Discovering Technical Traders in the T-bond Futures Market

Downtrend Algorithm and Hedging Strategy in Futures Market

The paper investigates downtrend algorithm and trading strategy based on chart pattern recognition and technical analysis in futures market. The proposed chart formation is a pattern with the lowest low in the middle and one higher low on each side. The contribution of this paper lies in the reinforcement of statements about the profitability of momentum trend trading strategies. Practical bene...

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND Herding, Information Cascades and Volatility Spillovers in Futures Markets

Economists and financial analysts have begun to recognise the importance of the actions of other agents in the decision-making process. Herding is the deliberate mimicking of the decisions of other agents. Examples of mimicry range from the choice of restaurant, fashion and financial market participants, to academic research. Herding may conjure negative images of irrational agents sheepishly f...

Stock Market Efficiency in India

In the empirical literature on capital market efficiency, the hypothesis that futures price is an unbiased predictor of the future spot price has been one of the most controversial topics among the researchers, analysts and academicians. The study of the efficiency of the futures market is significant in an emerging market like India as futures market serves the most important functions of comp...

Perceptions of Futures Market Liquidity: An Empirical Study of CBOT & CME Traders

Fuzzy Candlestick Approach to Trade S&P CNX NIFTY 50 Index using Engulfing Patterns

Stock market prediction is an important area of financial forecasting, which is of great interest to stock investors, stock traders and applied researchers. To determine the buy and sell time is one of the most important issues for investors in stock market. In this paper, a fuzzy approach using the famous candlestick method to stock market timing is investigated. Drawing candlesticks are very ...