By decomposing asset returns into potential maximum gain (PMG) and potential maximum loss (PML) with price extremes, this study empirically investigated the relationships between PMG and PML. We found significant asymmetry between PMG and PML. PML significantly contributed to forecasting PMG but...

By decomposing asset returns into potential maximum gain (PMG) and potential maximum loss (PML) with price extremes, this study empirically investigated the relationships between PMG and PML. We found significant asymmetry between PMG and PML. PML significantly contributed to forecasting PMG but...

This paper reinvestigates the predictability of equity market index returns of Chinese Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite index (SSEC) using the changes in oil prices. We find significant oil effect on the predictability of SSEC returns after the year 2003. The effect can neither be explained by...

When trading, investors make decisions based on not only the security and market variances but also the technical price range. However, academic literature investigating its properties is scarce. Better understandings of this risk measurement candidate are supposed to provide guidance for...

Japanese candlestick has been widely used in investment practice, however its predicting power has not yet been scrutinized in academic literature. This paper investigates the forecasting power of Japanese candlestick augumented by Halloween effect in stock returns. Empirical studies performed...