SYSTEMATIC FUTURES RESEARCH

Systematic futures research,
engineered from first principles.

Automated futures strategy research built around validation, regime intelligence, opportunity scanning, and sim-to-live execution discipline.

Most retail algorithmic trading begins with the strategy. We start with the infrastructure: data integrity, validation discipline, regime context, replay reconciliation, and the operational question of when a system should fire, reduce, or stand down.

REGIME/A2
STRESS/MODERATE
ES/TRACKING
NQ/TRACKING
CL/STANDBY
ZB/STANDBY
SIM/LIVE/SYNCED
HOLDOUT/LOCKED
SCANNER/ACTIVE
REGIME/A2
STRESS/MODERATE
ES/TRACKING
NQ/TRACKING
CL/STANDBY
ZB/STANDBY
SIM/LIVE/SYNCED
HOLDOUT/LOCKED
SCANNER/ACTIVE

02 / THE QUESTION

Why does the same setup work brilliantly in one environment and fail in another?

That question sits underneath the entire research stack. A strategy can look strong in aggregate and still behave very differently across market environments. The real work is not only finding an edge. The real work is understanding when that edge is present, when it is degraded, and when the system should stand down.

The strategy is only one layer. The regime decides when the layer belongs.

REGIME DECISION LOGIC

SETUP: VALID
REGIME: MISMATCH
ACTION: REDUCE / STAND DOWN
SETUP: VALID
REGIME: ACCEPTED
ACTION: ELIGIBLE

03 / THE OPERATING STACK

The operating stack.

01 / STRATEGY PORTFOLIO

Strategy Portfolio

Multiple intraday futures strategies with structurally different edge mechanisms.

OPEN RANGE FADE
PRE-CASH BREAKOUT
SESSION ANCHOR
PORTFOLIO UNIT

02 / REGIME LAYER

Regime Layer

Cross-asset regime classification used as a sizing overlay, not an entry filter.

A1 / GROWTH
A2 / LATE-CYCLE
A3 / DEBASEMENT
A4 / STRESS

03 / VALIDATION PIPELINE

Validation Pipeline

Locked holdouts, walk-forward testing, sample-size floors, and sim-to-live reconciliation.

04 / OPPORTUNITY SCANNER

Opportunity Scanner

Continuous scanning across futures instruments for structurally different candidates.

01CANDIDATE /REVIEW
02HOLDOUT /PASS
03EXIT MIX /STABLE
04DEPLOYMENT /SHELVED

05 / RECONCILIATION

Sim-to-Live Reconciliation

Research engine treated as a digital twin of the live execution environment.

SIM09:31:14ENTRYLIVE09:31:14ENTRYDELTA00.00sOK

VALIDATION STATUS

SIM ENGINE: REBASELINE REQUIRED
REPLAY DRIFT: CHECK PENDING
HOLDOUT: LOCKED
DEPLOYMENT: NOT ELIGIBLE UNTIL VERIFIED

04 / ARTIFACTS

Research artifacts, not decoration.

The visuals on this site are outputs from the research process. Candidate edges get rejected. Regime overlays drive real sizing decisions. Reconciliation checks either pass or flag drift.

CANDIDATE EDGE / NQ OPENING WINDOW

HOLDOUT: FAILED
REASON: EXIT MIX INSTABILITY
ACTION: SHELVED

REGIME OVERLAY / ACTIVE

ARCHETYPE: A2
STRESS SCORE: MODERATE
SIZING: REDUCED

REPLAY RECONCILIATION

DRIFT: WITHIN TOLERANCE
FILL MODEL: VERIFIED
STATUS: ELIGIBLE

PARAMETER NEIGHBORHOOD

PEAK: REJECTED
REASON: ISOLATED OUTLIER
SELECTION: SMOOTH CELL

REGIME QUESTION

SAME SETUP: DIFFERENT OUTCOME
CAUSE: MARKET STATE SHIFT
RESPONSE: CLASSIFY BEFORE SCALING

RESEARCH MEMO / REGIME OVERLAY

Not every day is a trading day.

How regime gating changes when an automated strategy should fire, reduce, or stand down.

Read memo