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The study investigates program trading strategies using numbers of transactions as an indicator for day trade in TAIFEX. The data includes TAIEX Futures and Mini-TAIEX Futures during May 7, 2020 and May 7, 2021, 239 trading days included. The study uses “numbers of submitted orders” to simulate block trades and “numbers of executed orders” to simulate retail trades. This study relies on Muitcharts for backtesting and developing trading strategies, including TAIEX/Mini-TAIEX Futures, 960 minutes moving averages, trend/contrarian trading, and accumulated/average orders. The findings of this paper include: first, TAIEX futures and Mini-TAIEX Futures shows different transaction characteristics regarding these strategies. Second, trading strategies with 960 minutes moving averages should improve profits stability substantially. Third, trading strategies with accumulated/average orders provide more stable profits than trading strategies with orders only. |