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title: Predictive Ability Technical Trading Rules
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4936710/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
index: https://www.ml-quant.com/llms.txt
identifier: SSRN 4936710
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4936710
featured: 2024-08-28
citations: unknown
topic: Trading, Microstructure & Execution
---


# Predictive Ability Technical Trading Rules

The study analyzes the predictability of top equity indices using technical trading rules, determining that the effectiveness of these rules is not consistent and markets become unpredictable over time.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4936710
- Identifier: SSRN 4936710
- Released: 2023-08-12
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 63 (2024-08-28): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-08-28/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Trading, Microstructure & Execution

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