Intraday technical trading in the foreign exchange market

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-237

  Neely, C J ^a   Weller, P A ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exchange rate; Genetic programming; High frequency; Technical analysis; Trading rule

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037375935     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5606(02)00101-8     Document Type: Article

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