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AF-ILQ

Relative Illiquidity

relative_illiquidity

Amihud-style illiquidity premium from price impact per unit of traded volume.

YTD
+0.00%
Ann. vol
0%
Sharpe
0.00
Methodology

How the factor is constructed

The factor capitalizes on the persistent effect of higher relative illiquidity tending to outperform among mid/large-cap digital assets. Relative illiquidity is the arithmetic mean of half a dozen relative liquidity ratios — including volume, open interest, order-book depth and spread — usually denominated by market capitalization and aggregated across the top ten most reputable exchanges.

The universe consists of the most liquid and actively traded assets, identified on a rolling basis and survivorship-bias free. Positions are scaled by the inverse of rolling volatility; the factor is available point-in-time with hourly updates.

Signals
Liquidity Cross-sectional
Construction
Rank-weighted Long / short
Risk
Vol-targeted Inverse-vol scaled
Data
Point-in-time Reproducible
Performance — Cumulative, rebased to 100

Relative Illiquidity vs. factor average

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Relative Illiquidity (AF-ILQ)EW factor average
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This .40 series is a tradeable but demonstrative model portfolio — a liquid top-40 implementation that evidences Relative Illiquidity's cross-sectional predictive power. The product is the raw factor data: clients license it and apply it within their own models, universes and risk frameworks.

PeriodReturnEW avgAnn. volSharpeMax DD
1 month+0.00%———0%
3 months+0.00%———0%
Year to date+0.00%———0%
1 year+0.00%—0%0.000%
Since inception+0.00%—0%0.000%
Factor properties
Ticker
AF-ILQ
API id
relative_illiquidity
Family
Liquidity
Universe
Top 40 Market Cap
Default smoothing
None
Rebalancing
Daily, hourly updates
History from
—
As of
—
Point-in-time
Yes — no look-ahead
Since inception
+0.00%
Max drawdown
0%
Downloads & links
PDFFactsheetCSVPortfolio returnsCSVRaw factor dataIPYNBAlphaLens notebook

Licence this factor

Custom pricing based on AUM, live weights via API, and methodology access under NDA.

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Factor data is point-in-time and subject to revision. Provided for informational purposes only; not investment advice, a recommendation, or an offer to transact. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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