ResidualMomentum · Momentum · Blitz, Huij and Martens (2011)

Momentum based on FF3 residuals

Long minus short decile portfolio, value-weighted, market-adjusted. Quarterly, 1930Q3 to 2024Q4.

Expected return · posterior mean, % per year, averaged over the window
Next quarter
2026Q4
8.41%
95% interval 4.51% to 11.49%
Next year
2026Q4–2027Q3
8.42%
95% interval 4.53% to 11.49%
Next five years
2026Q4–2031Q3
8.46%
95% interval 4.62% to 11.49%

Forecast made 16 Sep 2026, conditioning on this portfolio's OAP returns, which end 2024Q4. The 7 quarters between then and 2026Q4 are unobserved and are integrated out under the model.

Cumulative market-adjusted return

+258,118% since 1930Q3 · log scale

Past performance, annualized

Window Mean Vol. Sharpe t
1930Q3–2024Q4 9.41% 14.36% 0.65 6.37
2020Q1–2024Q4 4.96% 14.64% 0.34 0.76
2024Q1–2024Q4 5.64% 19.17% 0.29 0.29

Forecast Sharpe ratio, annualized

Window Mean 95% interval P(neg)
2026Q4 0.59 0.31 – 0.81 <0.01
2026Q4–2027Q3 0.60 0.31 – 0.84 <0.01
2026Q4–2031Q3 0.60 0.27 – 0.86 <0.01
Category
Momentum
Form
Continuous
Data
Price
Sorted on
High minus low
Names per leg
359 long / 359 short median · 64 at the 10th pctile
Original sample
1930–2009