Research method
Historical analog comparison
Historical analog comparison is a canonical archive-taxonomy method; this registry entry defines its inputs, output and use boundary.
- Output
- Conditional forecast or research filter
- Input
- Ordered price, volume or breadth observations
- Horizon
- A defined sampling interval and lookback
- Best use
- Compare an explicit quantitative baseline with an out-of-sample result.
- Input: Ordered price, volume or breadth observations.
- Output: forecast.
- Use boundary: Compare an explicit quantitative baseline with an out-of-sample result.
The archive
Where the method has been read
Read in the archive20 readings
1988Crash fear fails the depression regime test1990October 1987 cycle overlay and the loss-trap1990Constructing nested four-year market cycles1991Evaluating quarterly return runs with historical analogs1992Evaluating split events across correction and bear regimes1993Mining-bullion relative strength as a gold-sleeve regime1994A two-horizon case study of a market-breadth oscillator1994Extreme short-rate declines as equity regime context1997Clustered true-range days as a regime label rather than a top forecast2001Constructing nearest-neighbor forecasts gated by a trend filter2001Nearest-neighbor one-week forecast from log-price patterns2003Regime context for debt-era bear rallies2004Testing a 1987 stock and gold analog by wave degree2004Shifting calendar regimes and election-cycle analogs2006Aligning sugar boom phases with seasonal analogs2009Crowd consensus and failed targets as regime context2011Treat a long-horizon chart analog as a regime scenario2012Build a weekly analog as a dated forecast object2013Classify the origin low before counting the next advance2015From a drawn price shape to an event-cloud case study
This registry entry describes a research method. It is not investment advice and does not make a performance claim.