Optimisation of Technical Rules by Genetic Algorithms: Evidence from the Madrid Stock Market

FEDEA Working Paper No. 2001-14

10 Pages Posted: 14 Sep 2001

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Fernando Fernández Rodríguez

University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Faculty of Economic Science

Christian González-Martel

Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.-Dept. Métodos Cuantitativos en Economía y Gestión; University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Department of Quantitative Methods in Economics

Simon Sosvilla-Rivero

UCM Institute for Economic Analysis

Date Written: August 2001

Abstract

This paper investigates the profitability of a simple and very common technical trading rule applied to the General Index of the Madrid Stock Market. The optimal trading rule parameter values are found using a genetic algorithm. The results suggest that, for reasonable trading costs, the technical trading rule is always superior to a risk-adjusted buy-and-hold strategy.

Keywords: Technical trading rules, Genetic algorithms, Security markets

JEL Classification: G10, G14, C53

Suggested Citation

Fernández Rodríguez, Fernando and González-Martel, Christian and Sosvilla-Rivero, Simon, Optimisation of Technical Rules by Genetic Algorithms: Evidence from the Madrid Stock Market (August 2001). FEDEA Working Paper No. 2001-14, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=283195 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.283195

Fernando Fernández Rodríguez

University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Faculty of Economic Science ( email )

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Christian González-Martel

Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.-Dept. Métodos Cuantitativos en Economía y Gestión ( email )

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University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Department of Quantitative Methods in Economics ( email )

Campus de Tafira
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+34 928458225 (Fax)

Simon Sosvilla-Rivero (Contact Author)

UCM Institute for Economic Analysis ( email )

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