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Table 1 Experimental parameter settings

From: Cost-benefit analysis of trading strategies in the stock index futures market

Experimental parameter

Setting

Investor number

 Informed trader

100

 Technical trader

100

 Noise trader

100

 Arbitrage trader

30

Investor wealth

 Informed trader

500,000 yuan

 Technical trader

500,000 yuan

 Noise trader

500,000 yuan

 Arbitrage trader

2,000,000 yuana

Total number of experimental periods

60,522

Time span of each period

5 s

Number of days of the experiment

21 days (1 month)

Number of periods in each day

2882

  1. aAlthough the arbitrage investor’s wealth is set to four times that of the other investors, it is later shown that its capital occupation is 6.5 times that of the other investors