Strategy Graveyard
The strategies we tested and rejected.
Most platforms show you what worked. We publish what didn't. Every failed hypothesis here comes with full in-sample / out-of-sample results, real costs, and an honest root-cause analysis. This is the part nobody else publishes.
4Hypotheses tested
1Invalidated
0Sold without validation
143.5kSettlements analyzed
Featured postmortems
Coming soonOverfit
Volatility Breakout
Promise
“Trend capture on volatility expansion”
Status
Postmortem in preparation
Single-asset
In preparationComing soonMarginal
Cross-Sectional Reversion
Promise
“Mean reversion across the cross-section”
Status
Postmortem in preparation
Cross-sectional
In preparationgraveyard_ledger3 entries · as of May 2026
| ID | Hypothesis | IS Sharpe | OOS Sharpe | Verdict | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AQ-001 | Funding Rate Arbitrage | 6.94 | -0.71 | Invalidated | 2026-05 | |
| AQ-002 | Volatility Breakout | — | — | In review | — | |
| AQ-003 | Cross-Sectional Reversion | — | — | In review | — |
A strategy enters the ledger the moment we commit to testing it. If it survives out-of-sample, it graduates to the research library. If it doesn't, it stays here — permanently, with its full results. We don't delete failures.