Forecasting stock price directional movements using technical indicators : investigating window size effects on one-step-ahead forecasting

Shynkevich, Y; McGinnity, TM; Coleman, SA; Li, Y; Belatreche, A

Abstract

Accurate forecasting of directional changes in stock prices is important for algorithmic trading and investment management. Technical analysis has been successfully used in financial forecasting and recently researchers have explored the optimization of parameters for technical indicators. This study investigates the relationship between the window size used for calculating technical indicators and the accuracy of one-step-ahead (variable steps) forecasting. The directions of the future price movements are predicted using technical analysis and machine learning algorithms. Results show a correlation between window size and forecasting step size for the Support Vector Machines approach but not for the other approaches.

Citation

Shynkevich, Y., McGinnity, T., Coleman, S., Li, Y., & Belatreche, A. (2014, March). Forecasting stock price directional movements using technical indicators : investigating window size effects on one-step-ahead forecasting. Presented at The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) : Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering and Economics Conference, London

• Presentation Conference Type: Other
• Conference Name: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) : Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering and Economics Conference
• Conference Location: London
• Start Date: Mar 27, 2014
• End Date: Mar 28, 2014
• Publication Date: Mar 27, 2014
• Deposit Date: Jun 19, 2015
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/CIFEr.2014.6924093
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CIFEr.2014.6924093
• Related Public URLs: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6901616
• Additional Information: Event Type : Conference