Susan Potter
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time-series


2026-05
Quant Stationarity Testing for Strategy Signals: ADF, KPSS, and Why Your Backtest Depends on It

A strategy built on a non-stationary signal is a strategy built on sand. This article covers the statistical tests that detect non-stationarity (ADF, KPSS, Phillips-Perron, Zivot-Andrews), explains …