Testing Weak Form of Market Efficiency by Application of Simple Technical Trading rules on the Indian Stock Market

The efficient market hypothesis has been and continues to be one of the most contentious issues in finance. The studies conducted till 1960's and 1970's fairly supported EMH until recent years, when some academicians proved that the theory is not applicable in real markets. This was done e...

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Main Author: Agarwal, Ankit
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2006
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/20281/
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description The efficient market hypothesis has been and continues to be one of the most contentious issues in finance. The studies conducted till 1960's and 1970's fairly supported EMH until recent years, when some academicians proved that the theory is not applicable in real markets. This was done either by using statistical tests or by testing with simple technical trading rules. In this two of the most popular trading rules have been used to test the efficiency of Indian stock markets. The trading rules used in this study are moving average rule and trading range break out rule. In the study it has been proved that the technical trading rules work well in the Indian stock markets even after considering transaction costs. Hence the Indian markets are still not weak form efficient.
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spelling nottingham-202812017-12-21T01:55:48Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/20281/ Testing Weak Form of Market Efficiency by Application of Simple Technical Trading rules on the Indian Stock Market Agarwal, Ankit The efficient market hypothesis has been and continues to be one of the most contentious issues in finance. The studies conducted till 1960's and 1970's fairly supported EMH until recent years, when some academicians proved that the theory is not applicable in real markets. This was done either by using statistical tests or by testing with simple technical trading rules. In this two of the most popular trading rules have been used to test the efficiency of Indian stock markets. The trading rules used in this study are moving average rule and trading range break out rule. In the study it has been proved that the technical trading rules work well in the Indian stock markets even after considering transaction costs. Hence the Indian markets are still not weak form efficient. 2006 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/20281/1/06MAlixaa16.pdf.pdf Agarwal, Ankit (2006) Testing Weak Form of Market Efficiency by Application of Simple Technical Trading rules on the Indian Stock Market. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished) market efficiency indian stock markets technical trading rules moving average rules
spellingShingle market efficiency
indian stock markets
technical trading rules
moving average rules
Agarwal, Ankit
Testing Weak Form of Market Efficiency by Application of Simple Technical Trading rules on the Indian Stock Market
title Testing Weak Form of Market Efficiency by Application of Simple Technical Trading rules on the Indian Stock Market
title_full Testing Weak Form of Market Efficiency by Application of Simple Technical Trading rules on the Indian Stock Market
title_fullStr Testing Weak Form of Market Efficiency by Application of Simple Technical Trading rules on the Indian Stock Market
title_full_unstemmed Testing Weak Form of Market Efficiency by Application of Simple Technical Trading rules on the Indian Stock Market
title_short Testing Weak Form of Market Efficiency by Application of Simple Technical Trading rules on the Indian Stock Market
title_sort testing weak form of market efficiency by application of simple technical trading rules on the indian stock market
topic market efficiency
indian stock markets
technical trading rules
moving average rules
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/20281/