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Table 10 Standard test results from JSX Composite index (Indonesia)

From: Performance of technical trading rules: evidence from Southeast Asian stock markets

 

Long

Short

Long–short

RSI

 Average daily return of a strategy

0.00 %

0.07 %

−0.07 %

 SD of daily return of a strategy

1.32 %

1.17 %

1.25 %

 Z statistics

−0.05

2.48

−1.16

 Breakeven trading cost (round trip)

Unprofitable

Unprofitable

Unprofitable

 Number of signal generated

15

21

36

STOCH

 Average daily return of a strategy

0.04 %

0.03 %

0.01 %

 SD of daily return of a strategy

1.40 %

1.13 %

1.25 %

 Z statistics

1.05

1.32

0.09

 Breakeven trading cost (round trip)

0.47 %

Unprofitable

Unprofitable

 Number of signal generated

174

175

349

STOCH-D

 Average daily return of a strategy

0.14 %

-0.08 %

0.22 %

 SD of daily return of a strategy

1.17 %

1.30 %

1.25 %

 Z statistics

4.98**

−2.44**

3.61**

 Breakeven trading cost (round trip)

0.54 %

0.28 %

0.41 %

 Number of signal generated

689

690

1379

MACD

 Average daily return of a strategy

0.05 %

−0.03 %

0.08 %

 SD of daily return of a strategy

1.06 %

1.51 %

1.27 %

 Z statistics

2.17*

−0.65

1.25

 Breakeven trading cost (round trip)

1.12 %

0.21

0.53 %

 Number of signal generated

130

241

371

DMI

 Average daily return of a strategy

0.10 %

−0.04 %

0.14 %

 SD of daily return of a strategy

1.04 %

1.66 %

1.35 %

 Z statistics

3.14 %**

−0.69

1.59

 Breakeven trading cost (round trip)

2.69 %a

0.84 %

1.79 %a

 Number of signal generated

60

57

117

OBV

 Average daily return of a strategy

0.07 %

−0.04 %

0.11 %

 SD of daily return of a strategy

1.05 %

1.55 %

1.25 %

 Z statistics

3.36**

−0.86

1.81*

 Breakeven trading cost (round trip)

0.76 %

0.20 %

0.48 %

 Number of signal generated

330

331

661

  1. The data cover from January 2000 to December 2013
  2. *, ** mean significance at 5 and 1 %, respectively
  3. aMeans that the breakeven trading cost (round trip) is higher than the actual round trip trading cost of 1.3 % in the Indonesian stock market. The alternative hypothesis of the long-only, short-only, and long-and-short strategies are that average daily returns are positive, negative and positive, respectively. For one-tailed test, the significant level (α) is set at 5 and 1 % and hence, the critical Z values are 1.645 and 2.33, respectively