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Predict the break from a fragile order book

Fails on new data
the score couldn’t tell fragile from stable once shown fresh data
In plain English

A score meant to flag a fragile order book worked on old data but couldn’t tell fragile from stable when shown fresh data.

What it needed
separate fragile from stable states out-of-sample
What it got
separation tests failed on clean data
Why it's dead

The fragility score looked like it flagged unstable book states in-sample. On clean out-of-sample data the separation collapsed, it couldn't tell fragile from stable when it mattered.

The detail

Order-book fragility scorer. Separation tests (fragile vs stable states) failed on clean out-of-sample data, the in-sample structure didn't generalise. Retired in favour of better-powered directions.

Kill date
2026-03-12
Sample
fresh-data test
Method
Pre-registered
Verdict
no OOS separation

Pre-registered before the data. Judged on a criterion locked in advance. Published whatever the result.

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