An Empirical Investigation into Volume-Based Price Momentum Strategy in Indian Stock Market

This study examines the profitability of volume-based price momentum strategies for equities included in BSE-100 index from 2004 to 2012. It is an attempt to investigate whether there exist any relationship between momentum profits and historical trading volume in the immediate horizon. To measure the effectiveness of volume-based price momentum strategies in the immediate horizon we adopted the methodology used by Lee and Swaminathan (2000) and Naughton et al. (2008). The performance of Volume-based winners and losers portfolios were analysed in Indian context for eight years. Our results show that historical trading volume has no role in boosting the magnitude of momentum return. However, the analysis of the results indicates that winners portfolios have higher turnover than their counterparts. Finally, by testing the relationship between two informational apparatus used by technicians, i.e. volume and price, we could not find any substantive evidence of strong relationship between them, there by subscribing to the weak form of efficiency of Indian stock market