Momentum strategy
Frog-in-the-Pan (Smooth Momentum)
Among stocks with similar momentum, prefer those that got there through many small steady gains over those that jumped in a few big leaps — smooth trends persist; jumps get arbitraged away.
~6–12 month formation and hold, rebalanced monthly or quarterlyAdvanced
Zhi Da, Umit G. Gurun & Mitch Warachka — “Frog in the Pan: Continuous Information and Momentum,” Review of Financial Studies (2014)