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Regime Filter: Pre-Fed-Meeting

Updated dailyData needs: lowlong only

In plain terms

In the 3 trading days before each FOMC meeting, this gate forces position to 0 — derived from a cluster of champions whose failures cluster in that pre-announcement window.

How it works

Cluster of promoted production champions that fail in the 3-day window before each FOMC meeting (information-uncertainty regime). Gate cuts position to 0 during the pre-meeting window.

Live results

57 times picked on its own · 107 times inside a blend (69 beat the stock) · updated 2026-06-06

This strategy is a frequent ingredient in blends that combine a few strategies on one stock. It has contributed to 107 such blended picks (69 of which beat simply holding the stock). Picking it on its own is only one of the ways it shows up.

How its picks scored vs. buy & hold

Each pick is graded on a recent year it was never tuned on, against simply owning the same stock

Where its edge concentrates

Share of picks in each company-size group that beat buy & hold

How often it trades

Active vs. patient. Bars on the left mean it waits for rare setups; bars on the right mean it trades often

Return vs. buy & hold

How much each pick beat or trailed simply owning the stock over the test year (extreme microcap moves trimmed)

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Data dependencies

Daily prices
Adjusted-close OHLCV for every US-listed ticker; primary price feed.
Spy prices
A data feed this strategy reads, refreshed on its normal schedule.
Market regime daily
A data feed this strategy reads, refreshed on its normal schedule.

Expected edge

Reported return: TBD post-promote
Tested over: 1y holdback

Captures avoided losses on the pre-FOMC days for cluster #3 champions.

Related families

Pre-Fed-Meeting DriftEconomy & Policy

The 24 hours before each scheduled Fed announcement, the market drifts up ~0.5% — one of the cleanest known anomalies, especially on press-conf meetings.

Calendar AnomaliesEconomy & Policy

Three calendar quirks: turn-of-month (last/first days outperform), pre-FOMC drift, and day-of-week (Mon weak, Wed-Thu strong).

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