Abstract:
This thesis examines the impact of Technical Analysis on Karachi Stock Exchange by
investigating the tools used for Technical Analysis for the sample period of 1997 to 2014. The
KSE-100 index was examined to represent the market over the sample period for the following
three aspects. First the results indicate that KSE-100 index do not follow random walk model by
applying the Wright„s rank and sign variance ratio test. Secondly the study compared a variety
of extremely popular technical trading rules based on simple moving averages, exponential
moving averages, relative strength index and stochastic RSI to find the predictive ability of these
indicators. The thesis also employed generalized regression neural network (GRNN) for stock
prediction. The results show that these trading rules have predictive power over future price
behavior. It is also evidenced that the inclusion of oscillators like RSI and RSIStochastic increase
the performance in generating above average return. The combination of GRNN with simple
moving averages also produced significant return. Based on these trading rules, the study
proposed two trading strategy in order to know that whether investor beat buy-and- hold strategy.
The results indicate that strategy based onthese rules have the ability to outperform the buy-andhold
strategy. The results are significant even after considering the transactional cost. Technical
Analysis is very effective for the investors in creating excess return for the sample period.
