Effectiveness of Technical Analysis Signals Around the Earning Announcements in Malaysian Stock Market

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    • Kelvin Lee Yong Ming
    • Mohamad Jais
    2018-08-08
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i3.21.17104
  • Technical Analysis, Simple Moving Average (SMA), Relative Strength Index (RSI), Stochastic (K line), Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD)

  • Technical analysis is an analysis that widely applied by the investor in the stock market. However, various corporate announcements could cause the market to react, and the most significant corporate announcement is the earnings announcement (1). Thus, this study examines the effectiveness of technical analysis signals around the earning announcements dates in Malaysian stock market. In doing so, this study applied and tested four technical indicators, namely Simple Moving Average (SMA), Relative Strength Index (RSI), Stochastic (K line), and Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD) in Malaysian stock market. The sample of this study consisted of 30 largest capitalization companies from the main market of Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE). Meanwhile, the sample period covered from 2nd January 2014 to 31st March 2016. This study found that Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD) significantly produced higher returns as compared to the other technical indicator before the earning announcement dates in financial year 2014 and 2015. The combined indicator of MA-MACD also found to have higher return in financial year 2015. The findings conclude that the technical analysis signals can be used to generate returns before earning announcement dates.

     

     

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    Lee Yong Ming, K., & Jais, M. (2018). Effectiveness of Technical Analysis Signals Around the Earning Announcements in Malaysian Stock Market. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(3.21), 109-113. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i3.21.17104