Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/270032 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] Cogent Economics & Finance [ISSN:] 2332-2039 [Volume:] 9 [Issue:] 1 [Article No.:] 1869374 [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 1-20
Publisher: 
Taylor & Francis, Abingdon
Abstract: 
This research uses Simple Moving Averages and four other well-known indicators to investigate the usefulness of the Technical Analysis approach to the Johannesburg stock exchange (JSE) in South Africa. Technical indicators are applied to two JSE indexes representing large cap and small cap companies over the period of 1/2/2002 to 12/31/18. The best trading rules for both the Small Cap and All Share indexes involve the use of two simple moving averages. For the Small Cap Index, our best two trading rules and a low-risk strategy have positive annual net excess return over the Buy and Hold (B&H) strategy for the entire period and each sub-period, thus trading rules can beat the B&H strategy. However, we cannot say the same for the All Share Index (representing large cap companies).
Subjects: 
efficient market hypothesis
trading indicators
trading rules
JEL: 
G1
G12
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Document Type: 
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