Research Library
A single home for every paper, working note, and market reference cited across the landing page. Each entry is deduplicated and includes the best primary link plus any alternate access points.
Momentum & Trend Evidence
Peer-reviewed studies that document the momentum and trend effects Stockbot’s core strategies rely on.
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Jegadeesh & Titman (1993): Returns to Buying Winners and Selling Losers
Seminal 3–12 month cross-sectional momentum evidence in U.S. equities.
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Asness, Moskowitz & Pedersen (2013): Value and Momentum Everywhere
Documents value and momentum factors across global equities, bonds, currencies, and commodities.
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Moskowitz, Ooi & Pedersen (2012): Time Series Momentum
Shows diversified futures exhibit persistent trend-following returns.
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Hurst, Ooi & Pedersen (2017): A Century of Evidence on Trend Following Investing
Extends trend-following evidence back to 1880 across multiple asset classes.
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Rouwenhorst (1998): International Momentum Strategies
Documents country-level momentum across 12 European markets with results similar to U.S. equities.
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Baltas & Kosowski (2013): Momentum Strategies in Futures Markets
Analyzes cross-asset futures momentum portfolios and their performance persistence.
Risk, Costs & Investor Behavior
Research on implementation costs and how trader behavior affects realized performance.
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Frazzini, Israel & Moskowitz (2014/2018 update): Trading Costs
Estimates real-world transaction costs and market impact for large systematic portfolios.
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Barber & Odean (2000): Trading Is Hazardous to Your Wealth
Shows high-turnover retail investors underperform buy-and-hold benchmarks.
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Barber & Odean (2010): Do Day Traders Rationally Learn About Their Ability?
Finds limited evidence that retail day traders learn to outperform through experience.
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Barber, Lee, Liu & Odean (2014): Do Day Traders Rationally Learn About Their Skill?
Studies Taiwanese day traders and shows persistent skill is exceptionally rare.
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Chague, De-Losso & Giovannetti (2020): 97% of Day Traders Lose Money
Examines Brazilian equity day traders and documents near-universal losses.
Alternate access: econpapers.repec.org
Risk Management & Implementation
How to size exposure, diversify by risk, and understand the instruments used in Stockbot’s models.
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Moreira & Muir (2016/2017): Volatility-Managed Portfolios
Shows scaling exposure by inverse variance can improve Sharpe ratios.
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Hurst, Johnson & Ooi (AQR): Understanding Risk Parity
Whitepaper on diversifying portfolios by balancing risk contributions across asset classes.
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CME Group: E-mini S&P 500 Futures FAQ
Contract specifications and key details for the E-mini S&P 500 futures contract (ES).
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CME Group: Micro E-mini Equity Index Futures FAQ
Contract specifications for the Micro E-mini equity index futures suite (MES, MNQ, etc.).
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Daniel & Moskowitz (2016): Momentum Crashes
Highlights the conditions under which momentum strategies can suffer sharp reversals and how to manage the risk.
Alternate access: academic.oup.com
