An Empirical Evaluation of Non-Linear Trading Rules

Andrada-Félix Julián (), Fernadez-Rodriguez Fernando (), Garcia-Artiles Maria-Dolores () and Simon Sosvilla-Rivero
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Andrada-Félix Julián: University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Spain
Fernadez-Rodriguez Fernando: Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Garcia-Artiles Maria-Dolores: Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran canaria, Spain

Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics, 2003, vol. 7, issue 3, 32

Abstract: In this paper we investigate the profitability of non-linear trading rules based on nearest neighbour (NN) predictors. Applying this investment strategy to the New York Stock Exchange for the 1997-2002 period, our results suggest that, taking into account transaction costs, the NN-based trading rule is superior to both a risk-adjusted buy-and-hold strategy and a linear ARIMA-based strategy in terms of returns for all of the years studied, except for 2000 and 2001. In addition, the NN-based trading rule produces higher net returns than those from a simple buy-and-hold strategy, except for 1997. Regarding other profitability measures, the NN-based trading rule yields higher Sharpe ratios than the ARIMA-based strategy for all of the years in the sample except for 2001. As for 2001, in 36 out of the 101 cases considered, the ARIMA-based strategy gives higher Sharpe ratios than those from the NN-trading rule, in 18 cases the opposite is true, and in the remaining 36 cases both strategies yield the same ratios.

Date: 2003
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