Nebula Research Library

The papers behind the platform.

Every strategy on Nebula is grounded in peer-reviewed research — momentum, carry, the volatility premium. Each card distills one paper to its claim, its lens, and the failure mode most practitioners miss. Three papers include adversarial reviews powered by cross-model AI analysis.

Paper 01

Time Series Momentum

Theme: trend persistence
Workspace fit: cross-asset momentum
SSRN: Download available

Panel Summary

Summarizes evidence that recent return direction can persist across major asset classes. Use this panel to separate momentum research context from any single security view.

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Paper 02

Carry

Theme: expected return drivers
Workspace fit: factor comparison
SSRN: Download available

Panel Summary

Explains carry as a broad cross-market return concept. Use this summary to compare yield-like compensation across assets without treating it as a standalone decision rule.

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Paper 03

Which Index Options Should You Sell?

Theme: index options
Workspace fit: premium research
SSRN: Download available

Panel Summary

Surfaces how option-selling outcomes vary by index contract and structure. The panel is useful for research context around volatility premium and implementation assumptions.

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Paper 04

The Volatility Risk Premium

Theme: S&P 500 volatility
Workspace fit: risk premium map
SSRN: Download available

Panel Summary

Summarizes empirical evidence around implied versus realized volatility. Use it to frame volatility risk premium as a measured phenomenon with period and index constraints.

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Paper 05

Quality Minus Junk

Theme: quality factor
Workspace fit: equity screening
SSRN: Download available

Panel Summary

Frames quality as a systematic equity characteristic across profitability, growth, safety, and payout dimensions. This panel supports public screening context.

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Paper 06

Dash for Cash

Theme: liquidity needs
Workspace fit: flow pressure
SSRN: Download available

Panel Summary

Highlights how institutional liquidity needs can create month-end market impact. The panel belongs near flow, liquidity, and calendar-context research.

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Paper 07

Paying Attention

Theme: overnight returns
Workspace fit: open behavior
SSRN: Download available

Panel Summary

Examines the hidden cost of buying at the open and the role of attention. Use this for session-timing context, not as an execution instruction.

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Paper 08

Stock Market Liquidity and Trading Costs

Theme: anomaly costs
Workspace fit: capacity context
SSRN: Download available

Panel Summary

Connects asset-pricing anomalies to liquidity and implementation costs. This summary helps prevent paper returns from being read without friction context.

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Paper 09

Determinants of Wash Trading in Major Crypto Exchanges

Theme: market integrity
Workspace fit: data quality
SSRN: Download available

Panel Summary

Summarizes evidence on suspicious exchange activity and what drives reported volume distortions. Use this for crypto data-quality caveats.

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Paper 10

Momentum's Hidden Sensitivity to the Starting Day

Theme: measurement sensitivity
Workspace fit: methodology risk
SSRN: Not available for download

Panel Summary

Calls out that momentum results can depend on portfolio formation timing. SSRN lists the entry, but the direct paper download is unavailable.

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Research summaries are for informational and educational use only. They are not investment advice, recommendations, or solicitations to buy or sell securities.

Adversarial Review

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