To cut down on the number of false-positive signals and thus transactions, he applied a 1 percent band, meaning the Dow had to be at least 1 percent below the day to trigger a sell, and 1 percent above the day to trigger a buy signal.
The positive from his research showed investors would have avoided some of the largest short-term market crashes in history — both Black Tuesday in October of and Black Monday in October of This signal would have also saved investors from the majority of the losses experienced in the last financial crisis. Once transaction costs were factored in, the timing model would have dropped to a return of 8.
It just means that investors need to recalibrate their expectations when using these types of risk-management tools.
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If there were signals that got you out every time stocks fell, everyone would use them. There are no silver bullets in the stock market. The day moving average will be breached at some point during the next bear market.
History tells us that a false breakdown is a higher-probability event that further deterioration in the markets. A more accurate reading of the current breakdown below the day moving average is that investors should expect to see higher volatility for the time being now that markets are in a downtrend. The large swings from day to day in both gains and losses will likely be here to stay as long as markets are in a downtrending environment.
There would have been far more signals on an intraday basis.
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