Most trading ideas fail.
You only get the survivors.

We test in public and let most ideas fail. The handful that survive every gate are the only ones you ever see.

00IdeaPre-registered spec, gates frozen before any test runs.
01Quick-screenFirst gate, historical data. Most ideas end here.
02Walk-forwardOut-of-sample folds across regimes. Most don’t make it.
03Trade simulationLive data, simulated money. Twelve weeks at the final gate.
04LiveReal capital. Zero so far — the gates have teeth.
S032OPTIONS PREMIUM SELLINGPASSED · SORTINO +0.10 to +0.20 vs the matched naked long / gate > 0PASSEDS026OPTIONS PREMIUM SELLINGS024OPTIONS PREMIUM SELLINGS015OPTIONS PREMIUM SELLINGS012OPTIONS PREMIUM SELLINGPASSED · PER-TRADE EV +1.19% / +0.40%PASSED · OOS CAGR +5.00% / +3%S011OPTIONS PREMIUM SELLINGPASSED · SHARPE 1.67 / 0.5PASSED · OOS CAGR +9.05% / +4%S033OPTIONS PREMIUM SELLINGPASSED · flat-IV excess +5pp CAGR → +1.5pp after a 3-vol-pt skew haircut (skew-sensitive)ONGOINGS004MOMENTUM / TREND CONTINUATIONPASSED · EXCESS +3.78% / +2.5%FAILED: ROBUSTNESS — FAILED OOS FOLDSS036EQ (LONG/SHORT, NO OPTIONS)CUTS035CUTS034EQ (LONG/SHORT — NO OPTIONS)CUTS031MOMENTUM / TREND CONTINUATIONCUTS030EQCUTS029EQCUTS028EQCUTS027EQCUTS025FACTOR / CROSS-SECTIONALFAILED: MAGNITUDE — EFFECT BELOW GATES017EVENT-DRIVENFAILED: MAGNITUDE — EFFECT BELOW GATES014OPTIONS PREMIUM SELLINGFAILED: MAGNITUDE — EFFECT BELOW GATES013OPTIONS PREMIUM SELLINGFAILED: MAGNITUDE — EFFECT BELOW GATES010OPTIONS PREMIUM SELLINGFAILED: ROBUSTNESS — FAILED OOS FOLDSS009OPTIONS PREMIUM SELLINGFAILED: MAGNITUDE — EFFECT BELOW GATES008OPTIONS PREMIUM SELLINGFAILED: MAGNITUDE — EFFECT BELOW GATES007MOMENTUM / TREND CONTINUATIONFAILED: MAGNITUDE — EFFECT BELOW GATES006MEAN REVERSION / FADEFAILED: MAGNITUDE — EFFECT BELOW GATES005FILTER / ANTI-SIGNAL OVERLAYFAILED: MAGNITUDE — EFFECT BELOW GATES003MOMENTUM / TREND CONTINUATIONFAILED: MAGNITUDE — EFFECT BELOW GATES002FILTER / ANTI-SIGNAL OVERLAYFAILED: MAGNITUDE — EFFECT BELOW GATES001MOMENTUM / TREND CONTINUATIONFAILED: MAGNITUDE — EFFECT BELOW GATES023OVERNIGHT / SESSION STRUCTURES022EVENT-DRIVENS021MEAN REVERSION / FADES020EVENT-DRIVENS019EVENT-DRIVENS018EVENT-DRIVENS016DROPPED
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