The profitability in the FTSE 100 Index: A new Markov Chain approach

• Autor(a) principal: Riedlinger, Flavio Ivo
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Nicolau, João
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/27503
• topic: Stock Market; FTSE 100 Index; Multivariate Markov Chain

In this paper, we propose a new method to predict stock market trends based on the multivariate Markov chain (MMC) methodology. Our approach consists of forecasting the one-period ahead FTSE 100 Index behavior, using the MTD-Probit model. The MTD-Probit model is a new approach for estimating MMC, based on multiple categorical data sequences that can be used to forecast financial markets. In this context, we propose a simple trading strategy and analyze its profitability using the White “Reality Check” and the Hansen SPA data snooping bias tests. Our empirical results suggest that the MTD-Probit model applied to the FTSE 100 Index cannot significantly out-perform the buy-and-hold benchmark after data-snooping is controlled.