The Graveyard
Where strategies go to die. 96 out of every 100 AI-generated strategies are killed by the pipeline. Here lie their remains — each one a lesson in what doesn't work.
96
Total Killed (per 100)
62
Killed at Stage 3
6
Killed at Stage 4
16
Killed at Stage 5
12
Killed at Stage 6
Recent Kills
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Overnight Gap Reversal
Sharpe 0.21, only 12 trades in 5 years
STAGE 3
2026-02-14
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RSI Mean Reversion QQQ
Look-ahead bias, 7 tuned parameters for 31 trades
STAGE 4
2026-02-13
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Bollinger Bounce SPY
Sharpe 0.38, failed sanity check thresholds
STAGE 3
2026-02-12
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Pairs Trade SPY/IWM
Walk-forward decay 82%, spread relationship broke
down
STAGE 6
2026-02-11
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MACD Crossover Momentum
Worst drawdown -62% under crash injection scenario
STAGE 5
2026-02-10
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Seasonal January Effect
Only 5 trades total, insufficient signal frequency
STAGE 3
2026-02-09
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VIX Spike Fade
Walk-forward decay 71%, regime shift in volatility
surface
STAGE 6
2026-02-08
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Treasury Curve Flattener
Survivorship bias in bond index data, capacity
issues
STAGE 4
2026-02-07
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Volume Breakout Filter
Worst drawdown -54% under triple-volatility
scenario
STAGE 5
2026-02-06
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Moving Average Rainbow
Sharpe 0.29, excessive whipsaw in ranging markets
STAGE 3
2026-02-05
Note: Every strategy in the graveyard has a complete audit trail. Builder and Institutional users can inspect the full manifest, backtest code, and kill report for any strategy.