Volatility Index (VIX) has flipped flat — on a setup that survived validation
Volatility Index (VIX) (Index) flipped flat on its best-fit indicator, MA Envelope (Daily), as of 2026-07-17.
The receipts for that pairing: alpha +119.8% vs buy-and-hold, win rate 65.6%, out-of-sample Sharpe 1.45. This is one of the rare setups that survived our full validation gauntlet — out-of-sample AND a multiple-testing hurdle.
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44.7% of 894 assets are in LONG regimes (+0.4 vs prior)
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