Strategy category

Mean Reversion strategies

Strategies that fade stretched moves and bet on a return toward a recent average. 16 strategies, each backtested on up to 10 markets with the same rules. Figures below are for each strategy's main market over the last five years.

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StrategyMain market5Y CAGR5Y Sharpe5Y Max DD
MR-02 Bollinger Band ReversionBuy at lower band, exit at middle band with bandwidth filter.SPY3.1%0.39-9.0%
MR-05 CCI Mean ReversionBuy oversold CCI readings, exit at neutral.SPY4.1%0.43-16.2%
STAT-11 Cointegration BasketTrade mean-reverting spread across multiple assets.SPY-0.2%-0.06-6.4%
MR-16 Connors RSIComposite RSI using price, streak, and rank.SPY7.9%1.03-7.6%
MR-14 Detrended Price OscillatorMean reversion using a detrended price oscillator.SPY0.7%0.14-7.5%
MR-07 Hurst-Filtered Mean ReversionMean reversion only when Hurst exponent indicates mean-reverting regime.SPY2.2%0.37-10.7%
MR-03 Kalman Filter Mean ReversionTrade deviations from Kalman-estimated fair value.SPY2.1%0.25-12.1%
MR-12 Money Flow Index ReversionBuy oversold MFI, exit at neutral.SPY3.9%0.43-12.9%
MR-04 Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Mean ReversionTrade based on OU process parameter estimation and half-life.SPY1.1%0.24-6.5%
MR-01 RSI Mean ReversionBuy oversold and fade overbought with a volatility cap.SPY5.2%0.77-7.2%
MR-10 Stochastic Oscillator ReversionBuy oversold stochastic, exit at neutral.SPY7.7%0.66-15.8%
COMBO-04 Trend + Mean Reversion HybridFollow trend, buy pullbacks.SPY2.0%0.38-8.8%
MR-13 TRIX ReversionBuy deep TRIX pullbacks and exit on mean reversion.SPY0.0%0.000.0%
MR-15 Ultimate OscillatorBuy oversold Ultimate Oscillator, exit at neutral.SPY6.2%0.70-11.8%
MR-11 Williams %R ReversionBuy oversold Williams %R, exit at neutral.SPY1.4%0.17-20.4%
MR-06 Z-Score Mean ReversionSimple z-score reversion with volatility and trend filters.SPY7.7%0.86-10.4%

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