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Alternative data

Alternative data signals

Non-traditional positioning, attention, and external signals.

Alternative-data strategies use non-traditional external datasets beyond market, fundamental, insider, and congressional disclosures. We validate positioning, attention, prediction-market, and custom client-supplied signals with explicit source lineage, availability timestamps, and conservative lag assumptions.

Positioning, attention, prediction-market, and other non-traditional external signals.

  • Alternative data
  • US equities
  • Cross-asset

20 example backtests

  1. 01

    Short-interest squeeze candidate scan

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  2. 02

    Float-rotation pressure signal

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  3. 03

    Prediction-market probability change overlay

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  4. 04

    COT positioning extreme reversal

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  5. 05

    ETF flow momentum by sector

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  6. 06

    Options put-call attention signal

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  7. 07

    Borrow-cost acceleration risk screen

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  8. 08

    Web-traffic growth vs revenue surprise

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  9. 09

    App-download momentum factor

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  10. 10

    Search-interest spike event study

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  11. 11

    Job-posting growth as a company signal

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  12. 12

    Government-contract award reaction

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  13. 13

    Lobbying-activity change event study

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  14. 14

    Supply-chain relationship shock propagation

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  15. 15

    Satellite-activity proxy for operational momentum

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  16. 16

    Product-review sentiment change factor

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  17. 17

    Alternative-data confirmation of price momentum

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  18. 18

    Cross-source attention consensus basket

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  19. 19

    External-signal decay by publication lag

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  20. 20

    Custom client dataset joined to market returns

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Have a alternative data idea of your own?

Send us the rules in plain English. We confirm scope and feasibility, then validate it on the same institutional infrastructure.