Are candlestick technical trading strategies profitable in the Japanese equity market?

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-207

  Marshall, Ben R ^a   Young, Martin R ^a   Cahan, Rochester ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Candlestick; Japan; Market timing; Technical analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 45149116960     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: 15737179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11156-007-0068-1     Document Type: Review

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