2.7.2What causes success and failure of technical trading?71
2.8Concluding remarks72
Appendix75
A.Tables75
B.Parameters of technical trading strategies89
3Technical Trading Rule Performance in Dow-Jones Industrial Average Listed Stocks93
3.1Introduction93
3.2Data and summary statistics97
3.3Technical trading strategies100
3.4Trading profits100
3.5Data snooping102
3.6Empirical results106
3.6.1Results for the mean return criterion106
3.6.2Results for the Sharpe ratio criterion112
3.7A recursive out-of-sample forecasting approach115
3.8Conclusion118
Appendix120
A.Tables120
B.Parameters of technical trading strategies143
C.Parameters of recursive optimizing and testing procedure145
4Technical Trading Rule Performance in Amsterdam Stock Exchange Listed Stocks147
4.1Introduction147
4.2Data and summary statistics148
4.3Empirical results150
4.3.1Results for themean return criterion150
4.3.2Results for the Sharpe ratio criterion156
4.4A recursive out-of-sample forecasting approach158
4.5Conclusion160
Appendix164
A.Tables164
B.Parameters of recursive optimizing and testing procedure184
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