Reexamining the profitability of technical analysis with data snooping checks

Journal of Financial Econometrics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 606-628

  Hsu, Po Hsuan ^a   Kuan, Chung Ming ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complex trading strategies; Data snooping; Reality check; SPA test; Technical analysis; Trading rules

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444589741     PISSN: 14798409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjfinec/nbi026     Document Type: Article

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