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title: Leverage Covering Strategy for Equity Momentum
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4495435/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4495435
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4495435
featured: 2023-07-05
citations: unknown
topic: Asset Pricing & Factors
---


# Leverage Covering Strategy for Equity Momentum

Constant Leverage strategy improves performance of momentum portfolios by addressing biases, transaction costs, and compensation mechanisms.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4495435
- Identifier: SSRN 4495435
- Released: 2023-06-29
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 6 (2023-07-05): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2023-07-05/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Asset Pricing & Factors

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