Fuzzy logic, trading uncertainty and technical trading

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 578-586

  Gradojevic, Nikola ^a,c   Gençay, Ramazan ^b,c  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis   (Italy)

Author keywords

Filtering; Foreign exchange markets; Fuzzy logic; Technical trading; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869868421     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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