RT Report
T1 Simple Market Timing with Moving Averages
A1 Ilomäki, Jukka
A1 Laurila, Hannu
A1 McAleer, Michael
AB Consider using the simple moving average (MA) rule of Gartley (1935) to determine when to buy stocks, and when to sell them and switch to the risk-free rate. In comparison, how might the performance be affected if the frequency is changed to the use of MA calculations? The empirical results show that, on average, the lower is the frequency, the higher are average daily returns, even though the volatility is virtually unchanged when the frequency is lower. The volatility from the highest to the lowest frequency is about 30% lower as compared with the buy-and-hold strategy volatility, but the average returns approach the buy-and-hold returns when frequency is lower. The 30% reduction in volatility appears if we invest randomly half the time in stock markets and half in the risk-free rate.
SN 2341-2356
YR 2018
FD 2018-05
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/17425
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/17425
LA eng
NO For financial support, the third author acknowledges the Australian Research Council and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan.
NO Australian Research Council
NO Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan.
DS Docta Complutense
RD 14 dic 2025