// Systematic Research · Live Capital

Systematic
Research.

We build and deploy ML-driven strategies at the intersection of regime detection, signal generation, and portfolio construction. Every method is validated out of sample before capital is deployed.

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//About Tevvis

Research first.
Capital follows.

Founded in 2023 — the year of our first live systematic trade — Tevvis is a research entity built around the conviction that rigorous methodology precedes any deployment of capital. The name means 23 in Marathi.

We develop strategies grounded in regime detection and machine learning. Every approach enters a funded portfolio only after demonstrating robustness across out-of-sample periods that span market regimes the model had not seen during training. The live track record is the evidence.

Research spans signal generation, portfolio construction, robustness testing, and cross-domain ML methods. Current work extends into concept drift detection and few-shot adaptation for financial meta-labelling, drawing on methods from medical imaging and other high-noise domains.

All performance figures represent real returns from a funded portfolio. Broker statements are available on request. We are a research operation, not an investment adviser.

Affiliations
University of Portsmouth
BSc Mathematics & Statistics
Imperial College London
MSc Financial Engineering
Queen Mary University
Research Collaboration
Barts Cancer Institute
Cross-disciplinary ML Methods
SSRN
Quantitative finance working papers
//Research Papers

Technical Research Notes.

Working papers on strategy design, ML methods in finance, and portfolio construction under uncertainty.

Paper 001 · 2025

Features for Screening Versus Features for Clustering: A Methodological Distinction in Systematic Equity Investment

Establishes that the appropriate feature space depends on the question asked. Prices answer the screening question; business structure answers the clustering question. Develops a unified framework that separates these two tasks and demonstrates superior out-of-sample performance when the distinction is respected in portfolio construction.

Read on SSRN SSRN 6630038
Paper 002 · 2025

Short-Horizon Excess Returns in Liquid Equities: Regime-Dependent Properties of a Systematic Programme

Documents time-variation in returns to quality-screened portfolios that the existing literature's stationary characterisation does not accommodate. Uses hidden Markov models to classify regimes and analyses return distributions conditional on state, finding that momentum and quality premia exhibit the strongest regime-dependence.

Read on SSRN SSRN 6553679
Paper 003 · 2025

Return Predictability or Risk Timing? Bootstrap Evidence from a Century of US Equity Data

Statistical framework examining whether apparent return predictability reflects genuine timing ability or compensation for time-varying risk exposure. Proposes a stationary bootstrap methodology for assessing significance of backtested performance and constructs confidence intervals for Sharpe ratio estimates under realistic autocorrelation assumptions.

Read on SSRN SSRN 6538498
Paper 004 · 2025

Clustering-Based Alternatives to Mean-Variance Portfolio Optimisation

Novel portfolio construction methodology using clustering algorithms as an alternative to traditional mean-variance optimisation under estimation error. Introduces a framework that distributes capital across regime-conditional sub-strategies proportional to posterior regime probabilities, demonstrating improved drawdown control and more stable alpha generation.

Read on SSRN SSRN 6537340
Performance Analytics Metrics
//Live Performance Dashboard

Live Track Record.

Real capital · Broker verified · Feb 2023 — present · Updated automatically via GitHub Actions

+180.6% Total Return
1.43 Sharpe Ratio
Feb 2023 Live Since
Broker Verified
Total Return
+180.6%Live, since Feb 2023
Sharpe Ratio
1.43Annualised, risk-adjusted
Max Drawdown
-21.0%Peak to trough
Track Record
3.2 yrLive capital, verified
Performance Tracker
£100 invested at inception · Live strategy vs benchmarks
£100 invested at inception
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Strategy vs S&P 500
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Cumulative outperformance since inception, through multiple distinct macroeconomic regimes, with real capital from February 2023.

Strategy, £100£539
S&P 500, £100£244
Sharpe Ratio1.43
Max Drawdown-21.0%
Analytics Dashboard
Deeper analysis — drawdown, distribution, annual returns, cumulative alpha
Drawdown Analysis
Underwater equity curve
Max DD -21.0% 64.1% positive months
Return Distribution
Monthly returns — Strategy vs S&P 500
Mean +3.4% Best +14.6% Worst -14.8%
Annual Returns
Strategy vs S&P 500
Cumulative Alpha
vs S&P 500
Monthly Returns Heatmap
Returns % by month · faded = backtest
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec Year
Performance Metrics
Full risk and return statistics
Risk-Return Statistics
Annualised Return
37.4%
Sharpe Ratio
1.43
Sortino Ratio
1.57
Calmar Ratio
1.78
Information Ratio
0.80
Max Drawdown
-21.0%
Win Rate
64.1%
Win / Loss Ratio
1.74x
Beta to S&P 500
0.60
Correlation
0.36
Key Statistics
Best Month
+14.6%
Worst Month
-14.8%
Win Streak
Consecutive months
7
Down Capture
% of S&P downside
-12.3%
Alpha
Annualised vs S&P
+15.8%
Total Trades
81

Disclaimer: Performance represents live, real-capital results from a funded portfolio managed by Tevvis from February 2023. Pre-2023 figures are backtested simulations and do not represent real trading. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Tevvis is a research operation and not an investment adviser.