Mock Portfolios & Alpha Capture

Turn Investment Ideas into Measurable Track Records

Track ideas, evaluate analyst performance, and systematically measure research quality, conviction, and alpha generation over time.
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How teams use mock portfolios & alpha capture

Track Ideas

Create mock portfolios from timestamped recommendations, conviction, and sizing to track how ideas perform over time.

Evaluate Analyst Performance

Measure performance across analysts, sectors, and time periods to identify where the investment team consistently generates alpha.

Monitoring

Monitor recommendations, conviction changes, estimate revisions, and performance to stay ahead of meaningful shifts in analyst views.

Mock Portfolio Creation

Turn analyst views into systematic, trackable portfolios.
Connect
Capture analyst inputs through Excel uploads, direct platform entry, APIs, or automated SFTP workflows.
Automate
Translate recommendations, conviction scores, rankings, and proprietary signals into dynamic portfolios using customizable sizing rules.

Institutional-Grade Analytics

Evaluate mock portfolios with the same depth of analytics as your live portfolio.
Measure
Analyze returns, attribution, risk, exposures, hit rates, and performance across analysts, sectors, and strategies.
Compare
Benchmark analysts and mock portfolios across time periods, market environments, and investment styles.

Alpha Capture

Centralize analyst inputs and performance in a single source of truth.
Capture
Record recommendations, conviction, price targets, estimates, catalysts, and performance in one structured historical record.
Analyze
Slice performance by analyst, sector, strategy, conviction, idea type, time horizon, market environment, and custom attributes.
Arcana by the numbers

10+

hrs

saved per investment professional each week

60-80%

reduction in manual analysis and reporting

Trillions

in assets managed on Arcana
Portfolio Manager, Hedge Fund

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