Profitable candlestick trading strategies-The evidence from a new perspective

Review of Financial Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 63-68

  Lu, Tsung Hsun ^a   Shiu, Yung Ming ^b   Liu, Tsung Chi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Candlestick reversal patterns; G11; Technical analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860334497     PISSN: 10583300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rfe.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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