# cointegration-analysis

Tests asset pairs for cointegration with Engle-Granger, Johansen and Phillips-Ouliaris, then builds the spread for statistical arbitrage.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 455 installs · ★ 443
- Author: agiprolabs
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/agiprolabs/claude-trading-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/cointegration-analysis/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-03
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/cointegration-analysis

## What it does

The skill answers one question: do two price series share a long-run equilibrium? Both can be non-stationary on their own, yet some linear combination of them reverts to a mean. Correlation will not tell you that. Two unrelated uptrends can look tightly linked while having no equilibrium at all.

Three methods are covered. Engle-Granger regresses one series on the other with OLS and runs an ADF test on the residuals, using its own critical values: for two series, 1% = -3.90, 5% = -3.34, 10% = -3.04. Johansen takes several series at once and returns the number of cointegrating vectors. Phillips-Ouliaris is available through `statsmodels.tsa.stattools.coint` and holds up better against heteroskedastic residuals. After that come the spread, the z-score, the Hurst exponent and the half-life.

You need `statsmodels`, `scipy` and `numpy` installed. Testing Y~X and X~Y can disagree, so the skill tells you to run both directions and keep the stronger result. It also flags spurious cointegration on trending series and asks for at least 200 observations. A rolling 60–90 day window catches breakdowns: a p-value above 0.10 or hedge-ratio drift past 25% means stop trading that pair.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add agiprolabs/claude-trading-skills --skill cointegration-analysis -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/cointegration-analysis/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/cointegration-analysis/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add agiprolabs/claude-trading-skills --skill cointegration-analysis -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/cointegration-analysis/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add agiprolabs/claude-trading-skills --skill cointegration-analysis -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/cointegration-analysis/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install agiprolabs/claude-trading-skills cointegration-analysis
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/cointegration-analysis/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add agiprolabs/claude-trading-skills --skill cointegration-analysis -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/agiprolabs/claude-trading-skills --path skills/cointegration-analysis
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/cointegration-analysis/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add agiprolabs/claude-trading-skills --skill cointegration-analysis -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/agiprolabs/claude-trading-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/cointegration-analysis/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- check whether two assets are cointegrated before entering a trade
- estimate the hedge ratio and spread for a pairs trade
- detect when a cointegration link breaks on a rolling window
- filter out spurious cointegration between two trending series
- measure spread half-life and drop pairs that fail the range

## Example prompts
- test SOL and ETH for cointegration with Engle-Granger over the last 200 days
- compute the hedge ratio and spread z-score for the RAY/ORCA pair
- run rolling cointegration on a 60-day window and show where the p-value crosses 0.10

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: cointegration-analysis
description: Cointegration testing for pairs trading using Engle-Granger, Johansen, and rolling stability analysis
---

# Cointegration Analysis

Cointegration testing identifies pairs of assets that share a long-run equilibrium
relationship, enabling statistical arbitrage and pairs trading strategies.

## What Is Cointegration?

Two price series are **cointegrated** when they are individually non-stationary
(random walks) but a linear combination of them is stationary (mean-reverting).
Intuitively, the prices may wander apart temporarily but are pulled back to an
equilibrium spread over time.

### Cointegration vs Correlation

| Property | Correlation | Cointegration |
|---|---|---|
| Measures | Short-term co-movement | Long-run equilibrium |
| Stationarity | Requires stationary returns | Works with non-stationary prices |
| Time horizon | Can change rapidly | Stable over months/years |
| Trading use | Momentum/trend signals | Mean-reversion pairs trades |
| Failure mode | Breaks in regime changes | Breaks on structural shifts |

Two assets can be highly correlated but not cointegrated (e.g., two unrelated
uptrends). Conversely, cointegrated assets may have low short-term correlation
during temporary divergences — which is exactly when pairs trades are entered.

### Why It Matters

- **Pairs trading**: Long the underperformer, short the outperformer, profit on convergence
- **Statistical arbitrage**: Systematic mean-reversion on spread z-scores
- **Spread trading**: Trade the spread directly as a synthetic instrument
- **Risk hedging**: Cointegrated hedge ratios minimize tracking error over time

## Methods

### 1. Engle-Granger Two-Step

The most common approach for two series.

**Step 1** — Regress Y on X using OLS:

```
Y_t = α + β * X_t + ε_t
```

**Step 2** — Test the residuals ε_t for stationarity using the ADF test.

- If residuals are stationary (p < 0.05) → Y and X are cointegrated
- β is the **hedge ratio** for the pairs trade
- α is the long-run mean of the spread

**Important**: Engle-Granger critical values differ from standard ADF critical
values. For n=2 series: 1% = -3.90, 5% = -3.34, 10% = -3.04.
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