RegimeFolio: A Regime Aware ML System for Sectoral Portfolio Optimization in Dynamic Markets

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.14986v1
• Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2025 12:03:06 GMT
• Title: RegimeFolio: A Regime Aware ML System for Sectoral Portfolio Optimization in Dynamic Markets
• Abstract summary: RegimeFolio is a novel regime-aware and sector-specialized framework.<n>It integrates explicit volatility regime segmentation with sector-specific ensemble forecasting.<n>We evaluate RegimeFolio on 34 large cap U.S. equities from 2020 to 2024.
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• Abstract: Financial markets are inherently non-stationary, with shifting volatility regimes that alter asset co-movements and return distributions. Standard portfolio optimization methods, typically built on stationarity or regime-agnostic assumptions, struggle to adapt to such changes. To address these challenges, we propose RegimeFolio, a novel regime-aware and sector-specialized framework that, unlike existing regime-agnostic models such as DeepVol and DRL optimizers, integrates explicit volatility regime segmentation with sector-specific ensemble forecasting and adaptive mean-variance allocation. This modular architecture ensures forecasts and portfolio decisions remain aligned with current market conditions, enhancing robustness and interpretability in dynamic markets. RegimeFolio combines three components: (i) an interpretable VIX-based classifier for market regime detection; (ii) regime and sector-specific ensemble learners (Random Forest, Gradient Boosting) to capture conditional return structures; and (iii) a dynamic mean-variance optimizer with shrinkage-regularized covariance estimates for regime-aware allocation. We evaluate RegimeFolio on 34 large cap U.S. equities from 2020 to 2024. The framework achieves a cumulative return of 137 percent, a Sharpe ratio of 1.17, a 12 percent lower maximum drawdown, and a 15 to 20 percent improvement in forecast accuracy compared to conventional and advanced machine learning benchmarks. These results show that explicitly modeling volatility regimes in predictive learning and portfolio allocation enhances robustness and leads to more dependable decision-making in real markets.

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