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DSpace at Massey University author Halliday, Russell James 2012-04-26T03:23:58Z 2012-04-26T03:23:58Z 2012 http://hdl.handle.net/10179/3238 Q112889864 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112889864 This thesis presents results of neural network based trend prediction for equity markets. Despite a breadth of research which has focused on the prediction of various equity and currency exchange markets, much has focused on the use of specific techniques in such predictions. Few bodies of work have compared a wide range of equity market data preprocessing and technical analysis techniques in creating a prediction model based on feed-forward and recursive neural networks. To achieve a broad-based prediction model, the work in this study was broken into three distinct parts. Firstly, the neural networks goal is defined as finding whether a stock will be higher or lower than the previous trading period. Subsequent to this, a variety of input data scaling and network topologies are looked at. This includes the use of Self Organising Maps (SOM) as a data classification method to limit neural network inputs and training data requirements. Feed Forward and Elman networks of various topologies are used to narrow down the best network combinations. The resulting simulation is a neural network that can predict whether the next trading period will be, on average, higher or lower than the current. Secondly, the topology and preprocessing lessons learned during the first phase are applied to two types of neural network. Technical analysis is applied to the input data in an attempt to verify the usefulness of conventional stock indicators as inputs to neural networks. The two types of networks trained are, for the purposes of this thesis, dubbed indicator-predictive and price-predictive networks, meaning that technical analysis inputs are used to predict the next trading days technical indicator or future stock price direction respectively. Finally, a combined network is trained which takes the inputs from the price-predictive networks in an attempt to gain better results. The hypothesis with this network is that the combined neural network should learn which of its inputs are more indicative of a stock price movement, and thus more accurately predict the future direction of the stock. en The Author Equity markets Neural networks (Computer Science) Stock price forecasting Equity trend prediction with neural networks : an empirical analysis : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in Computer Systems Engineering at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand Thesis 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 URL https://mro.massey.ac.nz/bitstreams/6dcb2318-23aa-480a-a41e-6ddcbad4fa33/download File MD5 377cb513b86ecd1b4d919a1abc8d6fb9 239583 application/pdf 01_front.pdf URL https://mro.massey.ac.nz/bitstreams/ec2ec58f-a571-4d33-9e85-db1a91f4c50a/download File MD5 9d697a0cca034975720b8cfbc3ff79ce 1143646 application/pdf 02_whole.pdf URL https://mro.massey.ac.nz/bitstreams/cc7e7be8-560c-42ac-baab-03f1d081f7a0/download File MD5 1e03688e56e439e39d50d91310817eee 44550 text/plain 01_front.pdf.txt URL https://mro.massey.ac.nz/bitstreams/eaaccf76-3123-4c6c-a746-32cb79df2bb6/download File MD5 05f412f26c999acb815d8bbd59ada514 221427 text/plain 02_whole.pdf.txt