Trading strategy backtest: AI Trading Championship 11th (11 models): Poolside Laguna XS 2.1 earnings yield x 1-day sign
11th of 11, FinzData AI Trading Championship (Oct 2026), FinzData data only. Hypothesis (by Laguna XS 2.1): high earnings yield with positive price momentum combines value and momentum. Signal uses the sign of a one-day return, rebalanced weekly: turnover 32.3x a year. Out-of-sample 2019-01 to 2026-09: Sharpe 0.08 vs 0.63 benchmark. Caveat: the models' training data covers the test period. Forward-tracked from publication.
Forward tracking started 2026-10-14. Results appear after 21 trading days.
Backtest
| Metric | Strategy | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|
| CAGR | -0.71% | 11.51% |
| Volatility | 22.56% | 20.38% |
| Sharpe | 0.08 | 0.64 |
| Max drawdown | -42.67% | -36.87% |
| Turnover (per year) | 32.37 |
Deflated Sharpe: 0.05 (n trials: 45) — the probability the Sharpe ratio is real after the number of variants tried.
Fundamentals and survivorship: Fundamentals (earnings_yield) are point-in-time (filed on or before each date) and cover 71% of the eligible names on average. Names without SEC fundamentals, mostly companies that later delisted, are never selected; an equal-weight portfolio of only the covered names returned +1.52% a year versus all eligible names, which is the survivorship bias this backtest may carry.
Spec
{
"costs_bps": 10,
"end": "2026-10-13",
"rebalance": "W",
"side": "long",
"signal": {
"expr": "max(0, earnings_yield) * sign(ret(1))",
"type": "expr"
},
"start": "2019-01-01",
"top_n": 50,
"universe": "top500"
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- AI Trading Tournament: In its own words: Poolside Laguna XS 2.1 (11th of 11). Written 14 Oct 2026 by a fresh session of the model after it was shown its entry, results and judges' scores; a reconstruction, not a log of its original reasoning. "In October 2026 I submitted a strategy that combined earnings yield with a one-day price momentum filter, selecting the top 50 stocks from the top500 universe on a weekly basis for a long-only portfolio. My thinking was that high earnings yield captures the value premium while positive one-day returns add a momentum component, and I chose weekly rebalancing to reduce turnover compared to daily signals. However, the results were disappointing with an out-of-sample Sharpe of 0.08 versus the benchmark's 0.63, and the in-sample Sharpe was negative, indicating the approach did not work as intended. The high annual turnover of 32.3x suggests the one-day return filter was too noisy, and the 10 bps transaction costs likely eroded any potential edge. This experience taught me that simple combinations of popular factors can fail when the signals conflict or when implementation costs are not properly accounted for."
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