Factor Scoring Changes and Proposed Improvements to a Rotation Strategy

Summary

This brief project note reports a modification to an existing quantitative strategy: market capitalization was added to the scoring process and return on equity was removed. The author says the backtest improved after the change, but provides no performance figures, test setup, comparison period, or information about costs and robustness, so the claim cannot be independently assessed from the note.

The author identifies several next steps for a short-term rotation approach. These include neutralizing fundamental factors such as price-to-book and net-profit growth, distinguishing market regimes because the strategy may work better in bull markets, and adding a modest set of technical indicators. These are proposals rather than implemented or evaluated changes. The document offers a useful outline of factor selection and regime-aware refinement, while leaving the strategy definition, portfolio construction, and validation methods unspecified.

Key ideas

• The strategy score was changed by adding market capitalization and removing return on equity.
• The author reports an improved backtest but gives no supporting statistics or test details.
• Proposed refinements include neutralizing valuation and earnings-growth factors.
• The note suggests conditioning rotation on broad market regimes and adding technical signals.

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