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Nasdaq vs Corn Futures Volatility Regime Analysis
The Backtest Autopsy

Is Buying Corn Futures Safe When Stocks Crash? Statistical Hedging Timing Analysis

A DCC-GARCH Re-Verification on 6,467 Trading Days (2000–2026) Finds No Lagged Volatility Transmission from Nasdaq-100 to Corn — the Corrected Record of What Holds and What Fails

May 25, 2026 · 8 min · Steve
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Charts & Backtest

Charting tools and backtest research — AI copilots for TradingView, Pine Script v6, and the measured failure modes of backtesting.

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The Backtest Autopsy

Why Your Backtest Changes When You Switch Timeframes (And Which Candle to Actually Use)

Switch a backtest from 1-hour to 15-minute candles and the result flips. The reason is simple: a candle is a summary, not a path. When stop-loss and take-profit both fall inside one candle, the candle cannot tell which came first. Here is why that happens, what it does to your results, and which timeframe you should actually backtest on.

June 3, 2026 · 10 min · Steve

AI Coding

Real-world AI coding tools and model news — tested, current, and honest about limits.

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AI Coding

Why Is Claude Fable 5 Banned? The US Export-Control Shutdown, Explained

Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 were abruptly disabled on June 12, 2026 after a US export-control directive — for every customer, not just foreign nationals. What happened, why, whether it's permanent, and which Claude models to use now (Opus 4.8, Sonnet 4.6).

June 13, 2026 · 3 min · Steve

MCP

Model Context Protocol (MCP) — deep architectural dives, specs, and real GEO strategy.

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MCP

Finance and Trading MCP Servers, Compared (2026)

Finance MCP servers let Claude, Cursor, and TradingView Remix pull market data or place trades by natural language. They split into data feeds and execution servers. A neutral, plan-by-plan comparison of the real options in 2026, plus the two risks vendor lists skip.

May 22, 2026 · 9 min · Steve
MCP

MCP Transports Compared: stdio vs SSE vs Streamable HTTP (2026)

MCP servers talk to Claude, Cursor, and VS Code over stdio, HTTP+SSE, or Streamable HTTP. Two are current, one is deprecated with 2026 removal deadlines. A neutral comparison of what each does, when to use it, and the failure mode that trips people up.

May 22, 2026 · 3 min · Steve
MCP

WebMCP and the Citation Paradox — What Agent-Ready Websites Actually Mean for GEO

WebMCP lets a website expose tools that AI agents call directly, and Chrome 149's origin trial (Google I/O 2026) makes it testable on real traffic. But the popular claim that WebMCP forces agents to cite your URL is wrong. Here's what the W3C draft actually says, and what it really changes for citations and referral traffic.

May 21, 2026 · 12 min · Steve

Quant Strategy Research

A centralized repository of systematic and quantitative trading strategy research. Focused on exposing statistical biases, transaction friction drags, and structural limitations.

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Quant Strategy Research

The Deflated Sharpe Ratio: Why a 2.5 Sharpe Can Still Be Statistical Noise

A backtest Sharpe of 2.5 can carry a Deflated Sharpe Ratio of just 0.90 — failing the 95% confidence bar — once you correct for how many strategies were tried and how non-Normal the returns are. We walk through the Bailey & López de Prado formula, the worked example, and the code.

June 9, 2026 · 8 min · Steve
Quant Strategy Research

The 5 Graveyards of Crypto Backtesting

Five ways a crypto perpetual-futures backtest lies. Two are crypto-specific—funding drag and data gaps—and fixed here in this methodology guide.

June 4, 2026 · 10 min · Steve