Find what holds

Mission

We test whether a claim holds before the outcome is known

A company is priced on a thesis. A strategy runs on a signal. A therapy enters a trial on a hypothesis. Each is a claim about an outcome that has not yet arrived. Cistron Systematic writes these claims as questions, estimates the answer in advance, and records the estimate so it can be scored when the outcome arrives

Operating Reality

Our quantitative strategies run on our own capital

€30k+

Own capital in live strategies

3

Strategies marked to market

As of July 1, 2026

Founding Statement

Foundedto TestWhat Holds

Kilian G. Schlipf founded Cistron Systematic to test ideas before they are believed. The method is the same in every area: define the question, fix the test in advance, use data the idea was not built on, and publish the result, including the results that did not hold

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