The science of financial market trading / Don K. Mak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mak, Don K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Investments--Mathematics.

Investments.

Capital market--Forecasting.

Capital market.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, Dr Mak views the financial market from a scientific perspective. The book attempts to provide a realistic description of what the market is, and how future research should be developed. The market is a complex phenomenon, and can be forecasted only with errors - if that particular market can be forecasted at all. The book reviews the scientific literatures on the financial market and describes mathematical procedures which demonstrate that some markets are non-random. How the markets are modeled - phenomenologically and from first principle - is explained. It discusses indicat

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Fundamental Analysis; 1.2 Technical Analysis; 1.2.1 Pattern Recognition; 1.2.2 Indicators; 1.3 Hybrids; 2. Is the Market Random ?; 3. Models of the Financial Markets ; 3.1 Chaos; 3.2 Complexity; 3.3 Wave Model

3.4 Time Series Analysis 3.5 Neural Network; 3.6 Fractal Geometry; 3.7 Fuzzy Logic; 3.8 Wavelet Analysis; 4. Signals and Indicators; 4.1 Stochastic Indicator; 4.2 Momentum Indicator; 5. Trending Indicators; 5.1 Simple Moving Average (SMA)

5.2 Exponential Moving Average (EMA) 5.3 Adaptive Moving Average (AMA); 5.4 Trading Rules using Moving Averages; 6. Oscillator Indicators; 6.1 Parabolic Velocity Indicator; 6.2 Parabolic Acceleration Indicator; 6.3 Cubic Velocity and Acceleration Indicators ; 6.4 Divergences

6.4.1 Class A Divergence 6.4.2 Class B Divergence; 6.4.3 Class C Divergence; 6.5 Head and Shoulders; 7. Vertex Indicators; 7.1 Parabolic Vertex Indicator ; 7.2 Cubic Vertex Indicator; 8. Various Time frames; 8.1 Under-sampling; 8.2 Frequency Characteristics of an Indicator

9. Wavelet Analysis 9.1 High Wavelet Indicator; 9.2 Middle Wavelet Indicator ; 9.3 Low Wavelet Indicator; 10. Other New Techniques; 10.1 Skipped Convolution; 10.2 Forecasts; 11. Trading Systems; 12. Financial Markets are Complex; Appendix 1 Time Series Analysis

A1.1 Autoregressive Moving Average Model

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-239) and index.

ISBN:

9786611947897

9781281947895

128194789X

9789812796875

9812796878

OCLC:

815754150