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Three free essays on market regime change: what a regime actually is, how AI detectors are built, and where they fail — written to be read in order.

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The reading room. Three essays, written to be read in order.

What a Market Regime Actually Is

Essay 01 4-minute read

Regimes are the climate under prices — volatility, correlation structure — and three famous breaks show how suddenly that climate can flip.

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How Regime Detectors Are Built

Essay 02 4-minute read

The gears of detection: state-hopping models, the run-length trick, market webs, and staleness alarms — each with its stated limits.

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Where Regime Detection Fails

Essay 03 4-minute read

Speed in detection is bought with false alarms, and boundaries always look cleaner in hindsight; this is the honest ledger.

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