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Strategy #0000000151 · Machine learning

Online portfolio multiplicative-update scenario
Enter three periods of returns for three assets, follow/fade mode, learning rate and turnover cost.

Online portfolio selection updates weights as price relatives arrive without assuming a fixed return distribution. Multiplicative updates can increase recent winners or contrarily favour laggards; regret guarantees depend on the algorithm and assumptions. This tool demonstrates a no-look-ahead three-asset, three-period update with manual returns; it does not implement Cover’s universal portfolio or OLMAR.

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How do winner-following and contrarian updates perform after turnover costs using only prior returns?

Online portfolio selection updates weights as price relatives arrive without assuming a fixed return distribution. Multiplicative updates can increase recent winners or contrarily favour laggards; regret guarantees depend on the algorithm and assumptions. This tool demonstrates a no-look-ahead three-asset, three-period update with manual returns; it does not implement Cover’s universal portfolio or OLMAR.

Enter three periods of returns for three assets, follow/fade mode, learning rate and turnover cost.

Uses only three manual periods; no long-run regret, missing data or out-of-sample robustness is assessed.

  • Input assumptionsEnter three periods of returns for three assets, follow/fade mode, learning rate and turnover cost.
  • Model outputUses only three manual periods; no long-run regret, missing data or out-of-sample robustness is assessed.

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Related strategyRelationshipWhat changesNew cost or risk
Base scenarioManual inputsOnline portfolio selection updates weights as price relatives arrive without assuming a fixed return distribution. Multiplicative updates can increase recent winners or contrarily favour laggards; regret guarantees depend on the algorithm and assumptions. This tool demonstrates a no-look-ahead three-asset, three-period update with manual returns; it does not implement Cover’s universal portfolio or OLMAR.Uses only three manual periods; no long-run regret, missing data or out-of-sample robustness is assessed.
Conservative versionHigher cost/lossStress higher costs, larger losses or lower liquidity.May lower scenario returns.
Validation versionData reviewTest model inputs with consistent contracts and timestamps.Needs licensed, representative data.

Uses only three manual periods; no long-run regret, missing data or out-of-sample robustness is assessed.

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References

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

  1. 01Cover (1991), Universal Portfoliosresearch