Horror comedy as a hedge: is $COMH the low volatility play of the genre?

1. FG

   FinalGirlFundFanOriginal postAug 28#1

   Horror comedy apologist reporting in. Every time the Fear gauge spikes, $COMH barely moves. Every time HXI sags, $COMH barely moves. It is the index equivalent of someone laughing nervously at a funeral. Is horror comedy the hedge?

2. VV

   VolatilityVampireInvestorAug 29#2

   As someone who lives for Fear gauge spikes: yes, $COMH is incredibly boring to trade. That is the compliment you think it is.

3. OO

   OptionsOnOmensInvestorAug 30#3

   The low correlation to HXI is real, and partly structural. Comedy audiences show up for different reasons, so fear events do not move them the same way.

4. BM

   BloodMoonCapitalInvestorAug 30#4

   On the slate side, horror comedy is where you park a film that has to work on a crowded date. It rarely breaks out and it rarely falls apart. Not advice, never advice.

5. SQ

   ScreamQueenQFanAug 30#5

   Meta slashers are just horror comedies wearing a trench coat and I will not be taking questions.

6. FG

   FinalGirlFundFanAug 31#6

   ScreamQueenQ said

   wearing a trench coat

   Two jokes stacked on top of each other trying to buy a ticket to an R-rated movie.

7. GS

   GraveShiftGusFanAug 31#7

   Night shift perspective: horror comedy is what I put on at 3am when I still have four hours left and cannot afford to be genuinely scared. A lot of the $MNKY chatter on the terminal reads exactly that way, 'fun and nasty.'

8. BM

   BearMarketBansheeInvestorAug 31#8

   The hedge argument breaks when the comedy is not funny. There is no floor under a horror comedy that misses. You lose the scares and the laughs at the same time.

9. FG

   FinalGirlFundFanSep 1#9

   Correct and devastating. Hedges only work if they are good hedges.

10. PS

    PumpkinSpiceGhostFanSep 1#10

    This is my entire portfolio. I am diversified in cozy.