Commodity futures research

Basis Momentum

A Goldman-style F0/F6 replication and a liquidity-ranked L0-L1 / L0-L2 extension, published as compact reproducible research.

F0/F6: 2008-01-21 to 2026-07-10Liquidity comparison: 2019-01-07 to 2026-07-105 bp one-way cost

Risk Profiles

The unscaled F0/F6 baseline and 10% target-volatility overlay share the same signal and trading leg. They are presented separately because volatility scaling changes the risk profile.

NAV comparison of unscaled F0 F6 baseline and target volatility overlay

Open the retained result tables

Liquidity Extension

L0 is the nearest eligible contract. L1 and L2 are the next eligible deferred contracts. All three displayed strategies use the identical 1,820-day performance calendar; the blend is 50/50 of separately constructed books.

Aligned NAV comparison of L0 L1 L0 L2 and 50 50 separate booksAligned drawdown comparison of the liquidity strategies

Reproducibility

The repository contains source modules, synthetic tests, compact checksummed snapshots, and an executed notebook. Raw market data and the SQLite database are intentionally absent.