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Quantitative Finance Research Papers

Independent, open-access research covering market microstructure, portfolio construction, execution analytics, GPU trading infrastructure, and machine learning in finance. Each paper includes a full written analysis and Python implementation examples — written for practitioners and researchers who want rigorous, reproducible methodology rather than surface-level summaries.
Topics span VPIN order flow toxicity, Hierarchical Risk Parity, the Probabilistic Sharpe Ratio, slippage and latency modeling, genetic algorithm alpha discovery, alternative data integration, sovereign AI for investment research, and high-frequency analytical operations. All research is non-commercial and provided for educational purposes.
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Paper 01 Jan 2026
VPIN and Order Flow Toxicity: A Practical Microstructure Signal for Quantitative Traders
Volume-synchronized probability of informed trading as a practical signal for detecting adverse selection in fragmented equity markets. Includes Python implementation, volume bucketing, and trade classification methods.
VPINMicrostructureOrder Flow
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Paper 02 Feb 2026
Building a Low-Latency Trading Stack with RTX 5090: Why GPU-Accelerated Financial Modeling Still Needs Core Ultra 9-Class CPUs
Why GPU-accelerated financial modeling still requires CPU-class hardware. A split-path architecture analysis for real trading systems with latency decomposition and PyTorch inference examples.
InfrastructureLatencyGPU
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Paper 03 Jan 2026
Hierarchical Risk Parity (HRP) for Portfolio Optimization
Cluster-based portfolio allocation that avoids covariance inversion and delivers more stable out-of-sample diversification. Includes correlation distance, recursive bisection, and full Python implementation.
PortfolioHRPRisk
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Paper 04 Jan 2026
Probabilistic Sharpe Ratio (PSR) and Backtest Overfitting
A statistically rigorous alternative to raw Sharpe that adjusts for non-normality, sample length, skewness, and kurtosis. Detects backtest overfitting with inferential statistics.
StatisticsBacktestPSR
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Paper 05 Feb 2026
Market Microstructure: Bid-Ask Spread Dynamics
Quoted, effective, and realized spreads as microstructure state variables. Decomposing the cost of immediacy for execution models with adverse selection analysis.
MicrostructureSpreadsExecution
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Paper 07 Feb 2026
Sovereign AI: Why Local LLMs Are the Future of Quant Research
Why self-hosted language models are structurally superior for investment research. The Bastion philosophy — data minimization, auditability, latency predictability, and customization.
Sovereign AILLMPrivacy
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Paper 08 Feb 2026
Automating Alpha Discovery with Genetic Algorithms
Evolutionary search as an alpha hypothesis generator. Fitness design, selection pressure, and rigorous out-of-sample validation for non-convex trading strategy spaces.
AlphaOptimizationGA
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Paper 09 Feb 2026
Slippage and Latency Modeling in Backtesting
Why PnL arises from signal after implementation, not signal alone. Fill models, latency decomposition, square-root market impact, and Python fill simulators.
ExecutionBacktestImpact
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Paper 10 Feb 2026
The Role of Alternate Data in Quantitative Finance
Satellite imagery, transaction panels, and e-commerce data as nowcasting signals. Data governance, timestamp integrity, and ML pipeline design for alternative data sources.
Alt DataMLNowcasting
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Paper 11 Mar 2026
Optimization of High-Frequency Analytical Operations: From Vectorization to Predictive Modeling
Rolling-window mathematics, GPU-accelerated analytics, and feature engineering for quantitative trading systems. From raw market data to predictive feature matrices.
AnalyticsGPUVectorization
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