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Contrarian Strategies

Long-Term Contrarian Turnaround

Research abstract

An investigation of whether long-horizon equity losers become investable only after objective stabilization. The research evaluates 1,500 pre-specified experiments using next-open execution, walk-forward out-of-sample testing, parameter-neighbour analysis, cost stress, multiple-testing correction and an explicit audit of the strategy’s 2022 all-cash behaviour.

Research partnersRoberto Coccaro / Amin Hydar Ali
Research areaContrarian Strategies
Publication date14 September 2026
Document12 pages
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Abstract

An investigation of whether long-horizon equity losers become investable only after objective stabilization. The research evaluates 1,500 pre-specified experiments using next-open execution, walk-forward out-of-sample testing, parameter-neighbour analysis, cost stress, multiple-testing correction and an explicit audit of the strategy’s 2022 all-cash behaviour.

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Research keywords

01contrarian investing02stabilization reversal03mean reversion04walk-forward OOS05bootstrap reality check06parameter stability07systematic equities
Research disclosure

Research and educational material only. Nothing published here constitutes investment advice, solicitation or an offer to trade.