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[TRACK RECORD]

Signal performance, measured

Same Profit Factor math as the screener. 3,178 symbols, 1,033,796 scored events since 1997. Pick a signal below (White Arrow BUY is the default). Judge Profit Factor first; win rate alone misleads on trend rules.

Universe. Liquid US common stocks. excludes ETF/crypto/index/commodity/preferred/CEF/BDC/REIT; price≥$5; dollar ADV≥$1,000,000.

Backtest: today's rules on today's universe (survivorship bias). Price-only and no dividends. Best Combo is net of 20 bps round-trip costs; other signal records do not model costs. Updated 2026-10-15.

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EXHAUSTION BUY · Price move over 21 sessions after seller exhaustion triggers a BUY release. The DTE table below is descriptive path, not a second scorecard.

Showing 19,052 scored Exh BUY events · 1997-2026

PROFIT FACTOR
1.40
gross wins / gross losses
AVG RETURN
+1.91%
winsorized to +/- (95/500)%
MEDIAN RETURN
+1.5%
typical trade (often negative on trend rules)
WIN RATE
55.2%
not the score when PF > 1
CLOSED TRADES
19k
0 open (excluded)
AVG HOLD
21 bars
trading days
PATH AT SPREAD DTEs · stock path after release · same calendar holds as /bull-spreads

After a release, the typical liquid name is higher over months because equities drift. The release does not pick better names — leftover vs SPY is about 0–1%. Path drawdown is the risk that matters for a vertical. Not a forecast and not option P&L. The 21-session scorecard above remains the scored rule.

HOLDNMEDIANMEANP(UP)P(+12%)P(EXP −12%)P(PATH −12%)VS SPY MED
90d / 3-5M19k+4.4%+6.2%59%34%20%46%+0.1%
150d / 5-7M19k+5.1%+8.2%59%39%24%54%-1.2%
210d / 7-10M19k+6.4%+11.0%59%42%26%58%-1.2%
300d / 10M18k+10.2%+18.9%62%48%26%63%+0.2%
360d18k+13.0%+23.4%63%51%26%65%+1.1%
400d / 10-13M18k+14.9%+26.5%64%53%26%66%+0.8%
19,143 releases · 2,587 names · next-close entry · mature paths only
EMPIRICAL PATH FAN · p10 / p25 / p50 / p75 / p90 · not an exit signal
21d63d126d189d249d99%0-49%
Cyan line = median next-close return. Bands are the historical 50% and 80% ranges. Hazard below is P(the path already printed −6% / −12%).
TOUCH BY SESSION5d21d63d126d189d249d
P(path −6%)26%51%67%73%77%79%
P(path −12%)10%29%47%56%62%65%
56%'9714748%'9934171%'0133443%'036757%'0538854%'0790972%'0930338%'1140768%'1320745%'1575965%'1726668%'1941449%'2144753%'2329453%'2583153%'26637100%50%0%
Grey bars = trades · amber line = win rate. Win rate is descriptive; profit factor is the edge. Dim 50% line is a coin-flip reference, not a target.
EDGE BY MARKET REGIME · color = profit factor (green ≥1)
REGIMEEXHAUSTION BUY
UNKNOWN-
BULLPF 0.4650%8
RECOVERYPF 1.2352%1.2k
BEARPF 1.3357%2.3k
CRISISPF 1.4155%16k
How the edge holds across market regimes. Color = profit factor.
BY ENTRY YEAR · PF · win rate · median · trades
YEAREXHAUSTION BUY
20261.3253%+1.1%637
20251.4353%+1.1%831
20240.9646%-0.8%297
20231.5053%+0.8%294
20221.1149%-0.2%1.0k
20210.8249%-0.4%447
20202.7667%+7.5%2.6k
20192.8768%+3.9%414
20181.6760%+2.4%1.5k
20173.0565%+3.0%266
20162.6166%+3.4%900
20150.8345%-1.2%759
20141.8063%+2.7%715
20132.6568%+2.5%207
20121.4757%+1.4%155
20110.7738%-2.1%407
20103.5560%+4.0%72
20092.9872%+10.7%303
20080.5240%-3.8%2.7k
20071.4454%+0.9%909
20061.3953%+0.6%481
20051.6057%+1.6%388
20042.4962%+3.3%282
20031.3343%-1.1%67
20023.1172%+7.5%350
20013.2871%+6.9%334
20001.5955%+2.9%518
19991.3048%-0.5%341
19981.1145%-1.6%771
19971.1956%+2.5%147
Color = profit factor (green ≥1). Win rate and median for context.
RETURN DISTRIBUTION · % per closed trade · Exh BUY
78<=-50440-50..-30763-30..-202.1k-20..-102.1k-10..-51.7k-5..-21.3k-2..01.3k0..21.9k2..52.6k5..102.9k10..201.1k20..3058330..5015150..10013>100median +1.5%
Left of 0 = losers, right = winners. Left skew with PF > 1 is normal for trend rules (few large winners). Tails clipped at -95% / +500%.

[METHODOLOGY]

  • White Arrow BUY. Long round trips on White Arrow direction. Next-open entry and exit. 250-session warmup.
  • White Arrow SELL. Exit-timing score (move avoided until re-entry). Not a short. Often weak alone.
  • Exhaustion. The scored rule is a fixed 21-session horizon after a release. The EXH BUY tab also shows a descriptive stock-path table at the same calendar DTEs as /bull-spreads (median / P(up) / path −12%). That table is context, not a forecast and not a second Profit Factor.
  • Best Combo V5. One stable-evidence state-machine replay. Qualified point-in-time out-of-fold transitions, net of 20 bps round-trip costs, become published calls; otherwise the model abstains.
  • Regime. Hold BULL/RECOVERY; exit on BEAR/CRISIS (same as screener Regime Profit Factor). Next-open entry and exit, 250-session warmup.
  • Caps. Returns clipped to -95% / +500% before aggregates. Open trades excluded from closed stats.

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