Is technical analysis in the foreign exchange market profitable? A genetic programming approach

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 405-426

  Neely, Christopher ^a   Weller, Paul ^b   Dittmar, Rob ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 0031328861     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2331231     Document Type: Article

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