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As manager of the Original Idea Fund, I am constantly shorting independent films

Posted by: JohnTEQP on Nov 17, 20:02 in response to Professor_of_Truth's post is that wait till it comes out? only my 4th day here Thanks

There are lots of small independent films that make very little money at the box office. I end up shorting most of them. A good strategy is to look for independent movies that are currently in release. Unless they are not reporting their box office grosses (which some don't), you'll see how much money they've made so far. If a movie was released a month ago and it's only made $5,000, it's probably not going to make much more than that, so it will probably delist at about H$0.01. For a list of those movies, check out what I am holding in The Original Idea Fund, and compare it to the release schedule.





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