A signal works in low-vol regimes but fails in crises. Best researc…

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A signal works in low-vol regimes but fails in crises. Best research response?

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Model regime dependence explicitly, gate or reweight signals by regime, and stress performance in crisis windows. — If it only works in calm markets, model regimes and stress the crisis windows — don’t delete 2008.

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Average all regimes blindly and ship.

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Delete crisis years from all backtests forever.

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Assume crisis alpha equals calm alpha.

A signal works in low-vol regimes but fails in crises. Best research response?

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