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Aperiodic · AF-PLR · FactsheetAs of Jul 24, 2026
AF-PLR

Polaris

polaris

Proprietary measure of short-term, normalized momentum effects across crypto assets.

CAGR
+34.44%
Ann. vol
17%
Sharpe
1.82

How the factor is constructed

Polaris is a proprietary, market-neutral measure designed to identify short-term, normalized momentum effects across crypto assets.

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
Momentum Cross-sectional
Construction
Rank-weighted Long / short
Risk
Vol-targeted Inverse-vol scaled
Data
Point-in-time Reproducible

Polaris

Jan 01, 2020 – Jul 24, 2026
38181324467610753Jan 20Feb 21Mar 22Apr 23May 24Jun 25Jul 26
Performance & risk by period
PeriodReturnBTCAnn. volSharpeMax DD
1 month+0.47%+5.12%——-1.8%
3 months+18.93%-17.26%——-1.8%
Year to date+15.50%-27.77%——-5.7%
1 year+33.29%-45.85%13.7%2.21-7%
Since inception (CAGR)+34.44%+39.55%17%1.82-16.9%
Factor properties
Ticker
AF-PLR
API id
polaris
Family
Momentum
Universe
Top 40 Market Cap
Default smoothing
None
Rebalancing
Daily, hourly updates
History from
Jan 01, 2020
As of
Jul 24, 2026
Point-in-time
Yes — no look-ahead
Since inception (CAGR)
+34.44%
Max drawdown
-16.9%
Daily turnover
26.8%
Avg net exposure
2.8%
Avg gross exposure
101.0%
Downloads & links
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Custom pricing based on AUM, live weights via API, and methodology access under NDA.

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