Signal Families

The lab grouped by theme instead of one flat wall of alternative experiments.

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Attention & Sentiment

Signals: 52

Signals that try to catch sector moves through attention spikes, headlines, search interest, and sentiment shifts.

Live Only: 24 Parked: 4 Sandbox: 24
  • VIX Term Structure +0.97% (Live Only)
  • News Sentiment Surge On Corporate Cost-cutting Announcements Signals Equity Volatility Expansion +0.08% (Live Only)
  • Rss News Volume Spike On Corporate Bond Downgrades Signals Credit Stress Rotation +0.05% (Live Only)
  • Daily Surge In Google Trends For Home Office Setup Signals Bullish Technology Sector 0.00% (Sandbox)
  • Daily Spike In Rss News Count For Semiconductor Equipment Orders Signals Chip Sector Rebound 0.00% (Sandbox)

Consumer Stress

Signals: 145

Signals built around consumer pressure, housing, rates, and spending strain before that stress fully shows up in sector prices.

Failed: 1 Live Only: 63 Parked: 4 Sandbox: 77
  • Retail Sales Momentum +3.54% (Live Only)
  • Daily Jump In Consumer Stress Google Trends Searches For Car Repossession Signals Rising Financial Distress +0.07% (Live Only)
  • Weekly Surge In Google Trends Searches For Home Improvement Loan Signals Consumer Stress Lifting Xly +0.06% (Live Only)
  • Google Trends Surge In Used Car Price Searches +0.04% (Live Only)
  • Healthcare Cost Inflation Google Trends Acceleration +0.03% (Live Only)

Core Rotation

Signals: 5

The cleaner baseline rotation rules: momentum, trend, and other simple sector-switching logic with fewer alternative inputs.

Promoted: 5
  • Quantified Simple Monthly Rotation +12.67% (Promoted)
  • Algo Baileymol (Chaos Monger) +6.74% (Promoted)
  • Antonacci Dual Momentum Sector Rotation +5.53% (Promoted)
  • Faber Momentum Rotation +4.65% (Promoted)
  • Algo Biscotti (Unconditional Loyalty) -0.37% (Promoted)

Freight & Logistics

Signals: 43

Signals using shipping, freight, ports, and supply-chain activity as early reads on industrial and materials demand.

Live Only: 23 Parked: 2 Sandbox: 18
  • Freight Rail Carloads +2.32% (Live Only)
  • Truck Tonnage Index +2.09% (Live Only)
  • Port Container Volume +1.15% (Live Only)
  • Weekly Spike In Rss News Counts On Port Labor Strikes Signals Freight Logistics Disruption +0.09% (Live Only)
  • Usgs Earthquake Activity Spike Near Major Freight Hubs Signals Temporary Freight Disruption +0.04% (Live Only)

Labor & Jobs

Signals: 52

Signals watching layoffs, hiring, labor stress, and job demand for clues about sector weakness or resilience.

Live Only: 23 Parked: 4 Sandbox: 25
  • Job Posting Acceleration +2.34% (Live Only)
  • Recession Whisper Google Trends Unemployment Search Surge +0.10% (Live Only)
  • Daily Jump In Google Trends For Warehouse Worker Strike Signals Labor Stress In Logistics 0.00% (Parked)
  • Daily Jump In Google Trends For Job Quit Searches Signals Rising Labor Market Churn 0.00% (Sandbox)
  • Daily Jump In Google Trends For Job Market Reskilling Courses Indicates Labor Market Shift 0.00% (Sandbox)

Local Economy Signals

Signals: 56

Ground-level alternative signals from local behavior, foot traffic, closures, calls, and other messy real-world activity.

Live Only: 21 Parked: 2 Sandbox: 33
  • Earthquake Aftershock Insurance Claims Spike +0.07% (Live Only)
  • Earthquake Activity Cluster Signal For Insurance And Utility Sector +0.05% (Live Only)
  • Daily Jump In Google Trends For Home Building Permit Delay Signals Local Economy Construction Stress Hurting Real Estate Sector +0.02% (Live Only)
  • Daily Spike In Usgs Earthquake Activity Near Key Industrial Hubs +0.02% (Live Only)
  • 311 Call Rotation 0.00% (Sandbox)

Macro Input Pressure

Signals: 92

Signals tied to macro shocks like volatility, weather, commodities, energy, and other broad external pressure inputs.

Backtest Weak: 1 Live Only: 27 Parked: 5 Sandbox: 59
  • High Yield Spread Regime +1.73% (Live Only)
  • Copper Momentum +1.32% (Live Only)
  • Housing Permit Velocity +1.20% (Live Only)
  • Weekly Jump In Rss News Counts For Coal Shortage Signals Input Cost Pressure In Materials +0.05% (Parked)
  • Earthquake Aftershock Amplifier +0.05% (Live Only)

Political & Insider Filings

Signals: 19

Signals built from insider flows, political filings, and dark-pool style positioning clues before the market fully reacts.

Backtest Weak: 3 Live Only: 8 Parked: 2 Sandbox: 6
  • Materials Sector Weekly Positive Correlation Breakdown With Xlb +0.03% (Live Only)
  • Energy Sector Weekly Drawdown Exhaustion 0.00% (Backtest Weak)
  • Energy Sector Sudden Weekly Volatility Spike 0.00% (Parked)
  • Congress Trading Fade 0.00% (Sandbox)
  • Bankruptcy Filing Rate 0.00% (Sandbox)

Travel & Mobility

Signals: 36

Signals using movement, travel, transit, and mobility behavior as an early read on consumer and cyclical activity.

Live Only: 10 Parked: 2 Sandbox: 24
  • Uber Mobility Index +3.82% (Live Only)
  • Google Trends Surge In Flight Delay Complaints +0.01% (Live Only)
  • Airport Passenger Traffic Surge From Google Trends Spring Break Bookings -0.00% (Live Only)
  • Airline Load Factor Proxy 0.00% (Sandbox)
  • Airline Fuel Cost Volatility Expansion 0.00% (Sandbox)