Time series momentum and contrarian effects in the Chinese stock market

Huai-Long Shi and Wei-Xing Zhou

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2017, vol. 483, issue C, 309-318

Abstract: This paper concentrates on the time series momentum or contrarian effects in the Chinese stock market. We evaluate the performance of the time series momentum strategy applied to major stock indices in mainland China and explore the relation between the performance of time series momentum strategies and some firm-specific characteristics. Our findings indicate that there is a time series momentum effect in the short run and a contrarian effect in the long run in the Chinese stock market. The performances of the time series momentum and contrarian strategies are highly dependent on the look-back and holding periods and firm-specific characteristics.

Keywords: Econophysics; Time series momentum effect; Time series contrarian effect; Trading strategy; Chinese stock market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2017.04.139

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