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LATE JUNE 2026
The signals went live
Publish-locked from day one. Each morning’s calls freeze the moment they send.
3 AUGUST 2026
The portfolios started trading
One per service. The P&L series begins here, at zero, and is added to every week.
2016 TO 2026
Everything before that line
A decade of walk-forward backtesting on the same locked construction, net of costs.
WHY THIS RECORD CAN BE TRUSTED
Publish-locked at send
A day’s signals cannot be edited afterwards. What was said on the day stays as it was said.
Backtest and live can never blur
The two sit in separate tagged series and the P&L endpoint refuses to merge them.
The portfolio holds only what the record shows
A weight can never appear for a name the published series does not already show as long.
Corrections are new entries
A correction publishes as its own dated entry beside the original.
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The charts on this page are built from the locked daily series. The blotters are the trades underneath them. Every position the Systematic Portfolio has closed, with every long Multi-model Signals closed beside it. The trades that lost money are on the page too. No card, no login.

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01Live results

Systematic Portfolio & Signals: Macro & Megacaps, live since 3 August 2026.

LIVE · NET OF COSTS · UPDATED WEEKLY
YX InsightsMM — Macro & MegacapsALL · 3 Aug – 23 Oct 26· live only · rebased to the window start
2%4%6%8%high-water 7% · 2026-10-132026-08-032026-09-142026-10-23
Live Assets ex-cash SPY (benchmark) period high-water mark
Live · from 2026-08-03 · through close of 2026-10-23
Since inception
+4.1%
59 sessions, to the close
Volatility
13.1%
annualised · close basis
Max drawdown
-4.3%
Sharpe
1.39
close basis
ReturnVolatilityMax DDSharpe
Portfolio (incl. cash)+4.1%13.1%-4.3%1.39
Portfolio assets (ex-cash)+5.9%15.7%-4.5%1.63
SPY (benchmark)+2.3%10.1%-2.6%1.01
Close basis · 59 sessions, 2026-08-03 to 2026-10-23 · SPY on the same window, same estimator · ex-cash = the invested sleeve only, from the P&L artefact · net of trading costs at 5bp per side; SPY gross.
1M -1.9%3M +4.1%partial · 59d1Y +4.1%partial · 59dYTD +4.1%
02Macro & Megacaps, backtested

Macro & Megacaps: ten years of testing, on data the models had never seen.

Every point used only the data available on that day. It is the same construction that runs live, run backwards over history, with 5 basis points per side already taken out.

The backtest ran on the portfolio-eligible universe, not on every name the models read, so the portfolios draw from a subset of the coverage. The backtest universe is smaller than the coverage count above.

BACKTESTED · UNBIASED WALK-FORWARD · NET OF COSTS
Walk-forward backtest, 1 year window, versus SPY
Walk-forward backtest, 3 years window, versus SPY
Walk-forward backtest, 5 years window, versus SPY
Walk-forward backtest, Full sample window, versus SPY
These curves are backtested. The live record publishes on the first trading session of each week with the notes, from inception on 3 August 2026.What is a good worst drawdown for a systematic portfolio? The only useful test is the same index over the same window. In 2022 the index returned −18.7% with a worst drawdown of −26.3%, while this portfolio returned −11.5% with a worst fall of −15.1%.What a backtest cannot do. It cannot tell you the next ten years will resemble the last ten. Read it as evidence the construction is coherent, never as a forecast.

Backtested results. Long only, unlevered, gross capped at 1.0, net of 5 bps per side. Past backtested performance is not indicative of future returns and this is not investment advice.

03Live results

Systematic Portfolio & Signals: Commodities, live since 3 August 2026.

LIVE · NET OF COSTS · UPDATED WEEKLY
YX InsightsCO — CommoditiesALL · 3 Aug – 23 Oct 26· live only · rebased to the window start
-2%0%2%4%6%8%10%high-water 8% · 2026-08-212026-08-032026-09-142026-10-23
Live Assets ex-cash SPY (benchmark) period high-water mark
Live · from 2026-08-03 · through close of 2026-10-23
Since inception
-1.5%
59 sessions, to the close
Volatility
15.2%
annualised · close basis
Max drawdown
-9.2%
Sharpe
-0.35
close basis
ReturnVolatilityMax DDSharpe
Portfolio (incl. cash)-1.5%15.2%-9.2%-0.35
Portfolio assets (ex-cash)+1.7%18.0%-9.2%0.49
SPY (benchmark)+2.3%10.1%-2.6%1.01
Close basis · 59 sessions, 2026-08-03 to 2026-10-23 · SPY on the same window, same estimator · ex-cash = the invested sleeve only, from the P&L artefact · net of trading costs at 5bp per side; SPY gross.
1M -6.0%3M -1.5%partial · 59d1Y -1.5%partial · 59dYTD -1.5%
04Commodities, backtested

Commodities: ten years of testing, on data the models had never seen.

Every point used only the data available on that day. It is the same construction that runs live, run backwards over history, with 5 basis points per side already taken out.

The backtest ran on the portfolio-eligible universe, not on every name the models read, so the portfolios draw from a subset of the coverage. The backtest universe is smaller than the coverage count above.

BACKTESTED · UNBIASED WALK-FORWARD · NET OF COSTS
Walk-forward backtest, 1 year window, versus SPY
Walk-forward backtest, 3 years window, versus SPY
Walk-forward backtest, 5 years window, versus SPY
Walk-forward backtest, Full sample window, versus SPY
These curves are backtested. The live record publishes on the first trading session of each week with the notes, from inception on 3 August 2026.What is a good worst drawdown for a systematic portfolio? The only useful test is the same index over the same window. In 2022 the index returned −18.7% with a worst drawdown of −26.3%, while this portfolio returned +17.5% with a worst fall of −12.1%.What a backtest cannot do. It cannot tell you the next ten years will resemble the last ten. Read it as evidence the construction is coherent, never as a forecast.

Backtested results. Long only, unlevered, gross capped at 1.0, net of 5 bps per side. Past backtested performance is not indicative of future returns and this is not investment advice.

05Live results

Macro & Megacaps and Commodities at 75/25, live since 3 August 2026.

LIVE · 75 / 25 · ANNUAL REBALANCE · NET OF COSTS · UPDATED WEEKLY
YX InsightsMM_CO_7525 — Macro & Megacaps 75% + Commodities 25% — quarterly rebalancedALL · 3 Aug – 23 Oct 26· live only · rebased to the window start
2%4%6%8%high-water 6% · 2026-09-222026-08-032026-09-142026-10-23
Live Assets ex-cash SPY (benchmark) period high-water mark
Live · from 2026-08-03
Since inception
+2.7%
59 sessions, to the close
Volatility
11.1%
annualised · close basis
Max drawdown
-3.9%
Sharpe
1.09
close basis
ReturnVolatilityMax DDSharpe
Portfolio (incl. cash)+2.7%11.1%-3.9%1.09
Portfolio assets (ex-cash)+4.8%13.3%-3.9%1.58
SPY (benchmark)+2.3%10.1%-2.6%1.01
Close basis · 59 sessions, 2026-08-03 to 2026-10-23 · SPY on the same window, same estimator · ex-cash = the invested sleeve only, from the P&L artefact · net of trading costs at 5bp per side; SPY gross.
1M -2.9%3M +2.7%partial · 59d1Y +2.7%partial · 59dYTD +2.7%
06The 75/25 blend, backtested

Macro & Megacaps and Commodities at 75/25: ten years of testing, on data the models had never seen.

Every point used only the data available on that day. It is the same construction that runs live, run backwards over history, with 5 basis points per side already taken out.

The backtest ran on the portfolio-eligible universe, not on every name the models read, so the portfolios draw from a subset of the coverage. The backtest universe is smaller than the coverage count above.

BACKTESTED · UNBIASED WALK-FORWARD · NET OF COSTS
Walk-forward backtest, 1 year window, versus SPY
Walk-forward backtest, 3 years window, versus SPY
Walk-forward backtest, 5 years window, versus SPY
Walk-forward backtest, Full sample window, versus SPY
These curves are backtested. The live record publishes on the first trading session of each week with the notes, from inception on 3 August 2026.What is a good worst drawdown for a systematic portfolio? The only useful test is the same index over the same window. In 2022 the index returned −18.7% with a worst drawdown of −26.3%, while this portfolio returned −4.6% with a worst fall of −9.5%.What a backtest cannot do. It cannot tell you the next ten years will resemble the last ten. Read it as evidence the construction is coherent, never as a forecast.

Backtested results. Long only, unlevered, gross capped at 1.0, net of 5 bps per side. Past backtested performance is not indicative of future returns and this is not investment advice.

07Every month of the backtest

Ten years, month by month, including the bad ones.

A record is only worth reading if the losing months are in it. Below is every calendar month of the backtest for both portfolios, with the S&P 500 beside them on the same bars. Green is a gain, red is a loss, and the shade scales with the size of the move.

These are backtested figures, not live results. The series runs from 21 June 2016 to 31 July 2026, the last bar before the portfolios began trading on 3 August 2026. Both portfolios are unlevered and run on the production construction. The S&P 500 column is total return on the same bars. Every figure here is net of 5 basis points per side, the same basis as the curves above. June 2016 is a partial month, and 2026 compounds only the months to 31 July.

open a year to see its months
YearMMCOSPY
20167 mo+10.1%+7.7%+8.8%
Jun-0.1%-0.2%-0.8%
Jul+11.8%+1.0%+4.5%
Aug-0.7%-3.1%+0.5%
Sep-0.6%+3.7%-0.4%
Oct-1.7%-0.6%-1.3%
Nov+1.0%+4.5%+4.1%
Dec+0.6%+2.4%+2.0%
201712 mo+31.4%+8.8%+21.8%
Jan+4.1%+5.6%+1.0%
Feb+3.8%+1.4%+4.3%
Mar+1.1%-3.8%+0.1%
Apr+1.4%-2.4%+1.3%
May+4.2%+2.5%+1.2%
Jun-1.1%-2.6%+0.7%
Jul+1.6%+4.0%+2.1%
Aug+3.9%+1.9%-0.3%
Sep+1.6%-2.6%+2.0%
Oct+6.0%+3.6%+2.7%
Nov-0.1%-0.9%+2.6%
Dec+1.4%+2.2%+2.3%
201812 mo+6.8%+7.2%-5.3%
Jan+6.4%+4.3%+5.3%
Feb-2.8%-3.2%-2.5%
Mar-1.2%-0.9%-4.9%
Apr+0.0%+1.6%+2.4%
May+4.5%+2.6%+1.8%
Jun-0.2%+0.8%+0.4%
Jul+3.9%+0.6%+3.2%
Aug+5.7%-2.2%+3.2%
Sep+1.7%+2.8%+0.5%
Oct-6.7%-2.3%-6.7%
Nov+0.8%+0.1%+1.2%
Dec-4.8%+3.1%-8.3%
201912 mo+36.0%+28.7%+30.9%
Jan+3.3%+4.0%+7.2%
Feb+6.9%+1.3%+4.3%
Mar+2.1%-1.0%+1.7%
Apr+5.5%-2.2%+3.9%
May-3.4%-1.8%-5.9%
Jun+4.9%+10.9%+6.4%
Jul-1.1%-0.6%+2.9%
Aug-3.0%+9.3%-2.2%
Sep+3.4%-3.4%+1.1%
Oct+6.3%+4.0%+2.8%
Nov+1.5%-1.3%+3.5%
Dec+5.5%+7.7%+2.3%
202012 mo+69.5%+37.6%+18.2%
Jan+2.3%-0.5%+2.0%
Feb+1.8%+1.1%-11.7%
Mar+1.2%-1.0%-9.2%
Apr+3.9%+1.1%+12.0%
May+7.6%+6.4%+3.7%
Jun+3.4%+3.0%+1.0%
Jul+7.9%+8.2%+7.2%
Aug+8.0%+2.5%+7.5%
Sep-4.3%-2.7%-4.5%
Oct+0.6%-0.5%-1.4%
Nov+13.1%+7.9%+10.5%
Dec+9.7%+7.7%+2.9%
202112 mo+40.9%+19.6%+29.7%
Jan+5.1%+2.0%+1.0%
Feb+6.8%+7.8%+2.3%
Mar+2.1%-0.7%+3.2%
Apr+2.9%+5.0%+5.6%
May+1.1%+2.7%+0.8%
Jun+1.1%-1.4%+1.8%
Jul+4.1%+0.6%+2.5%
Aug+3.6%-1.7%+3.2%
Sep-6.2%+1.2%-3.3%
Oct+7.4%+3.8%+4.6%
Nov+2.1%-2.0%+1.3%
Dec+5.5%+1.1%+3.3%
202212 mo-11.5%+17.5%-18.7%
Jan-5.5%+4.3%-7.2%
Feb-2.1%+8.6%-2.1%
Mar+1.5%+2.2%+6.3%
Apr-4.7%-3.4%-7.5%
May+4.2%+2.8%-2.4%
Jun-4.5%-6.8%-8.6%
Jul+3.9%+2.4%+8.3%
Aug-2.8%+1.7%-1.9%
Sep-5.2%-1.3%-9.2%
Oct+6.3%+0.2%+6.8%
Nov+1.1%+8.1%+2.3%
Dec-3.7%-1.6%-3.3%
202312 mo+37.5%-6.4%+27.1%
Jan+3.9%+2.3%+5.4%
Feb-1.1%-6.7%-1.0%
Mar+5.8%+0.7%+2.3%
Apr-1.5%+1.3%+1.7%
May+9.8%-6.6%+1.7%
Jun+5.5%-2.9%+5.9%
Jul+1.9%+6.0%+3.6%
Aug+1.3%-2.0%-1.3%
Sep-3.6%-0.3%-4.1%
Oct-0.4%-1.7%-3.6%
Nov+7.9%+1.3%+9.4%
Dec+3.7%+2.7%+5.0%
202412 mo+52.6%+1.3%+25.4%
Jan+2.3%-2.3%+2.5%
Feb+8.9%-3.9%+4.0%
Mar+5.1%+7.8%+3.3%
Apr-1.0%+1.0%-2.8%
May-0.2%+2.6%+3.0%
Jun+3.9%-3.3%+4.8%
Jul+1.1%+2.5%+0.3%
Aug+2.0%-1.1%+2.1%
Sep+4.4%+3.9%+2.0%
Oct-0.1%+0.4%+0.9%
Nov+16.8%+0.3%+4.2%
Dec+1.0%-5.8%-1.3%
202512 mo+37.6%+54.4%+17.8%
Jan+1.2%+4.6%+3.0%
Feb+2.2%+1.4%-3.6%
Mar-3.9%+3.8%-5.8%
Apr+3.7%-0.6%-0.4%
May+2.3%+5.5%+7.6%
Jun+8.9%+1.8%+5.1%
Jul+0.4%-0.7%+3.6%
Aug-1.9%+5.2%+1.3%
Sep+13.8%+11.0%+2.7%
Oct+7.8%+2.6%+3.3%
Nov-2.2%+2.2%-0.6%
Dec+1.7%+8.2%+1.2%
20267 mo+29.9%+2.9%+9.0%
Jan+5.6%+4.3%+0.7%
Feb-2.1%+6.4%-1.3%
Mar-2.6%+0.1%-6.2%
Apr+17.0%+1.0%+11.8%
May+10.8%-3.7%+5.8%
Jun+1.9%-5.8%-1.7%
Jul-2.2%+1.1%+0.5%
Macro & MegacapsMM
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
2016-0.1%+11.8%-0.7%-0.6%-1.7%+1.0%+0.6%+10.1%
2017+4.1%+3.8%+1.1%+1.4%+4.2%-1.1%+1.6%+3.9%+1.6%+6.0%-0.1%+1.4%+31.4%
2018+6.4%-2.8%-1.2%+0.0%+4.5%-0.2%+3.9%+5.7%+1.7%-6.7%+0.8%-4.8%+6.8%
2019+3.3%+6.9%+2.1%+5.5%-3.4%+4.9%-1.1%-3.0%+3.4%+6.3%+1.5%+5.5%+36.0%
2020+2.3%+1.8%+1.2%+3.9%+7.6%+3.4%+7.9%+8.0%-4.3%+0.6%+13.1%+9.7%+69.5%
2021+5.1%+6.8%+2.1%+2.9%+1.1%+1.1%+4.1%+3.6%-6.2%+7.4%+2.1%+5.5%+40.9%
2022-5.5%-2.1%+1.5%-4.7%+4.2%-4.5%+3.9%-2.8%-5.2%+6.3%+1.1%-3.7%-11.5%
2023+3.9%-1.1%+5.8%-1.5%+9.8%+5.5%+1.9%+1.3%-3.6%-0.4%+7.9%+3.7%+37.5%
2024+2.3%+8.9%+5.1%-1.0%-0.2%+3.9%+1.1%+2.0%+4.4%-0.1%+16.8%+1.0%+52.6%
2025+1.2%+2.2%-3.9%+3.7%+2.3%+8.9%+0.4%-1.9%+13.8%+7.8%-2.2%+1.7%+37.6%
2026+5.6%-2.1%-2.6%+17.0%+10.8%+1.9%-2.2%+29.9%
CommoditiesCO
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
2016-0.2%+1.0%-3.1%+3.7%-0.6%+4.5%+2.4%+7.7%
2017+5.6%+1.4%-3.8%-2.4%+2.5%-2.6%+4.0%+1.9%-2.6%+3.6%-0.9%+2.2%+8.8%
2018+4.3%-3.2%-0.9%+1.6%+2.6%+0.8%+0.6%-2.2%+2.8%-2.3%+0.1%+3.1%+7.2%
2019+4.0%+1.3%-1.0%-2.2%-1.8%+10.9%-0.6%+9.3%-3.4%+4.0%-1.3%+7.7%+28.7%
2020-0.5%+1.1%-1.0%+1.1%+6.4%+3.0%+8.2%+2.5%-2.7%-0.5%+7.9%+7.7%+37.6%
2021+2.0%+7.8%-0.7%+5.0%+2.7%-1.4%+0.6%-1.7%+1.2%+3.8%-2.0%+1.1%+19.6%
2022+4.3%+8.6%+2.2%-3.4%+2.8%-6.8%+2.4%+1.7%-1.3%+0.2%+8.1%-1.6%+17.5%
2023+2.3%-6.7%+0.7%+1.3%-6.6%-2.9%+6.0%-2.0%-0.3%-1.7%+1.3%+2.7%-6.4%
2024-2.3%-3.9%+7.8%+1.0%+2.6%-3.3%+2.5%-1.1%+3.9%+0.4%+0.3%-5.8%+1.3%
2025+4.6%+1.4%+3.8%-0.6%+5.5%+1.8%-0.7%+5.2%+11.0%+2.6%+2.2%+8.2%+54.4%
2026+4.3%+6.4%+0.1%+1.0%-3.7%-5.8%+1.1%+2.9%
S&P 500 ETFSPY
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
2016-0.8%+4.5%+0.5%-0.4%-1.3%+4.1%+2.0%+8.8%
2017+1.0%+4.3%+0.1%+1.3%+1.2%+0.7%+2.1%-0.3%+2.0%+2.7%+2.6%+2.3%+21.8%
2018+5.3%-2.5%-4.9%+2.4%+1.8%+0.4%+3.2%+3.2%+0.5%-6.7%+1.2%-8.3%-5.3%
2019+7.2%+4.3%+1.7%+3.9%-5.9%+6.4%+2.9%-2.2%+1.1%+2.8%+3.5%+2.3%+30.9%
2020+2.0%-11.7%-9.2%+12.0%+3.7%+1.0%+7.2%+7.5%-4.5%-1.4%+10.5%+2.9%+18.2%
2021+1.0%+2.3%+3.2%+5.6%+0.8%+1.8%+2.5%+3.2%-3.3%+4.6%+1.3%+3.3%+29.7%
2022-7.2%-2.1%+6.3%-7.5%-2.4%-8.6%+8.3%-1.9%-9.2%+6.8%+2.3%-3.3%-18.7%
2023+5.4%-1.0%+2.3%+1.7%+1.7%+5.9%+3.6%-1.3%-4.1%-3.6%+9.4%+5.0%+27.1%
2024+2.5%+4.0%+3.3%-2.8%+3.0%+4.8%+0.3%+2.1%+2.0%+0.9%+4.2%-1.3%+25.4%
2025+3.0%-3.6%-5.8%-0.4%+7.6%+5.1%+3.6%+1.3%+2.7%+3.3%-0.6%+1.2%+17.8%
2026+0.7%-1.3%-6.2%+11.8%+5.8%-1.7%+0.5%+9.0%

Monthly figures compound the daily series inside each calendar month, and year totals compound the months. Live results from 3 August 2026 are published separately above, and the two are never blended.

08  ·  BEFORE YOU DECIDE

Read a month of it before you decide anything.

Annual plans carry a free first month. You get the Track Record page exactly as I read it: the locked signals every morning, the portfolio they build, and this page saying afterwards what came of it. Cancel in-month and pay nothing.

The work is closer to observation than prediction. None of it asks you to be attached to a particular trade, mine included. The market is the thing being read. We are watching it from the same side of the glass.

Published for information and education. It is not personalised advice, not a managed account, and not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Capital is at risk. Past and backtested performance tell you nothing certain about the future.