Time‐series momentum in China's commodity futures market

Hyuna Ham, Hoon Cho, Hyeongjun Kim and Doojin Ryu

Journal of Futures Markets, 2019, vol. 39, issue 12, 1515-1528

Abstract: This study examines the time‐series momentum in China's commodity futures market. We find that a time‐series momentum strategy outperforms classical passive long and cross‐sectional momentum strategies in terms of the Sharpe ratio, risk‐adjusted excess returns, and cumulative returns. The time‐series momentum strategy with a 1‐month look‐back period and a 1‐month holding period exhibits the best performance. We observe clear time‐series momentum patterns and find that the time‐series momentum strategy is effective in the Chinese commodity futures market. However, the momentum lasts for less time in China than in the United States because China's futures market seems to have a greater number of speculative investors.

Date: 2019
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