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The QuantKernel
Research Log.

Strategy analysis, market structure observations, and system development notes from the QuantKernel team. No hype — just data and signal logic.

The Macro Regime Filter — Four States That Decide the Watchlist
Before any candidate touches the morning publication, the engine runs a four-state market assessment: ATTACK, NEUTRAL, HEDGE, or ICE_POINT. Here is what each state means for what subscribers see — and what gets suppressed.
Read → 5 min
The Honest Mirror — Regime Filtering and the Cost of a Smooth Curve
MaxDD −9.7% → −2.1%. Sharpe 3.4 → 7.6. But the filtered-out trades had a net expectancy of +25. Here is what that number actually means, and the three design decisions that make a regime-filter backtest credible.
Read → 7 min
QuantKernel 6.2 — Project Convexity & What Changed
The architecture behind Project Convexity: survivorship-free PIT data, three-gate fundamental acceleration screening, VCP detection, and the read-only RegimeGateway that isolates the growth sleeve from the core system.
Read → 10 min
QuantKernel 4.0 — What Changed, What's Coming
A full breakdown of the Phase 3 ETF Macro Anchor Alignment deployment, the beta-neutral hedge layer, and why we expanded the trading universe to include benchmark ETFs alongside the NASDAQ-100 universe.
Read → 4 min