Neural Network Predictions of Stock Price Fluctuations

Neural Network Predictions of Stock Price Fluctuations

By Wojciech Gryc ([e-mail])

Table of Contents
Abstract...................................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction................................................................................................................................................3 Part 1: The Stock Market Stock Market Psychology.......................................................................................................................... 5 Technical Analysis..................................................................................................................................... 6 Variable Moving Average (VMA)........................................................................................................ 9 Trading Range Breakout (TRB)............................................................................................................ 9 Bollinger Bands...................................................................................................................................10 Money Flow Index (MFI)....................................................................................................................10 Temporal Data.....................................................................................................................................11 Prices................................................................................................................................................... 11 Fundamental Analysis of Stocks..............................................................................................................12 Consumer Price Index (CPI)............................................................................................................... 13 Consumer Sentiment Index

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