scholarly journals Profitable Technical Trading Rules For The Austrian Stock Market

Author(s):  
Massoud Metghalchi ◽  
Yong Glasure ◽  
Xavier Garza-Gomez ◽  
Chien Chen

Two moving average technical trading rules for the Austrian stock market are tested. Results indicate that moving average rules do indeed have predictive power and could discern recurring-price patterns for profitable trading. Results also support the hypothesis that technical trading rules can outperform the buy-and-hold strategy. Break-even one-way trading costs are estimated to be between .61 and 2.36 %. These break-even costs are larger than recent estimates of actual trading costs, implying profitable trading rules for the Austrian stock market.

2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Massoud Metghalchi ◽  
Xavier Garza-Gomez ◽  
Yong Glasure ◽  
Yung-Ho Chang

<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">This paper tests three moving average technical trading rules for the Mexican Stock Market. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Results indicate that moving average rules do indeed have predictive power and can discern recurring-price patterns for profitable trading and support the hypothesis that technical trading rules can outperform the buy-and-hold strategy. Break-even one-way trading costs are estimated to be</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><strong> </strong></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">in the range of 1% to 3% over the period under consideration. These break-even costs, we believe, are large compared to recent estimates of actual trading costs, implying that moving average trading rules have predictive power and can generate consistent profits even after transaction costs are considered. </span></span></p>


Author(s):  
Massoud Metghalchi ◽  
Xavier Garza-Gomez ◽  
Chien-Ping Chen ◽  
Stanley Monsef

This paper tests three moving average technical trading rules for the S&P 500 stock index. Using daily data from 1954 to 2004, our results indicate that moving average rules did indeed had predictive power and could discern recurring-price patterns for the period up to mid 1980s. However, since mid 1980s, technical trading rules do not work and could not discern recurring-price patterns. Our results are consistent with market inefficiency from 1954 to 1984 and market efficiency from 1984 to present.


2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chien-Ping Chen

This paper tests a few moving average technical trading rules for the NASDAQ Composite and Goldman Sack commodity indexes from 1972 to 2015. Our results indicate that moving average rules do exhibit strong predictive power for NADSAQ composite index but much weaker predictive power for GSCI. Can a trader use this predictive to beat the B&H strategy? We show that MA-100 days could most of the time make an abnormal profit in the case of NASDAQ composite index by considering both transaction costs and risk. 


2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-76
Author(s):  
Muhammad Arif ◽  

This paper investigates the gainfulness of moving averages (MA) timing method over the purchase and hold procedure for single stocks deal in Pakistan Stock Exchange. We used (Han et al., 2013) approach of single stock returns and indeterminate evidence of MA timing methodology insightful ability to increase higher returns over the strategy of purchase and hold. In addition, we report market risk-adjusted returns to expel any market development impacts and apply elective moving averages lag lengths to check the robustness of our outcomes. We look at that individual stock returns are noisier than portfolio returns and the fundamental technical exchanging principle of moving average don't be able to anticipate single stock returns. We propose the utilization of more perplexing trading rules in future investigations to determine the gainfulness of technical trading rules in individual stocks.


2007 ◽  
Vol 10 (04) ◽  
pp. 585-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Li ◽  
Steven Shuye Wang

We examine the performance of technical trading rules in Chinese domestic A-share and foreign B-share markets. After controlling for non-synchronous trading and transaction costs, we find evidence to support the predictability and profitability of some of the most popular technical trading rules for B-shares but not for A-shares. However, after February 19, 2001, when domestic investors were allowed to trade B-shares, the predictive power of the trading rules in B-share markets disappeared. We conjecture that the predictability of technical trading rules in B-share markets can be attributed to the gradual diffusion of information among foreign investors under the foreign share ownership restriction, and, partly, to positive autocorrelations induced by thin trading.


2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Efstathios Xanthopoulos ◽  
Konstantinos Aravossis ◽  
Spyros Papathanasiou

This paper investigates the profitability of technical trading rules in the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), utilizing the FTSE Large Capitalization index over the seven-year period 2005-2012, which was before and during the Greek crisis. The technical rules that will be explored are the simple moving average, the envelope (parallel bands) and the slope (regression). We compare technical trading strategies in the spirit of Brock, Lakonishok, and LeBaron (1992), employing traditional t-test and Bootstrap methodology under the Random Walk with drift, AR(1) and GARCH(1,1) models. We enrich our analysis via Fourier analysis technique (FFT) and more statistical tests. The results provide strong evidence on the profitability of the examined technical trading rules, even during recession period (2009-2012), and contradict the Efficient Market Hypothesis.


2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-32
Author(s):  
Massoud Metghalchi

We apply several well-known technical indicators to the daily data for the Athens Composite Share Price from 1/2/2000 to 12/31/2012.  Our findings strongly support the predictive power of technical trading rules; further, we ask whether this predictive power of technical analysis can be exploited to beat the profitability of the buy-and-hold strategy considering both transaction costs and risk.  We conclude that it is possible to beat the buy-and-hold strategy even considering transaction costs and risk.


2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massoud Metghalchi

Market Efficiency and Profitability of Technical Trading Rules: Evidence from Vietnam Abstract            We apply several well-known and popular technical indicators to the daily data for the Vietnam Ho Chi Minh stock index (VSI) from 5/15/2002 to October 31 of 2012.  The empirical results strongly support the predictive power of technical trading rules; these strong results also hold for each sub-period analyzed. Further, we ask whether a trader can use the predictive power of technical analysis to beat the profitability of the buy-and-hold strategy considering both transaction costs and risk.  Designing four strategies of various trading rules, we conclude that it is possible to beat the buy-and-hold strategy even considering transaction costs and risk.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-176
Author(s):  
Muhammad Arif ◽  
Abdul Rauf Laghari ◽  
Avinash Advani

This study examines the profitability of Moving Averages (MA) timing strategy over the buy and hold strategy for individual stocks listed at Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). We applied Han, Yang, and Zhou (2013), methodology to individual stock returns and found inconclusive evidence of MA timing strategy’s predictive ability to earn higher returns over buy and hold strategy. We also report market risk-adjusted returns to remove any market movement effects and apply alternative moving averages lag lengths to check the robustness of our results. We observe individual stock returns are noisier than portfolio returns and the simple technical trading rule of moving average lack the ability to predict individual stock returns. We propose the use of more complex trading rules in future studies to ascertain the profitability of technical trading rules in individual stocks.


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