Signal Families

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

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Attention & Sentiment

Signals: 24

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

Live Only: 8 Parked: 2 Sandbox: 14
  • Price Momentum Reversion In Defensive Sectors After Tech Crash +0.07% (Live Only)
  • Reddit Sentiment Spike 0.00% (Sandbox)
  • Reddit Mentions Volatility Spike 0.00% (Sandbox)
  • Reddit Gaming Thread Spike 0.00% (Sandbox)
  • Reddit Emoji Sentiment Spike 0.00% (Sandbox)

Consumer Stress

Signals: 37

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

Failed: 1 Live Only: 18 Sandbox: 18
  • Retail Sales Momentum +1.48% (Live Only)
  • Mortgage Rate Housing Proxy +0.46% (Live Only)
  • Google Trends Surge In Used Car Price Searches +0.04% (Live Only)
  • Credit Card Delinquency 0.00% (Sandbox)
  • Consumer Sentiment 0.00% (Sandbox)

Core Rotation

Signals: 5

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

Promoted: 5
  • Algo Baileymol (Chaos Monger) +7.62% (Promoted)
  • Faber Momentum Rotation +5.04% (Promoted)
  • Antonacci Dual Momentum Sector Rotation +4.56% (Promoted)
  • Quantified Simple Monthly Rotation +3.83% (Promoted)
  • Algo Biscotti (Unconditional Loyalty) -3.03% (Promoted)

Freight & Logistics

Signals: 11

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

Live Only: 4 Sandbox: 7
  • Weekly Spike In Google Trends Searches For Warehouse Automation Failure Signals Bearish Xli +0.04% (Live Only)
  • Port Container Volume 0.00% (Sandbox)
  • Port Congestion Squeeze 0.00% (Sandbox)
  • Daily Spike In Freight Logistics Rss News Volume Mentioning Port Labor Strike Triggers Bearish Xli 0.00% (Sandbox)
  • Cardboard Box Index 0.00% (Sandbox)

Labor & Jobs

Signals: 8

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

Live Only: 6 Sandbox: 2
  • Recession Whisper Google Trends Unemployment Search Surge +0.07% (Live Only)
  • Weekly Surge In Job Postings For Warehouse Workers Signals Bullish Xli -0.02% (Live Only)
  • Job Posting Acceleration -0.02% (Live Only)
  • LinkedIn Layoff Propagation 0.00% (Sandbox)
  • Glassdoor Misery Gradient 0.00% (Sandbox)

Local Economy Signals

Signals: 11

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

Live Only: 6 Sandbox: 5
  • Earthquake Aftershock Insurance Claims Spike +0.07% (Live Only)
  • Ev Charger Installation Acceleration Play 0.00% (Sandbox)
  • Daily Spike In Ev Charger Installations Signals Bullish Xlc 0.00% (Sandbox)
  • Craigslist Desperation Index 0.00% (Sandbox)
  • 311 Call Rotation 0.00% (Sandbox)

Macro Input Pressure

Signals: 54

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

Backtest Weak: 1 Live Only: 15 Parked: 2 Sandbox: 36
  • Housing Permit Velocity +0.52% (Live Only)
  • Earthquake Aftershock Amplifier +0.05% (Live Only)
  • Semiconductor Moonshot Warning +0.05% (Backtest Weak)
  • Crypto Capitulation Countdown 0.00% (Sandbox)
  • Cloud Storage Demand Surge 0.00% (Sandbox)

Political & Insider Filings

Signals: 18

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

Backtest Weak: 3 Live Only: 7 Parked: 2 Sandbox: 6
  • FINRA Dark Pool Signal +1.18% (Live Only)
  • Insider Trading Signals +0.74% (Live Only)
  • Materials Sector Weekly Positive Correlation Breakdown With Xlb +0.03% (Live Only)
  • Staples Sector Drawdown Rapid Recovery +0.02% (Backtest Weak)
  • Bankruptcy Filing Rate 0.00% (Sandbox)

Travel & Mobility

Signals: 11

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

Live Only: 2 Sandbox: 9
  • Uber Mobility Index +1.49% (Live Only)
  • Ev Charger Density Saturation Play 0.00% (Sandbox)
  • Airport Shopping Spree 0.00% (Sandbox)
  • Airport Security Surge 0.00% (Sandbox)
  • Airline Load Factor Proxy 0.00% (Sandbox)