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48 results for Walk Forward Analysis

This study optimizes trading strategy parameters using walk-forward techniques and finds robust performance.

problem Optimizing trading strategy performance through parameter optimization.
method Walk-forward optimization with varying window lengths, tested on Bitcoin, Binance Coin, and Ethereum.
result The strategy outperforms Buy-and-Hold with lower drawdown and higher Information Ratio.

Study refines trend-following strategy to improve adaptability.

problem Challenges in practical implementation of historical trend-following strategies.
method Modifications to historical strategy, including T-bills exclusion, alternative allocations, industry exclusions, momentum signals, and Walk-Forward Analysis.
result Persistent challenges in adapting historical strategies to modern markets.

XGBoost predicts NEPSE Index log returns with low error and high directional accuracy.

problem Forecasting daily log-returns in the NEPSE Index with high accuracy.
method XGBoost machine learning, feature engineering, hyperparameter optimization, walk-forward validation.
result Optimal XGBoost configuration achieves lowest log-return RMSE and MAE.

Machine learning predicts Bitcoin returns but trading performance drops with costs.

problem Trading Bitcoin predictions with transaction costs.
method XGBoost, LSTM, iTransformer models evaluated in walk-forward protocol; cost-aware execution filter implemented.
result Cost-aware execution filter restores profitability; XGBoost strategy outperforms.

Develops a validated trading framework for market microstructure signals.

problem Overfitting and lookahead bias in algorithmic trading.
method Interpretable hypothesis-driven signal generation, reinforcement learning, strict out-of-sample testing.
result Modest annualized returns with strong downside protection and market-neutral characteristics.

Combines model-based and model-free RL for better financial market performance.

problem Challenges of Reinforcement Learning in volatile financial markets.
method Adapts model-based RL with model-free RL, incorporating contextual signals and walk-forward analysis.
result Outperforms traditional financial models in various metrics.

LSTM and gradient boosting models fail to outperform random chance in predicting MNQ futures.

problem Predicting intraday direction in MNQ futures using LSTM and gradient boosting.
method Comparing LSTM and gradient boosting models on 944 trading days of MNQ futures data.
result No model achieves statistically significant accuracy above random chance.

Study examines how different time series cross-validation methods affect anomaly detection in multivariate time series.

problem Evaluating anomaly detection in multivariate time series requires preserving temporal dependencies, especially for subsequence anomalies.
method Systematically investigates walk-forward and sliding window methods across various validation configurations and classifier types.
result Sliding window method consistently yields higher precision-recall scores and reduced fold-to-fold performance variance, particularly for deep learning models.

The study analyzes convergence of random-walk embeddings in graph theory.

problem Understanding the convergence behavior of random-walk based vertex embeddings.
method Theoretical analysis of convergence in single and double limits of NN and LL.
result Proved convergence of vertex embeddings under weak assumptions and derived concentration bounds.

This paper addresses the problem of neighborhood selection for Gaussian graphical models. We present two heuristic algorithms: a forward-backward greedy algorithm for general Gaussian graphical models based on mutual information test, and a threshold-based algorithm for walk summable Gaussian graphical models. Both alg…

2015-09-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Training very deep networks is an important open problem in machine learning. One of many difficulties is that the norm of the back-propagated error gradient can grow or decay exponentially. Here we show that training very deep feed-forward networks (FFNs) is not as difficult as previously thought. Unlike when back-pro…

2014-12-19abs ↗pdf ↗

RGRR allocates between QQQ and DIA based on relative states, improving Sharpe and CAGR.

problem Optimizing ETF allocation between QQQ and DIA for better risk-adjusted returns.
method Screened relative and macro states, globally screened interactions, fixed position mapping, walk-forward validation.
result RGRR improves Sharpe and CAGR compared to 100% QQQ and 50/50 QQQ-DIA allocations.

We introduce the geodesic walk for sampling Riemannian manifolds and apply it to the problem of generating uniform random points from polytopes in R^n specified by m inequalities. The walk is a discrete-time simulation of a stochastic differential equation (SDE) on the Riemannian manifold equipped with the metric induc…

2016-06-15abs ↗pdf ↗

New method improves blockchain analysis by handling temporal changes and scalability.

problem Limited focus on evolving nature and scalability of blockchain transaction networks.
method Incremental approach with Metropolis-Hastings random walks.
result Comparable performance in node classification tasks with reduced computational overhead.

Predicting the direction of assets have been an active area of study and a difficult task. Machine learning models have been used to build robust models to model the above task. Ensemble methods is one of them showing results better than a single supervised method. In this paper, we have used generative and discriminat…

2019-02-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Reinforcement learning algorithms struggle when the reward signal is very sparse. In these cases, naive random exploration methods essentially rely on a random walk to stumble onto a rewarding state. Recent works utilize intrinsic motivation to guide the exploration via generative models, predictive forward models, or …

2018-10-02abs ↗pdf ↗

We provide a direct proof of Cramér's theorem for geodesic random walks in a complete Riemannian manifold (M,g)(M,g). We show how to exploit the vector space structure of the tangent spaces to study large deviation properties of geodesic random walks in MM. Furthermore, we reveal the geometric obstructions one runs into …

2018-11-23abs ↗pdf ↗

The purpose of this research paper it is to present a new approach in the framework of a biased roulette wheel. It is used the approach of a quantitative trading strategy, commonly used in quantitative finance, in order to assess the profitability of the strategy in the short term. The tools of backtesting and walk-for…

2016-09-30abs ↗pdf ↗

GT-Score reduces overfitting in trading strategies by integrating multiple criteria.

problem Overfitting in data-driven financial models leads to unreliable out-of-sample performance.
method Integrates performance, statistical significance, consistency, and downside risk into a composite objective function.
result Improves generalization ratio by 98% compared to baseline objective functions in walk-forward validation.

As a model of market price, we introduce a new type of random walk in a moving potential which is approximated by a quadratic function with its center given by the moving average of its own trace. The properties of resulting random walks are similar to those of ordinary random walks for large time scales; however, thei…

2005-09-02abs ↗pdf ↗

We analyze the time series of overnight returns for the bund and btp futures exchanged at LIFFE (London). The overnight returns of both assets are mapped onto a one-dimensional symbolic-dynamics random walk: The `bond walk'. During the considered period (October 1991 - January 1994) the bund-future market opened earlie…

1999-03-14abs ↗pdf ↗

The weights of a neural network are typically initialized at random, and one can think of the functions produced by such a network as having been generated by a prior over some function space. Studying random networks, then, is useful for a Bayesian understanding of the network evolution in early stages of training. In…

2018-11-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is the most common nonparametric method for estimating the volatility structure of Gaussian interest rate models. One major difficulty in the estimation of these models is the fact that forward rate curves are not directly observable from the market so that non-trivial observational e…

2014-08-26abs ↗pdf ↗

We construct a new type of quantum walks on simplicial complexes as a natural extension of the well-known Szegedy walk on graphs. One can numerically observe that our proposing quantum walks possess linear spreading and localization as in the case of the Grover walk on lattices. Moreover, our numerical simulation sugge…

2015-07-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Hybrid classical-quantum framework optimizes portfolio rebalancing with reduced transaction costs.

problem Optimizing portfolio rebalancing with reduced transaction costs and lookahead bias.
method Combining Ledoit-Wolf shrinkage covariance estimation, hierarchical correlation clustering, entropy-regularised Genetic Algorithm, minimum-variance and equal-weight benchmarks, QUBO formulation, and QAOA for solving the combinatorial optimisation problem.
result GA + QAOA strategy outperforms classical methods with reduced rebalances and transaction costs.

NodeSig efficiently computes binary node embeddings for scalable graph analysis.

problem Scalability issues in graph representation learning models.
method NodeSig uses random walk diffusion probabilities and stable random projections to compute binary node embeddings efficiently.
result NodeSig achieves a good balance between accuracy and efficiency on node classification and link prediction tasks.