Box Office Genre X Distributor
In plain terms
When a distributor's slate is heavily one-genre AND that genre is in a market-wide uptrend, the distributor outperforms.
How it works
Distributors skew toward specific genres (Disney → animation, Sony → horror via Screen Gems). When a distributor's recent slate concentrates >=50% in a single genre AND that genre's market-wide 12w/52w momentum is rising (ratio >= 1.2), the distributor outperforms. Genre keyword-classified from title text (no genre column in source).
Data dependencies
- Daily prices
Adjusted-close OHLCV for every US-listed ticker; primary price feed.
- Box office daily
A data feed this strategy reads, refreshed on its normal schedule.
- Box office distributor ticker map
A data feed this strategy reads, refreshed on its normal schedule.
Expected edge
- Reported return
- 75-200 bps
- Tested over
- T+1 to T+20d
75-200 bps over 10-20d.
Example tickers where this is likely to fire
Illustrative only, the signal fires based on the live data, not a fixed list.
Related families
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