A number of recent studies on technical analysis using individual measures such as filter rules, moving averages and trading range break-out have provided a measure of support for their usefulness. The current study tests the multiple-component CRISMA trading system of Pruitt and White (Journal...

The CRISMA multiple component trading system (Pruitt and White, Journal of Portfolio Management, 14, 55-8, 1988) seeks to identify equity trades by using jointly the three technical filters of the relationship between 50 day and 200 day moving averages, relative strength and cumulative volume....