Chinese Dividend and Moving-Average Stock Screening Rules

Summary

This document proposes a Chinese equity screen combining at least five overlapping moving averages with positive returns and dividend criteria. Its final rules add three-year average returns above the market average, a three-year dividend ratio above 25%, price-to-earnings below 20, and price-to-book above 1. The stated rationale is that aligned averages may identify stable price behavior, while positive returns and dividends may indicate performance and income potential.

The document offers no backtest results or empirical evidence for the screen. Its risk discussion notes that the criteria may favor stable companies with limited growth and could perform poorly during sharp market moves. It suggests adding more moving averages and valuation measures, although the final price-to-book threshold differs from the earlier optimization discussion. The included code excerpt is repetitive and incomplete, so it does not establish a reliable implementation of the stated criteria.

Key ideas

• The screen combines at least five overlapping moving averages with positive returns and dividend criteria.
• The final rules also require three-year returns to exceed the market average and impose valuation thresholds.
• The author associates aligned averages with stability, but provides no evidence that they predict future gains.
• The document warns that the screen may favor low-growth stocks and struggle during volatile markets.

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