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Exploratory campaigns, experiments, and negative results. Playable and labeled — not official catalog admission.

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2026-09-04

PRO>Trendex Charts | RecessionAlert — exploratory proxy campaign

completed Research 1598 recessionalert research_campaign proxy trendex

SHA-pinned PRO>Trendex Charts page discloses three DEM++ stop horizons, diffusion 0-3 staging, and 20y duration-exceedance probabilities with 85%+ conviction gated on crosses, without a stop formula or on-row assets. Twenty-nine labeled close-only public proxies plus related off-

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2026-09-03

SP-500 Probability Model (SPM) V1.0 | RecessionAlert — proxy campaign

completed Research 1575 recessionalert research_campaign spm sp500

The SHA-pinned SPM V1.0 page describes a 6-factor percentile-rank diffusion model for S&P 500 correction bottoms using drawdown, duration, bull traps, consecutive down-weeks, VIX, and a proprietary modified DeMark count. Twenty-four proxy variants tested across VIX de-trending me

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2026-09-03

PRO > OPTIMUM | RecessionAlert — exploratory proxy campaign

completed Research 1549 recessionalert research_campaign proxy optimum

SHA-pinned PRO>OPTIMUM page discloses an OPTIMUM/STM/OPT-D dashboard without formulas or on-row assets. Twenty-six labeled public month-end proxies plus related off-row OPTIMUM_DATA.xlsx overlays were executed with causal lag>=1; disposition exploratory_tested_proxy under Other/R

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2026-09-03

MODELS: Understanding SP500 Gen2 Persistent Current Trend (PCT) probability model | RecessionAlert — exploratory proxy campaign

completed Research 1547 recessionalert research_campaign proxy pct

SHA-pinned PCT/Gen2 page discloses four zig-zag horizons, PCT expand-x, and ST-ALGO lag/latch hints without a closed-form map or on-row assets. Twenty-nine labeled close-only public proxies plus related off-row WeeklyData GEN-2 overlays were executed with causal lag>=1; dispositi

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2026-09-03

CHARTS >Monthly Charts | RecessionAlert — exploratory proxy campaign

completed Research 1528 recessionalert research_campaign proxy monthly-charts

SHA-pinned Monthly Charts page discloses a multi-tab monthly chart family and cadence only, with zero linked assets. Twenty-one labeled public month-end proxy variants (Sahm/LEI/VIX-YC/CMHI/macro vote/best_effort) were executed with causal lag>=1; disposition exploratory_tested_p

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2026-09-03

Market Top Warnings | RecessionAlert — exploratory proxy campaign

completed Research 1445 recessionalert research_campaign proxy market-top-warnings

SHA-pinned Market Top Warnings page discloses HILO/HILO2/NEWHI and dashboard SELL hints but no native series. Eighteen labeled public-proxy variants were executed with causal lag>=1; disposition exploratory_tested_proxy under Other/Research, not a playable indicator.

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2026-09-02

DeMark analysis for SP-500 | RecessionAlert — exploratory proxy campaign

completed Research 1379 recessionalert research_campaign proxy demark

The SHA-pinned DeMark SP-500 article discloses modified TD-Setup Class-A/B/C rules with RA buy>=8/sell>=9 thresholds but no native setup/summation series. Twenty-four labeled public-proxy variants were executed with causal lag defaults; publication is exploratory Other/Research o

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2026-09-01

RecessionAlert Bitcoin: inferred public-proxy campaign

Insufficient evidence Experiment

Five labeled BTC price, Mayer, momentum, and correction proxies were executed over a frozen 5,852-row Coin Metrics PriceUSD history with cached SPY/BIL sleeves. Causal lag-1 and lag-2 variants are retained, lag-zero is a control only, and no candidate establishes native Recession

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2026-08-30

Best-effort exploration for incomplete research sources

completed Research 1699 pipeline research_campaign best_effort

Research pipeline now requires proxy search and at least three inferred-rule variants instead of stopping when series, rules, or lag are missing. RecessionAlert source-fidelity specs stay as documentary records; #1331–#1373 are reopened under the new contract.

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2026-08-29

RecessionAlert leading U.S.-stock indicator: no executable series

Insufficient evidence Experiment

No playable series. The SHA-verified May 1, 2024 article discloses OECD LEI breadth, central-bank easing breadth, reported 7- and 10-month leads, a 0.57 R-squared claim, monthly report/chart location, and qualitative buy-the-dip context, but no machine-readable observations, exac

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2026-08-29

RecessionAlert monthly leading US index: no executable series

Insufficient evidence Experiment

No playable series. The SHA-verified March 3, 2016 article lists 23 monthly components, four recession-probability interpretations, a preferred average of the highest two probabilities, and Long-/Short-leading views, but provides no source-linked observations, complete transforma

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2026-08-29

RecessionAlert Recession Fear Indicator: no executable series

Insufficient evidence Experiment

No playable series. The SHA-verified March 6, 2012 article describes Google global search volume for recession as a promising indicator and fear gauge, with contextual 2008 and 2011 observations, but no machine-readable Fear series, reproducible query configuration, native span,

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2026-08-29

RecessionAlert RFD: no executable series

Insufficient evidence Experiment

No playable series. The SHA-verified March 18, 2022 page describes a fifteen-model recession diffusion ranging from 0 to 15 and a documented warning trigger above five (at least six models in recession), with an approximately six-month lead objective. The checked-in snapshot has

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2026-08-29

RecessionAlert TRENDEX SP-500: no executable series

Insufficient evidence Experiment

No playable series. The SHA-verified September 4, 2019 article describes support/resistance trend tracking and dynamically mapped historical reversal probabilities, with top/bottom probability context, STOP, p(n), and p(n+1) labels. It contains no source-linked observations, exac

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2026-08-29

RecessionAlert SP-500 seasonal trends: no executable series

Insufficient evidence Experiment

No playable series. The SHA-verified December 27, 2019 article describes annual, bi-annual, tri-annual, and quadrennial SP500 seasonality from monthly closes since 1957, rank-based composite scoring, and short/long/2x strategy text, but the snapshot contains no source-linked mont

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2026-08-28

Promote all past indicator and strategy families by best variant

completed Research 1038 indicators strategies best-variant public-proxy

Inventoried the 30 issue-linked experiment records and related findings, documented one best variant per distinct family, added the missing VIX/NH-NL and four Berg public-proxy families to the canonical Other-indicators signal registry, and regenerated producer-owned experiment a

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2026-08-26

Walk-forward confirmation of UPRO ensemble frontier

completed Research 1312 UPRO research-campaign walk-forward leveraged-etf

Preregistered expanding annual January selection on the issue-1310 causal neighborhood. Primary local stitched OOS CAGR 12.23% with max drawdown -25.45% fails the -25% floor; safety-margin and focused-grid frozen rules still clear without full-sample parameter choice.

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2026-08-26

Exploratory 3x S&P diverse-indicator ensemble under a 25% drawdown cap

completed Research 1310 UPRO research-campaign leveraged-etf drawdown-control

Searched conceptually diverse indicators to maximize causal UPRO/cash CAGR while keeping historical maximum drawdown at or above -25%. The exploratory winner reaches 8.32% full-window CAGR (-24.78% drawdown) and 12.75% in the actual-UPRO era. Owner feedback after review requires

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2026-08-23

Replicate RecessionAlert: Zweig Breadth Thrust

completed Research qm-09tp zweig breadth-thrust recessionalert zbt-a

Reproduced the RecessionAlert Zweig Breadth Thrust Redux (ZBT-A) from SHA-verified offline fixtures (page 6cc53ced 93502 bytes and WeeklyData.xlsx fc2be5f1) as a buy-only Other-indicators signal with 12 Redux markers 2004-05-21→2022-10-04 replayed exact, classic 0.40/0.615/10d di

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2026-08-23

Replicate RecessionAlert: Recession Fear Indicator

completed Research qm-09tp recessionalert fear-indicator google-trends

Documented the RecessionAlert Recession Fear Indicator from the SHA-verified offline page (sha256:2cb8464ee, 83313 bytes) and six workbook assets as a fail-closed public gap report: Google Trends global recession search volume is the only disclosed input, no threshold, cadence, l

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2026-08-23

Replicate RecessionAlert: USMLEI

completed Research qm-09tp usmlei recessionalert leading-index

Reproduced the RecessionAlert U.S. Monthly Leading Economic Index from SHA-verified offline fixtures (pages dbea5c54e/508260beb and MonthlyData.xlsx 435d142f) as a continuous Other-indicators gauge (-100 to +100, 698 months 1968-05→2026-06, Oct 2022 -18.4 vs page -19.7, 210 negat

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2026-08-22

Turin LT: a near-perfect replay that still cannot trade live

Completed Experiment

Yes for historical shape, no for a live strategy. The frozen 80% event replay reaches 0.999982 correlation with the published report and matches every major rise, pause, and drawdown. But the Pine source, five signal defaults, exact input formulas, and a genuinely untouched econo

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2026-08-22

Implement generic trailing-stop adapter with volatility-aware sizing

completed Research trailing-stop atr volatility generic-signals experiment-harness

Extended generic trailing-stop harness with ATR and volatility-scaled variants compared against fixed percent stops on same window, costs and lag; new rows render in the experiment detail delta table and offline tests pass without live fetch.

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2026-08-22

Berg proprietary data proxy feasibility follow-up

completed Investigation

Completed Berg F4 composite licensing/ToS assessment as deferral to open bead qm-zfl5: native Berg 30k daily feeds remain proprietary/not redistributable per ledger F4 doctrine and gap record qm-zzdt, with zero Berg tickers in data/market.sqlite; no proprietary series adopted; F1

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2026-08-19

Wire generic harness for ADL Volume-Ratio experiment qm-kdnj.2

completed Experiment

Wired a reusable generic opposite-signal harness for the ADL Volume Ratio buy signal qm-kdnj.2 (USI:UVOL 7616 rows 1996-04-19→2026-08-11, USI:DVOL 8643 rows 1992-01-02→2026-08-11 tradingview close_only, persisted offline via ensure_universe offline=True) and published determinist

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2026-08-19

Wire generic harness for Fed ROC experiment qm-kdnj.5

completed Experiment

Wired a reusable generic opposite-signal harness for the Fed balance-sheet ROC buy signal qm-kdnj.5 (WSHOSHO weekly W-WED 1234 rows 2002-12-18→2026-08-05 via FRED fredgraph.csv and macro_series_meta, persisted offline via ensure_macro offline=True) and published head-to-head indi

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2026-08-19

Wire generic harness for VIX contango experiment qm-kdnj.3

completed Experiment

Wired generic opposite-signal harness for the VIX contango Pine experiment qm-kdnj.3 (VIX/VIX3M EMA50/252, sell when EMA50>EMA252, SMA-seed, 252 warmup, continuous regime) with ^VIX 9215 rows and ^VIX3M 5032 rows persisted offline in data/market.sqlite via yahoo instruments and p

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2026-08-18

S&P 500 breadth low Pine HMA20 8.5/0 fidelity re-audit

Rejected Experiment

Pine semantics frozen and tick-for-tick correct (HMA20=WMA(2*WMA10-WMA20,4) sparse buy impulse, 19 triggers native vs 18 SPY-aligned due to 2008-11-27 Thanksgiving bar shift and Jan28 HMA drift from holiday gap — 10.5% calendar delta not definition bug; evaluator vs direct delta

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2026-08-18

ADL Vol Ratio Pine UVOL/DVOL >22 fidelity re-audit

Rejected Experiment

Pine semantics frozen and tick-for-tick correct (strict >22 daily raw ratio, 0 mismatches vs prior qm-4bx.17/22: both 24 triggers 259 active hw20 on 1996-04-19→2026-08-11 7616 ratios; sum5 max 5.08 never hits 22, MA 3/5/10/20 collapse to 0, evaluator vs direct delta 0, pinned 15-

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2026-08-18

VIX Contango Pine VIX/VIX3M EMA50/252 fidelity re-audit

Rejected Experiment

Pine semantics are now frozen and tick-for-tick correct (SMA-seed EMA, continuous regime, 252-bar warmup). Date-fidelity audit vs prior 4-point ensemble (qm-4bx.15 spot3m_ratio sma10 quantile0.80) shows 31.9% mismatch (1528/4785 dates, prior 12.2% active vs 43.2% active, 75 vs 88

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2026-08-18

Run date-fidelity audit and republish experiment

completed Experiment

Re-audited the Pine cumulative NH-NL z50 regime on its maximal native span, quantifying 401 of 5,391 same-input date mismatches (7.44%) and 711 of 5,359 actual-legacy mismatches (13.27%), then published rejected experiment qm-kdnj.4 with 257 real monthly equity/signal points, 56

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2026-08-17

Lower CAGR in leveraged meta strategies — investigation

Completed Experiment

Reproduced: meta-max-sharpe base 10.64% vs lev2 10.32% on same 1991-385m window (mechanical 2x would be 21.78%). No display/annualization bug (diff 0.0). Order: sleeve levered path returns before aggregation, post-filter renorm. Selection changes ~31% months (38->10 sleeves). Gap

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2026-08-16

Extend Signals history with availability-bound aggregate

completed Research qm-p0m

Extended the Signals/risk-off aggregate to start at the earliest constituent, computing per-date contemporaneous maximum with stepped max line, shaded unavailable region and both raw count and normalized % (so 7 of 8 is distinct from 7 of 10) to keep charts readable as coverage g

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2026-08-16

Make the aggregate risk gauge interactive from signal tiles

completed Research qm-p0m

Added per-tile enable/disable controls that immediately recompute the top aggregate and contemporaneous maximum from the selected set, showing k-of-n selected plus select-all/clear/restore defaults with normalized risk over enabled signals only (static, no server). Commit 5922b39

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2026-08-15

Hook SPYST into refresh with late-mail handling and parse alerts

completed Research qm-xz0

Made SPYST a first-class refresh source on its real publication cadence — retrieve → extract → parse → validate → save → allocation → strategy/Meta rebuild — with expected-cadence modeling, late-mail distinction from no-update, explicit carry-forward policy and alerts on Gmail/fo

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2026-08-15

Add offline SPYST email-to-allocation regression fixtures

completed Research qm-xz0

Kept representative historical email/chart fixtures across consensus states to test the full email → image → parsed signal → target allocation path offline, so a publisher layout change fails loudly without hitting Gmail or the tracked SQLite cache. Commit f99650c2 added 386-line

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2026-08-15

Implement max-CAGR-at-vol kernel and wrappers

completed Research qm-7ad

Added run_max_cagr_at_vol_walk_forward to research/optimizer3_meta.py and ASMetaTargetCAGR classes to backtest/meta_strategy.py, wiring runners and making the export produce two new strategy payloads with weight invariants and vol-band checks. Commit 6048fd68 touched 5 files (601

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2026-08-15

Extract SPYST charts and parse a strict signal schema

completed Research qm-xz0

Added deterministic SPYST chart extraction handling attachments, inline MIME and referenced images with provenance (id, timestamp, sender, subject, chart, parser version) and a versioned schema for consensus state, long/neutral/defensive and confidence — keeping portfolio rules o

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2026-08-15

Remove the Compare Strategy surface

completed Research qm-rjo

Removed the low-value Compare surface (docs/compare.html, docs/assets/js/comparison.js and Compare nav links/Home/Catalog shortcuts) leaving only reusable helpers still referenced, with no broken links. Commit efa1b9e1 deleted 428 lines of comparison.js, 47 lines of compare.html

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3x S&P ensemble frontier — walk-forward confirmation

interesting negative result Research campaign interesting_negative_result needs_more_research parameter_sensitive candidate_for_confirmation data_limited

Primary local neighborhood stitched OOS CAGR 12.23% with max drawdown -25.45%; fails the preregistered stitched-path -25% floor.

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Milton Berg reconstructed buy/sell signals

useful as entry Research campaign useful_as_entry useful_as_exit data_limited fidelity_mismatch needs_more_research

Imported 53 reconstructed signals in 8 classes from the miltonberg workspace into Other → Indicators. Each card is an independent overlay, not an AllocateSmartly replica and not a claim that we replicate proprietary MB Edge internals.

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RecessionAlert ALIX — inferred public-proxy campaign

data limited Research campaign data_limited fidelity_mismatch parameter_sensitive regime_dependent predictive_not_tradable

Six inferred public-proxy variants were executed on the common 2002-07 through 2026-07 monthly panel; the lag-1 12-month liquidity-level proxy is the declared descriptive baseline.

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Analyzing SP-500 Seasonal Trends | RecessionAlert — exploratory proxy campaign

data limited Research campaign data_limited fidelity_mismatch parameter_sensitive regime_dependent predictive_not_tradable

The SHA-verified article discloses four monthly cycle families, three ranked characteristics, a composite concept, source-like short/long/2x bands, and optional cash/no-leverage language, but no source-linked signal series, scale conversion, publication clock, or complete executi

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RecessionAlert TRENDEX SP-500 — exploratory proxy campaign

data limited Research campaign data_limited fidelity_mismatch interesting_negative_result needs_more_research parameter_sensitive

The source-backed result is an incomplete support/resistance trend-duration and historical-reversal-probability concept; exact native observations, formula, STOP calculation, threshold, release lag, action mapping, and portfolio semantics are absent.

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PRO>Trendex Charts | RecessionAlert

data limited Research campaign data_limited fidelity_mismatch regime_dependent needs_more_research interesting_negative_result

Twenty-nine labeled variants executed with lag>=1 causal_primary (26) and lag-0/same-close control_only (3).

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RecessionAlert Weekly Leading Economic Index: exploratory proxy campaign

data limited Research campaign data_limited fidelity_mismatch interesting_negative_result needs_more_research parameter_sensitive

The source-backed result is a documented weekly macro growth-index concept, not a playable native indicator: exact observations, formula, threshold, action mapping, native span, and recurring point-in-time release are absent.

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RecessionAlert WLEI second-derivative warning: inferred proxy campaign

data limited Research campaign data_limited fidelity_mismatch interesting_negative_result needs_more_research parameter_sensitive

The source-backed result is a warning concept only: native WLEI/WLEI Diffusion observations, exact historical rank construction, release lag, threshold, state machine, and buy/sell action are not disclosed in the selected snapshot.

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Weekly liquid-ETF time-series trend evaluation (qm-4bx.14)

Investigate-only Experiment

Investigate; do not promote. The candidate is a research-only long/cash proxy, not a registered or published strategy. Its results are sufficient to preserve a reproducible trial and support a separate portfolio-level walk-forward, but not to admit it from this evaluation.

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Turbulence Index — labelled search vs blogpost (qm-pft.1)

Rejected Experiment

No blog-fidelity accept for qm-pft.1 (search complete). Catalog registration of a labelled proxy is handled separately in qm-pft.3 as turbulence-index-proxy (search baseline defaults) — still not a Sharpe~2.20 claim. Frozen rejected t352–t356 (OriginalTurbulenceIndex) remains unp

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