Correlation
Ten traders is a number. Diversification is a property. A basket of ten leaders who all lean long the same majors is closer to one position than to ten.
In short
Correlation between leaders measures how much their returns move together. Two leaders diversify each other only when their profits come from different mechanisms, markets or holding periods — otherwise adding the second one increases size without reducing risk.
Overlap can hide in places a headline strategy label does not reveal. Two accounts labelled differently can still be expressing the same view in the same market at the same time.
Uncorrelated return streams reduce the depth of the combined drawdown because losses arrive at different times. Correlated streams simply add up — the combined book falls as far as the individual ones, on the same day.
This is why score is not the only input to allocation. A slightly lower-scoring leader whose returns are independent can contribute more to the basket than a higher-scoring one that duplicates existing exposure.
Correlation estimated over a short window is unstable and can flip sign with a handful of trades. Treat it as a coarse guide to whether two leaders are structurally different, not as a precise number to optimise against.
Past performance is not indicative of future results. Perpetual futures are leveraged instruments and carry a substantial risk of loss, including the loss of your entire position.
Questions
No. Ten correlated traders behave much like one larger position. Diversification depends on the mechanisms, not the count.
No. It shifts with regime and can rise sharply during stress, which is exactly when diversification is most needed.
Partly, if they trade different markets on different horizons. They will still tend to suffer together in a chop regime.
No. Sub-account isolation prevents positions from netting against each other; it does not change whether the underlying returns move together.
By aggregating positions across sub-accounts to see the combined directional tilt of the whole basket.
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