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VIX Backwardation — exploratory campaign

Is VIX > VIX3M useful as risk-off, exit, or overlay after synthetic history is labeled?

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What the research found

Mechanism and falsifiers

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Confidence and limitations

  • VIX3M pre-history may be synthetic; label as such.

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vix-backwardation.spot-minus-3m.threshold0.hold20
variant id

vix-backwardation.spot-minus-3m.threshold0.hold20

family id

vix-backwardation

parameters
threshold

0

holding period

20

created by

source_baseline

reason tested

spot vs 3M sign

status

exploratory

tags
  • useful_as_filter

  • regime_dependent

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Research record

Source claims, inferred rules, experiments and the evidence behind the assessment.

Source
kind

term_structure

prior experiments
  • qm-4bx.15

What the source claims
  • Backwardation when spot VIX exceeds VIX3M.

  • SMA/quantile variants from prior sleeve work.

Rules actually disclosed
  • Backwardation when spot VIX exceeds VIX3M.

What had to be inferred
  • SMA/quantile variants from prior sleeve work.

Research questions
  • Is VIX > VIX3M useful as risk-off, exit, or overlay after synthetic history is labeled?

Data
inputs
  • VIX

  • VIX3M

  • SPY

Baseline implementation
variant id

vix-backwardation.spot-minus-3m.threshold0.hold20

family id

vix-backwardation

parameters
threshold

0

holding period

20

created by

source_baseline

reason tested

spot vs 3M sign

status

exploratory

metrics
label

exploratory

tags
  • useful_as_filter

  • regime_dependent

What to try interactively
  • name

    threshold

    type

    float

    default

    0

Suggested next research
  • Curve ensemble vs simple spread.

Trial ledger
  • iteration number

    1

    objective

    initial source exploration

Next questions

Review status

awaiting research feedback. Research publication does not imply official admission.

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