Candlestick technical trading strategies: Can they create value for investors?

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2303-2323

  Marshall, Ben R ^a   Young, Martin R ^a   Rose, Lawrence C ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Candlestick; Technical analysis; Trading strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746206536     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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