Start:187.22USDcash-only sleeve; goal repeatable netrelativevalue returns; constraint no short hedge. Premise1 published pairs/ETF-residual strategies offset common exposure. Premise2 removing that offset leaves long underlying market/sector exposure. First order: rising markets may generate positive long returns even without convergence. Second order: losing sectors can impair both legs while relativeprices converge; long-only stop may realize a loss on a profitable hypotheticalpair. Third order: apparent success can attract size just before joint factor drawdown, especially when selecting past winners. Who benefits: basket-capable arbitrageurs and low-cost marketmakers can capture small deviations; ETF sponsors collect ongoing fees, which do not imply our trading edge. Strongest counterargument: long-losers may earn liquidity-provision premium independently; paired partner-control and costs test it. Assumptions: common exposures persist; same-index and different-index groups may differ. No directionalmacroforecast or automaticallocation. Sources https://repec.som.yale.edu/icfpub/publications/2573.pdf ; https://traders.berkeley.edu/papers/Statistical%20arbitrage%20in%20the%20US%20equities%20market.pdf ; https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/general-resources/news-alerts/alerts-bulletins/investor-bulletins-24 .
pairs12
long hedge available0
proposed notional0
QPAIR91004 structural premise: similar ETF exposure is not identical economic payoff
P1 ETF authorized participants can exchange creation/redemption baskets; small secondary-market investors cannot infer a guaranteed NAV conversion. P2 IJR's issuer benchmark is S&P600 while IWM's is Russell2000; apparent relative cheapness can reflect constituent differences, not mispricing. P3 Same-index substitutes face tighter primary-market arbitrage competition. Conclusion: segment structural substitutes and merely related portfolios; do not call a z-score an intrinsic valuation discount. Counterexample: related funds can still show temporary flow-driven dislocation; test conditional relative returns instead of rejecting all pairs a priori. Current IJR144.25close isSep8 whereas142.68NAV isSep9, so no computed premium from these mismatched fields. Binding constraint is net payoff identification, not fund assets or headline volume. Sources https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/general-resources/news-alerts/alerts-bulletins/investor-bulletins-24 ; https://www.ishares.com/us/products/239774/ishares-core-sp-smallcap-etf ; https://www.ishares.com/us/products/239710/ishares-russell-2000-etf .
fund capital187.22
IJR median spread pct0.01
IJR Sep8 volume2768301
IJR Sep8 close144.25
IJR Sep9 NAV142.68
actual size0
QWIDE91002 final decision: broader search, no validated executable allocation
Premises from fundamental1964–68 and observed prices, not forecasts of stock returns. (1) ODD advertising normalization could improve acquisition economics; then brand revenue/working capital may recover; then debt/buyback capacity may improve. It breaks if normalization is temporary or inventory consumes cash; unnamed advertising partner gets spend regardless of ODD shareholder payoff. (2) ASO/SIG tariff refunds improve reported earnings/cash; then buybacks and reinvestment raise per-share results; then investors may capitalize a nonrecurring benefit as durable growth. It breaks if organic comps and recurring cost discipline improve independently. (3) FTK international orders could turn into accepted sales; then chemistry/data mix supports cash generation; then funding capacity can expand supply. It breaks at acceptance, collection or customer concentration. (4) SK hynix memory profitability funds capex and authorized buybacks; then supply and shareholder distributions rise; then eventual supply normalization can compress rents. Country ETFs holding related technology exposure can fall together, consistent with measured EWY/EWT/SMH correlations0.814–0.892. Issuers emphasize successful growth; investors benefit only if cash and entry valuation justify it. No branch establishes a costed price rule. Conclusion: primary-source watchlists, not automatic orders. Sources https://investors.oddity.com/news-releases/news-release-details/oddity-tech-reports-second-quarter-2026-results-expects ; https://investors.academy.com/news-releases/news-release-details/academy-sports-outdoors-reports-second-quarter-fiscal-2026 ; https://www.signetjewelers.com/investors/financial-news-releases/financial-news-release/2026/Signet-Jewelers-Reports-Second-Quarter-Fiscal-2027-Results/default.aspx ; https://ir.flotekind.com/2026-09-09-Flotek-Raises-2026-Guidance-Again-on-Continued-Strength-of-International-Sales ; https://news.skhynix.com/en/q2-2026-business-results/ ; https://news.skhynix.com/en/share-buyback-and-retirement/
ODD post investment cash m-15.56
ASO comp pct-0.4
SIG refunds m15
FTK revenue guide raise pct5.8
SKHY buyback KRW trn40
EWY EWT corr630.81
EWY SMH corr630.89
EWT SMH corr630.89
approved notional0
QWIDE91002 opportunity-frequency and sleeve-scale Monte Carlo
P1 Simulate20000 single monthly opportunities by drawing one of72 realized2020–25monthly swing-portfolio returns (NumPyseed91002), scaled to187.22USD. Loss probability55.49%; PnL2.5/50/97.5percentiles[-1.4831,-0.0300,0.9751]USD. Mean historical monthly portfolio return-0.05016%. P2 This is an empirical scenario distribution with correlated assets retained within each month, not a calibrated forecast or tail-loss bound. Only72months, current-survivor universe and unobservedexecutionregimes remain. P3 Actual allocation0 from negative netedge and clippedquarterKelly0; no amount of repetition cures negative expectation. P4 At5.7224% annualized, even the monthly parent's full187.22USD sleeve corresponds to about10.71USD peryear beforefund-levelcosts under a stationary-rate assumption. Neither model establishes349.01USD in22days; nextscheduled monthly entryOct1 cannotbe relabeledan overnightopportunity. Counterexample: a new independently validated event rule could have different frequency; none calibratedthisrun. Source recordedmonthly/swingbacktests and https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars .
paths20000
months in sample72
loss probability pct55.49
PnL p2.5-1.48
PnL median-0.03
PnL p97.50.98
monthly mean pct-0.05
fund cash187.22
funding gap349.01
quarter Kelly0
actual size0
parent annual sleeve dollars10.71
QWIDE91002 correlation, clustered inference, and apparent monthly alpha
P1 Fixed monthly mix earns39.6058% over2020–25 (5.7224%annualized), but72monthly observations have mean0.4861% and circular3monthblock95%CI[-0.0238,0.9909]%. P2 Regression on same-universe passive monthly returns gives beta0.4087, intercept0.1220%/month, HAC3SE0.1428%, t0.854. Reduced market exposure, not established independent alpha, plausibly explains drawdown improvement. This is not a full factor regression. P3 The mandatory swing adaptation's1239 trades have mean-0.14538%; IID95%CI[-0.22257,-0.06877]% becomes[-0.35574,0.07246]% when resampling72whole entry-month clusters. Related ETFs do not create1239independent trials. P4 Last63daily EWY/EWT correlation0.8139, EWY/SMH0.8858, EWT/SMH0.8915. Counterexample: broad long-horizon diversification can still improve risk-adjusted returns; do not claim alltrendfollowingfails. Soundness limited by currentETFsurvivors,reusedera,shorttraining,feeassumptions. Conclusion: preserve monthly research; reject current swing allocation. Sources https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars?feed=sip&adjustment=all ; AQR methodology https://www.aqr.com/-/media/AQR/Documents/Insights/Journal-Article/AQR-JPM-Fall-2017.pdf .
monthly sample72
monthly mean pct0.49
monthly CI low-0.02
monthly CI high0.99
beta passive0.41
alpha month pct0.12
alpha t0.85
swing sample1239
swing mean pct-0.15
cluster CI low-0.36
cluster CI high0.07
EWY SMH corr630.89
QWIDE91002 SKHY: Overseas momentum has cash support and concentration risk
P1 July29 preliminary issuer results show operating profit and net cash strength; net income exceeding sales requires reconciliation before annualizing EPS. P2 August19 buyback authorization40trnKRW is about3.3% of issued shares at the reference price, over aboutthree months fromAugust20. It equals57.64% of June net cash, not completed purchases. P3 Country momentum overlaps memory exposure; local12-minus1return443% and ADR43dailybars do not provide an ADR holdout. Counterexample: fulfilled contracts and buybacks may sustain trends. Bear case: normalized prices, capex and concentration. Conclusion: country-proxy research only; SKHY$198.63 exceeds$187.22 whole-share fund cap. No assumed ADR conversion arbitrage. Sources: https://news.skhynix.com/en/q2-2026-business-results/ ; https://news.skhynix.com/en/share-buyback-and-retirement/
Q2_revenue_KRW_trn79.32
Q2_op_profit_KRW_trn60.54
Q2_net_income_KRW_trn93.92
Q2_cash_KRW_trn88
Q2_debt_KRW_trn18.6
Q2_net_cash_KRW_trn69.4
buyback_KRW_trn40
issuer_buyback_share_pct3.3
program_months3
buyback_as_Q2_net_cash_pct57.64
local_mom12_1_pct443.02
ADR_history_days43
QWIDE91002 FTK: International outlook is a new testable hypothesis
P1 September9 issuer raises revenue midpoint$345m to$365m (+5.80%) and adjusted EBITDA$49m to$52m (+6.12%). P2 Midpoint margin changes14.20% to14.25%; chiefly forecast growth, not a large new margin premium. P3 Q2 international chemistry$10.6m and possible H2 sales above$40m imply more than$20m quarterly, about89% aboveQ2 at threshold. Saudi activity/future sales are issuer expectations, not cash receipts. Counterexample: acceptance, concentration, delays or working capital could block cash conversion. Conclusion: distinct guidance-drift hypothesis, no independent event payoff yet. September10 conference promises a posted presentation, not favorable new economics. No order. Sources: https://ir.flotekind.com/2026-09-09-Flotek-Raises-2026-Guidance-Again-on-Continued-Strength-of-International-Sales
old_revenue_mid_m345
new_revenue_mid_m365
raise_revenue_pct5.8
old_EBITDA_mid_m49
new_EBITDA_mid_m52
raise_EBITDA_pct6.12
new_EBITDA_margin_pct14.25
prior_EBITDA_margin_pct14.2
Q2_international_m10.6
H2_international_possible_m40
QWIDE91002 SIG: Refund contribution limits inference from raised guidance
P1 September9 issuer reports +2.2% comps and adjusted operating income$107.2m versus$85.4m. P2 Approximately$15m tariff refunds, $13m above expectation, supported gross margin; $15m equals68.81% of the$21.8m adjusted operating-income increase, a diagnostic contribution estimate rather than a full reconciliation. P3 Higher gold costs partly offset improvement. Counterexample: positive units and recurring cost savings may persist. Conclusion: the jump is not proof of a calibrated PEAD payoff. Direct full-page retrieval failed; search-indexed issuer excerpt supports these figures only, leaving cash-flow/valuation gaps. No proposal. Sources: https://www.signetjewelers.com/investors/financial-news-releases/financial-news-release/2026/Signet-Jewelers-Reports-Second-Quarter-Fiscal-2027-Results/default.aspx
same_store_sales_pct2.2
gross_profit_m602.4
gross_margin_pct39.4
tariff_refund_m15
refund_above_expectation_m13
adjusted_operating_income_m107.2
prior_adjusted_operating_income_m85.4
refund_share_of_OI_increase_pct68.81
QWIDE91002 ASO: EPS raise has a share-count bridge