Momentum is heading into a higher vulnerability regime.

Momentum is heading into a higher vulnerability regime.

Quant Insight’s MFERM model decomposes asset risk into macro and idiosyncratic components. The ratio of the two — Macro Share of Risk — has fallen from 13.4% to 6.8% on Citi’s Pure Momentum index over the last 20 sessions.

That is a bottom 4% 20-day contraction over 11 years.

The macro footprint in Momentum is draining out of the price.

Why it matters:

  • MSR <5%: drawdown probability rises from 23% baseline to 33%
  • MSR ≤3%: drawdown probability rises to 44%
  • MSR >20%: drawdown probability falls to 9%

The relationship is monotonic: the lower MSR goes, the wider the return distribution becomes...

This matters for the live debate on how to hedge Momentum.

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