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Strategy #0000000118 · Time series and trend regimes

Hurst-exponent regime switching
Enter a Hurst exponent, neutral band, trend/reversion return scenarios and costs.

The Hurst exponent describes persistence across scales: values above 0.5 are often interpreted as trend persistence and values below 0.5 as anti-persistence or mean reversion. Finite samples, structural change, window choice and estimator bias can make H unstable; one estimate is not ground truth. This simulator selects between entered trend and reversion return scenarios using H and a neutral band.

Beginner-friendlyAbout 8 minutesEvidence and practical analysis

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Understand the story. Then inspect the risk.

Start with a familiar situation, check the payoff, then test how the numbers change.

The idea · in two minutes

When the Hurst exponent leaves a neutral band, which trend or reversion scenario applies?

The Hurst exponent describes persistence across scales: values above 0.5 are often interpreted as trend persistence and values below 0.5 as anti-persistence or mean reversion. Finite samples, structural change, window choice and estimator bias can make H unstable; one estimate is not ground truth. This simulator selects between entered trend and reversion return scenarios using H and a neutral band.

Enter a Hurst exponent, neutral band, trend/reversion return scenarios and costs.

No Hurst estimate or statistical significance is computed; R/S estimates can be confounded by trends and heteroskedasticity.

  • Input assumptionsEnter a Hurst exponent, neutral band, trend/reversion return scenarios and costs.
  • Model outputNo Hurst estimate or statistical significance is computed; R/S estimates can be confounded by trends and heteroskedasticity.

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Variants · same family, different risk levers

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Related strategyRelationshipWhat changesNew cost or risk
Base scenarioManual inputsThe Hurst exponent describes persistence across scales: values above 0.5 are often interpreted as trend persistence and values below 0.5 as anti-persistence or mean reversion. Finite samples, structural change, window choice and estimator bias can make H unstable; one estimate is not ground truth. This simulator selects between entered trend and reversion return scenarios using H and a neutral band.No Hurst estimate or statistical significance is computed; R/S estimates can be confounded by trends and heteroskedasticity.
Conservative versionLower exposureRaise cost/risk assumptions and constrain positions.May reduce participation.
Validation versionOut-of-sample testFreeze the method before evaluation on untouched data.Needs more clean data.

No Hurst estimate or statistical significance is computed; R/S estimates can be confounded by trends and heteroskedasticity.

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References

Primary sources and research used to describe the strategy and its limits.

  1. 01Peters (1994), Fractal Market Analysisresearch