Evidence-based technical analysis:applying the scientific method and statistical inference to trading signals

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Aronson David R 1945-
Published: John Wiley & Sons,
Publisher Address: Hoboken, N.J.
Publication Dates: c2007.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: The Wiley trading series
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Carrier Form: xi, 528 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0470008741 (cloth)
9780470008744 (cloth)
Index Number: F830
CLC: F830.59
Call Number: F830.59/A769
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 477-516) and index.
Methodological, psychological, philosophical, and statistical foundations. Objective rules and their evaluation ; The illusory validity of subjective technical analysis ; The scientific method and technical analysis ; Statistical analysis ; Hypothesis tests and confidence intervals ; Data mining bias: the fool's gold of objective TA ; Theories of nonrandom price motion -- Case study: signal rules for S&P 500 Index. Case study of rule data mining for S&P 500 ; Case study results and the future of TA -- Appendix: Proof that detrending is equivalent to benchmarking based on position bias.