Combining Four Trend Indicators for Index Market Timing

Summary

This market-timing method combines moving-average crossovers, MACD, DMA, and TRIX signals to reduce reliance on any single trend indicator. Each indicator contributes a positive point when its faster or primary line crosses upward through its comparison line, and a negative point on a downward cross. A combined score of at least one signals buying, while a score of at most minus one signals selling. The article describes parameter selection for moving averages, DMA, and TRIX using an in-sample period, while MACD uses standard settings.

The method is tested on the Shanghai Composite index, with a reported out-of-sample period from 2011 through mid-2017. The document reports annualized strategy return of 9.26%, benchmark return of 1.69%, and maximum drawdown of 14.91%, and says the approach avoided losses during a bear market. These are the article’s reported results, not independently verified evidence. The method is presented as index timing rather than a complete individual-stock strategy, and its parameter search, signal execution assumptions, and robustness across other periods or markets are not detailed.

Key ideas

• The model combines moving-average, MACD, DMA, and TRIX crossover signals into one score.
• Upward crosses add a positive signal point, while downward crosses subtract one.
• A score of at least one triggers a buy signal, and a score of at most minus one triggers a sell signal.
• The article reports out-of-sample index timing results for the Shanghai Composite from 2011 to mid-2017.
• The reported performance is not independently validated, and robustness beyond the stated test is unclear.

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