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title: Quant Bot v11 vs Renaissance Medallion: Why PAPER Mode Is the Defensible Default
url: https://neogenesis.app/blog/quant-v11-vs-renaissance-medallion-honest-scoping-2026
publishedAt: 2026-05-12
updatedAt: 2026-05-12
author: Yesol Heo
publisher: Neo Genesis
category: research
canonical: https://neogenesis.app/blog/quant-v11-vs-renaissance-medallion-honest-scoping-2026
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# Quant Bot v11 vs Renaissance Medallion: Why PAPER Mode Is the Defensible Default

> Renaissance Medallion's reported 66% annualized return (1988-2018) is the gold standard. Quant Bot v11 operates exclusively in PAPER mode until 14-day Sharpe ≥ 1.2 and DSR ≥ 0.5 — a graduation gate we publish in full (HF dataset 8, 375 sections, 9-Layer Kill Switch). Honest scoping over capital deployment.

**Published**: 2026-05-12
**Last updated**: 2026-05-12
**Author**: Yesol Heo ([https://neogenesis.app](https://neogenesis.app))
**Publisher**: Neo Genesis
**Canonical URL**: https://neogenesis.app/blog/quant-v11-vs-renaissance-medallion-honest-scoping-2026

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