.0 11
B-consumer_cyclical-all-none 198 2 0.0% 61.5% 10.0 10
B-consumer_cyclical-all-profit 190 10 0.0% 63.5% 10.0 10
B-consumer_cyclical-ex_micro-none 194 5 0.0% 62.5% 10.0 10
B-consumer_cyclical-ex_micro-profit 194 5 4.9% 66.7% 10.0 10
B-consumer_defensive-all-none 194 5 0.0% 57.1% 10.0 10
B-consumer_defensive-all-profit 195 5 4.9% 57.1% 10.0 10
B-consumer_defensive-ex_micro-none 195 4 0.0% 55.6% 10.0 10
B-consumer_defensive-ex_micro-profit 188 11 4.9% 50.0% 10.0 10
B-cyclical-all-none 197 2 0.0% 70.8% 10.0 10
B-cyclical-all-profit 197 2 2.4% 75.0% 10.0 10
B-cyclical-ex_micro-none 197 3 0.0% 71.4% 10.0 10
B-cyclical-ex_micro-profit 196 4 7.3% 70.0% 10.0 10
B-defensive-all-none 193 7 0.0% 58.3% 11.0 11
B-defensive-all-profit 190 10 4.9% 66.7% 10.0 10
B-defensive-ex_micro-none 196 4 0.0% 61.3% 9.0 9
B-defensive-ex_micro-profit 184 16 19.5% 62.5% 11.0 11
B-energy-all-none 196 4 0.0% 66.7% 10.0 10
B-energy-all-profit 196 4 0.0% 66.7% 10.0 10
B-energy-ex_micro-none 198 2 0.0% 66.7% 10.0 10
B-energy-ex_micro-profit 196 3 0.0% 66.7% 10.0 10
B-financial-all-none 200 0 0.0% 70.4% 10.0 10
B-financial-all-profit 196 3 9.8% 66.7% 10.0 10
B-financial-ex_micro-none 198 2 9.8% 71.4% 10.0 10
B-financial-ex_micro-profit 194 5 26.8% 66.7% 10.0 10
B-financial_services-all-none 199 0 0.0% 62.5% 10.0 10
B-financial_services-all-profit 196 4 4.9% 62.0% 10.0 10
B-financial_services-ex_micro-none 198 2 2.4% 63.6% 10.0 10
B-financial_services-ex_micro-profit 193 7 9.8% 58.3% 10.0 10
B-growth-all-none 191 8 0.0% 60.0% 10.0 10
B-growth-all-profit 191 8 0.0% 60.0% 10.0 10
B-growth-ex_micro-none 195 5 0.0% 55.6% 10.0 10
B-growth-ex_micro-profit 194 5 0.0% 50.0% 10.0 10
B-healthcare-all-none 200 0 0.0% 46.2% 10.0 10
B-healthcare-all-profit 195 5 2.4% 53.3% 10.0 10
B-healthcare-ex_micro-none 196 4 0.0% 50.0% 10.0 10
B-healthcare-ex_micro-profit 191 7 4.9% 50.0% 11.0 11
B-industrials-all-none 198 2 0.0% 60.0% 10.0 10
B-industrials-all-profit 191 9 0.0% 60.0% 10.0 10
B-industrials-ex_micro-none 200 0 0.0% 60.0% 10.0 10
B-industrials-ex_micro-profit 192 8 0.0% 60.0% 10.0 10
B-real_estate-all-none 198 2 0.0% 66.7% 9.0 9
B-real_estate-all-profit 193 7 9.8% 66.7% 10.0 10
B-real_estate-ex_micro-none 194 6 4.9% 60.0% 11.0 11
B-real_estate-ex_micro-profit 194 5 7.3% 64.3% 10.0 10
B-technology-all-none 196 4 0.0% 53.8% 11.0 11
B-technology-all-profit 194 6 0.0% 60.0% 9.5 10
B-technology-ex_micro-none 194 6 0.0% 57.4% 9.0 9
B-technology-ex_micro-profit 195 5 0.0% 59.1% 10.0 10
B-utilities-all-none 196 4 4.9% 61.5% 10.0 10
B-utilities-all-profit 193 7 24.4% 60.0% 10.0 10
B-utilities-ex_micro-none 190 10 22.0% 53.8% 10.5 10
B-utilities-ex_micro-profit 187 13 22.0% 55.6% 11.0 11

Turnover and size for the other arms on the no-gate cells:

Cell arm turnover per quarter (median) names held requested stood aside
A-micro-none placebo 81.8% 10.0 10 0.0%
A-micro-none asdesigned 70.0% 10.0 10 0.0%
A-small-none placebo 80.0% 10.0 10 0.0%
A-small-none asdesigned 70.0% 10.0 10 0.0%
A-mid-none placebo 80.0% 10.0 10 0.0%
A-mid-none asdesigned 70.0% 10.0 10 0.0%
A-large-none placebo 76.9% 10.0 10 0.0%
A-large-none asdesigned 60.0% 10.0 10 0.0%
A-micro_small-none placebo 85.7% 10.0 10 0.0%
A-micro_small-none asdesigned 80.0% 10.0 10 0.0%
A-small_mid-none placebo 84.6% 10.0 10 0.0%
A-small_mid-none asdesigned 70.0% 10.0 10 0.0%
A-mid_large-none placebo 80.0% 10.0 10 0.0%
A-mid_large-none asdesigned 70.0% 10.0 10 0.0%
A-ex_micro-none placebo 83.3% 10.0 10 0.0%
A-ex_micro-none asdesigned 70.0% 10.0 10 0.0%
A-all-none placebo 85.7% 10.0 10 0.0%
A-all-none asdesigned 80.0% 10.0 10 0.0%

5. Per-holdout T1 to T3, every cell (design-space arm)

Cell H1 CAGR H1 max DD H1 Sharpe H2 CAGR H2 max DD H2 Sharpe H3 CAGR H3 max DD H3 Sharpe H4 CAGR H4 max DD H4 Sharpe
A-micro-none 83.6 87.0 82.0 97.4 100.0 100.0 99.4 99.8 99.6 100.0 100.0 100.0
A-micro-profit 76.0 83.0 72.2 78.5 90.0 88.8 46.8 53.6 48.2 63.9 79.2 75.2
A-micro-solvent 76.0 81.6 71.8 95.6 99.8 99.8 97.8 99.0 98.2 99.6 100.0 100.0
A-small-none 55.2 69.4 46.5 67.9 91.3 79.7 81.0 97.8 90.9 61.1 97.6 87.9
A-small-profit 49.2 62.8 42.8 20.3 36.5 36.8 44.5 46.3 43.8 63.3 91.7 83.4
A-small-solvent 57.5 69.5 48.6 66.2 89.0 79.8 80.4 97.8 89.4 61.6 98.2 88.2
A-mid-none 85.7 93.9 88.8 43.6 44.5 42.8 77.4 73.6 80.4 77.2 96.0 93.6
A-mid-profit 88.0 97.1 91.1 19.4 16.0 22.4 61.0 54.6 60.2 67.4 70.8 71.2
A-mid-solvent 78.6 89.0 79.0 46.8 49.0 49.4 76.0 70.6 80.0 77.6 95.0 92.4
A-large-none 94.8 95.4 96.4 25.7 21.5 25.2 81.2 83.6 82.8 48.0 49.2 52.6
A-large-profit 94.9 93.5 95.7 14.4 6.4 11.2 79.8 73.2 82.6 78.2 60.3 73.5
A-large-solvent 95.2 94.8 96.0 23.3 17.4 22.9 81.4 84.2 83.8 46.6 52.8 50.4
A-micro_small-none 66.2 67.4 63.0 87.7 98.9 97.8 93.4 99.2 97.4 90.7 99.6 97.9
A-micro_small-profit 54.8 67.8 47.0 34.8 65.2 57.1 54.2 65.2 58.4 53.8 87.6 74.6
A-micro_small-solvent 56.5 62.2 53.6 87.8 98.6 97.6 90.7 98.6 96.0 84.5 99.0 95.4
A-small_mid-none 65.2 77.2 61.4 56.4 82.0 74.1 80.8 94.2 90.0 71.3 97.8 94.0
A-small_mid-profit 70.8 86.6 65.6 11.8 11.0 12.0 58.4 57.4 60.9 60.4 76.8 66.0
A-small_mid-solvent 69.1 77.4 66.8 55.6 75.1 72.3 82.6 92.8 90.6 68.4 97.6 92.1
A-mid_large-none 96.0 98.4 98.4 25.7 33.8 26.6 77.2 83.2 81.9 66.2 88.4 88.1
A-mid_large-profit 95.8 97.8 98.2 20.3 18.2 23.1 75.8 68.2 78.8 68.6 68.0 70.6
A-mid_large-solvent 94.2 97.6 97.4 29.3 36.7 31.8 81.9 86.0 88.3 67.8 87.6 86.8
A-ex_micro-none 90.0 96.2 93.4 36.6 67.4 48.8 81.4 94.6 90.8 64.2 94.8 89.0
A-ex_micro-profit 90.0 97.2 93.8 6.7 11.2 9.8 65.8 55.6 63.6 70.8 80.6 72.2
A-ex_micro-solvent 91.0 96.1 94.2 33.6 54.7 39.3 84.0 94.4 92.8 64.7 93.0 86.8
A-all-none 78.4 82.0 79.0 59.2 89.7 75.6 95.2 98.2 98.2 80.6 95.4 91.8
A-all-profit 90.4 97.2 93.4 10.4 30.4 25.6 60.4 74.0 72.0 46.7 73.7 58.5
A-all-solvent 81.0 83.3 80.4 53.6 89.2 73.3 92.6 97.0 97.2 76.3 95.6 90.7
A-all-solvent18 80.8 89.4 84.6 81.8 98.2 94.4 98.4 98.8 99.6 83.1 94.2 91.6
B-basic_materials-all-none 66.4 85.6 60.6 25.0 33.8 28.8 89.9 87.8 87.3 66.7 70.8 70.4
B-basic_materials-all-profit 61.4 84.2 57.2 26.0 24.8 31.6 66.1 65.3 63.9 23.6 47.0 25.2
B-basic_materials-ex_micro-none 39.0 62.2 32.4 16.4 31.8 21.0 84.0 85.2 79.3 43.0 52.4 43.7
B-basic_materials-ex_micro-profit 49.2 73.2 45.0 17.9 33.6 23.8 71.0 81.5 72.4 19.8 29.9 21.0
B-communication_services-all-none 88.4 95.4 90.0 84.4 96.8 91.8 79.5 91.8 82.2 84.5 97.2 92.8
B-communication_services-all-profit 96.8 95.9 97.9 72.5 82.2 82.4 69.2 74.8 70.6 71.8 75.0 78.0
B-communication_services-ex_micro-none 86.2 96.0 88.4 68.8 79.4 67.9 73.2 84.2 75.7 61.8 93.6 76.1
B-communication_services-ex_micro-profit 93.0 93.5 93.5 55.0 51.8 57.2 78.6 80.4 82.4 74.1 70.3 79.2
B-consumer_cyclical-all-none 56.2 65.2 48.2 30.2 83.6 36.2 92.0 97.1 95.8 94.6 94.5 95.8
B-consumer_cyclical-all-profit 29.7 41.6 25.8 8.9 50.5 13.1 68.1 81.0 77.5 86.8 87.5 89.6
B-consumer_cyclical-ex_micro-none 45.2 55.8 38.5 13.6 63.3 12.9 79.5 91.3 89.0 87.4 85.0 90.2
B-consumer_cyclical-ex_micro-profit 42.5 54.5 35.6 5.9 29.4 9.6 74.0 78.2 81.2 86.6 76.4 87.8
B-consumer_defensive-all-none 47.8 68.1 49.8 46.2 82.6 36.4 88.8 89.8 91.4 95.5 98.6 97.8
B-consumer_defensive-all-profit 40.4 58.2 40.4 21.6 41.4 26.8 52.4 52.2 52.4 64.6 66.8 63.6
B-consumer_defensive-ex_micro-none 32.4 47.8 33.8 29.8 68.2 25.8 81.4 82.0 81.6 74.8 78.6 74.0
B-consumer_defensive-ex_micro-profit 19.8 34.8 19.2 27.2 48.8 31.2 59.7 68.0 58.4 61.1 65.7 60.9
B-cyclical-all-none 84.5 87.6 81.7 30.8 73.0 48.6 87.8 87.4 93.0 75.6 94.0 83.4
B-cyclical-all-profit 71.2 81.6 65.3 12.7 43.0 27.9 66.6 66.6 71.4 59.5 86.1 78.6
B-cyclical-ex_micro-none 80.5 89.0 74.5 18.0 49.2 33.4 72.0 72.4 80.0 62.6 89.6 79.0
B-cyclical-ex_micro-profit 67.5 82.5 61.5 13.7 46.8 32.4 50.6 68.4 63.2 64.4 91.2 80.6
B-defensive-all-none 75.8 95.0 80.4 98.0 100.0 99.8 98.0 100.0 99.8 89.0 99.4 95.0
B-defensive-all-profit 40.7 47.4 41.3 17.3 21.2 19.7 70.6 74.4 74.6 43.0 75.2 50.9
B-defensive-ex_micro-none 69.1 85.0 73.9 90.8 99.6 95.8 89.7 99.0 97.2 44.2 94.6 56.3
B-defensive-ex_micro-profit 28.2 35.8 28.4 9.8 10.0 11.0 72.8 77.8 74.8 27.2 62.4 29.0
B-energy-all-none 79.7 85.8 77.4 67.0 95.4 99.0 71.6 88.9 88.8 72.1 90.7 77.3
B-energy-all-profit 48.8 48.8 59.8 82.8 93.6 97.2 42.8 31.0 45.2 49.0 48.7 43.1
B-energy-ex_micro-none 84.8 89.6 83.0 38.6 93.6 91.8 61.4 90.6 80.0 69.1 92.8 77.9
B-energy-ex_micro-profit 65.4 64.0 72.8 66.4 89.8 92.4 47.2 55.2 47.4 41.4 48.4 41.0
B-financial-all-none 61.2 81.8 44.2 39.6 27.2 47.8 67.8 81.9 73.5 68.9 80.6 75.0
B-financial-all-profit 66.5 91.1 51.1 21.7 5.6 23.3 80.0 68.0 80.0 87.8 32.7 56.5
B-financial-ex_micro-none 87.5 96.5 82.1 14.2 8.4 18.2 74.2 80.6 81.2 77.1 52.6 60.2
B-financial-ex_micro-profit 84.0 94.0 78.0 10.8 2.8 17.2 66.8 77.4 76.8 91.2 40.4 59.1
B-financial_services-all-none 63.8 70.6 51.0 25.6 29.6 39.8 74.4 84.4 83.2 64.6 69.0 69.9
B-financial_services-all-profit 58.6 71.2 45.0 17.8 5.0 16.6 65.2 52.2 65.6 82.4 19.2 49.0
B-financial_services-ex_micro-none 83.4 96.2 67.8 2.6 8.6 5.3 73.0 74.1 80.9 72.0 33.9 54.9
B-financial_services-ex_micro-profit 78.8 89.9 73.5 3.0 3.0 3.4 80.4 80.0 88.2 89.0 38.2 59.8
B-growth-all-none 94.2 90.4 97.6 87.6 94.4 94.6 98.0 96.6 98.4 89.0 92.6 96.4
B-growth-all-profit 95.8 87.8 97.6 56.0 44.6 59.4 80.2 72.3 82.3 75.6 67.8 83.0
B-growth-ex_micro-none 91.8 92.7 96.3 70.3 70.2 72.6 92.3 83.6 92.2 65.0 82.1 84.0
B-growth-ex_micro-profit 97.0 90.8 97.8 42.4 26.0 46.4 77.7 61.4 76.3 73.0 62.3 77.1
B-healthcare-all-none 91.0 99.0 97.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.4 99.8 99.2 90.6 99.0 94.6
B-healthcare-all-profit 76.4 67.4 77.4 62.6 85.0 70.6 84.5 93.1 87.5 60.2 73.7 71.6
B-healthcare-ex_micro-none 89.2 98.6 95.0 98.6 100.0 100.0 86.2 99.8 96.1 43.8 88.1 49.9
B-healthcare-ex_micro-profit 55.4 49.3 55.1 42.2 63.1 43.6 82.0 93.7 88.3 59.8 71.0 76.8
B-industrials-all-none 88.0 88.4 89.2 48.8 82.6 73.4 81.8 82.8 85.8 79.8 88.0 86.4
B-industrials-all-profit 82.3 88.3 83.5 20.0 55.6 50.4 47.8 54.6 51.4 55.4 45.6 54.8
B-industrials-ex_micro-none 89.0 93.0 91.2 28.0 63.0 56.3 72.0 78.6 82.0 60.0 70.6 71.6
B-industrials-ex_micro-profit 88.6 91.8 92.4 13.6 48.8 36.8 42.4 50.0 49.2 44.8 50.4 50.3
B-real_estate-all-none 45.0 31.2 50.4 19.8 22.8 30.0 58.2 68.6 56.8 63.8 71.2 64.6
B-real_estate-all-profit 32.5 21.3 36.9 14.8 25.0 30.2 48.2 67.4 42.2 34.9 33.0 34.7
B-real_estate-ex_micro-none 44.0 31.2 50.7 8.8 15.4 16.8 56.6 72.6 55.6 44.0 36.0 43.4
B-real_estate-ex_micro-profit 36.0 29.0 44.0 24.4 27.4 44.3 51.6 64.4 48.4 26.0 19.8 26.6
B-technology-all-none 90.2 85.4 93.8 87.0 96.6 96.2 99.0 98.4 99.2 86.4 93.4 97.2
B-technology-all-profit 84.8 89.4 94.4 35.2 41.8 42.2 82.2 90.0 88.2 74.6 86.0 83.4
B-technology-ex_micro-none 87.2 89.8 94.4 52.2 63.1 55.1 89.8 90.4 92.4 62.6 83.8 78.9
B-technology-ex_micro-profit 89.3 97.2 97.2 34.0 35.8 43.6 76.4 73.5 80.5 80.0 87.4 85.8
B-utilities-all-none 58.4 45.5 56.9 39.2 33.4 35.9 64.8 72.6 65.0 50.7 72.9 55.2
B-utilities-all-profit 43.6 53.3 44.7 25.4 17.1 24.4 33.6 37.6 34.7 27.1 64.8 30.6
B-utilities-ex_micro-none 27.6 35.4 29.0 38.4 22.2 32.8 66.0 74.8 64.8 38.9 48.6 41.4
B-utilities-ex_micro-profit 38.0 38.5 39.8 19.2 8.2 15.1 51.6 61.4 51.6 30.1 50.7 28.0

Scoring took 2477s.