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Modification of technical analysis indicators and increasing the rate of return on investment Cover

Modification of technical analysis indicators and increasing the rate of return on investment

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|Jun 2023

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Figure 1.

Fundamental analysis approachesSource: own elaboration based on Elbialy (2019)
Fundamental analysis approachesSource: own elaboration based on Elbialy (2019)

Figure 2.

Technical analysis approachesSource: own elaboration based on Bettman et al. (2009)
Technical analysis approachesSource: own elaboration based on Bettman et al. (2009)

Figure 3.

Strategy 1 result in the period September–December 2022 by individual transactionsSource: Own calculations based on MetaTrader4
Strategy 1 result in the period September–December 2022 by individual transactionsSource: Own calculations based on MetaTrader4

Figure 4.

Strategy 2 result in the period September–December 2022 by individual transactionsSource: Own calculations based on MetaTrader4
Strategy 2 result in the period September–December 2022 by individual transactionsSource: Own calculations based on MetaTrader4

Figure 5.

Strategy 3 result in the period September 2021 – February 2023 by individual transactionsSource: Own calculations based on MetaTrader4
Strategy 3 result in the period September 2021 – February 2023 by individual transactionsSource: Own calculations based on MetaTrader4

Figure 6.

Daily price range (%) EUR/USD September 2021 – February 2023Source: Own calculations based on: https://pl.investing.com/currencies/eur-usd-historical-data
Daily price range (%) EUR/USD September 2021 – February 2023Source: Own calculations based on: https://pl.investing.com/currencies/eur-usd-historical-data

Figure 7.

Total result of individual strategies over the examined periods (126 transactions)Source: Own elaboration based on MetaTrader4
Total result of individual strategies over the examined periods (126 transactions)Source: Own elaboration based on MetaTrader4

Descriptive statistics for analyzed variables

VariableN ImportantAverageMedianMinimumMaximumStandard dev.SkewnessKurtosis
Price closing of EUR/USD quotations3781.0780231.0735000.9592001.1882000.059063−0.04244−1.07920
Price opening of EUR/USD quotations3781.0784741.0742500.9594001.1879000.059316−0.04546−1.08409
Euro appreciation/depreciation [%]378−0.00025−0.000200−0.0149000.0214000.0056730.3054330.87710
Volume (number of transactions concluded on the EUR/USD currency pair)37878.8444478.3750017.50000155.960019.155450.3774851.630956

Results achieved by individual strategies during the examined periods_

StrategyNo. 1No. 2No. 3
Number of trading signals during the period considered126126126
Share of profitable signals35%27,78%28,57%
Average value of a profitable position525 pts543 pts1020 pts
Average value of a losing position(−)305 pts(−)182 pts(−)340 pts
Average number of trading signals per day1,441,440,34
Aggregate result during the period under analysis(−)1735 pts1505 pts5970 pts

Average values of opening and closing prices_ changes (%) relating directly to the EUR/USD exchange rate and number of transactions concluded on the EUR/USD currency pair

PeriodClosing priceOpening priceEuro appreciation/depreciation [%]Volume (average number of transactions concluded on the EUR/USD currency pair)
2021 1.15151.1522−0.04%73.83
2022 1.05321.0536−0.02%79.92
2023 1.07781.0781−0.01%84.22
2021September1.17641.1776−0.09%69.52
October1.15981.1600−0.01%62.28
November1.14071.1418−0.09%83.80
December1.13051.13060.01%78.98
2022January1.13161.1324−0.06%64.05
February1.13421.1341−0.01%75.33
March1.10141.1025−0.06%77.41
April1.07991.0830−0.23%72.61
May1.05811.05740.08%74.02
June1.05621.0573−0.11%80.38
July1.01811.0194−0.12%83.73
August1.01221.0131−0.07%79.36
September.9897.9911−0.11%84.80
October.9840.98370.04%92.18
November1.02101.01850.24%90.53
December1.05881.05760.13%84.06
2023January1.07761.07710.07%84.48
February1.07831.0807−0.21%83.51
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ceej-2023-0009 | Journal eISSN: 2543-6821 | Journal ISSN: 2544-9001
Language: English
Page range: 148 - 162
Published on: Jun 30, 2023
Published by: Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2023 Paweł Oktaba, Małgorzata Grzywińska-Rąpca, published by Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw
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