%0 Journal Article %A Irene Aldridge %T Measuring Accuracy of Trading Strategies %D 2009 %R 10.3905/JOT.2009.4.3.017 %J The Journal of Trading %P 17-25 %V 4 %N 3 %X This article outlines a cost-effective way to test whether trading ideas accurately discriminate between profitable and unprofitable trading opportunities. The proposed Trading Strategy Accuracy technique is illustrated with an example of a trading strategy based on technical indicators applied to hourly data of EUR/USD foreign exchange rate.TOPICS: Performance measurement, statistical methods, exchanges/markets/clearinghouses %U https://jot.pm-research.com/content/iijtrade/4/3/17.full.pdf