Definitions
In plain terms
Alternating gains and losses can produce a different leveraged result from a smooth path with a similar average return.
Technical
For reset strategies, each period applies exposure to a changing strategy base, while financing, caps, floors, and rebalances add further state dependence.
Scope
It is not always a loss; the direction depends on the path, leverage, autocorrelation, volatility, and costs.
Examples
- A governed methodology records compounding path dependency with its source, cutoff, units, parameters, and effective version.
Common misconceptions
- Compounding Path Dependency does not have one universal implementation without the declared methodology, data basis, and constraints.
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Evidence and governance
- Fintech Builder Glossary Definition Contract The Fintech Builder · internal governed contract
Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition
Limits: Defines governed platform behavior rather than claiming these policies are universally prescribed by external McClellan methodology.
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- fintech-builder-batch-004
- Last reviewed
- 2026-07-27
- Next review
- 2027-07-27
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- evidence reviewed
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