| Project #5: Web-based Stock Forecasters |
Book, Section 1.5.5 Web-based Stock Forecasters
Software projects developed in the Spring 2008 semester of Software Engineering of Web Applications:
Stock Market Prediction, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Yahoo! Finance: Basic Technical Analysis, e.g., Bank of America, ticker symbol BAC
② Esignal
③ CQG
⑥ Stock-Forecasting.com:
Using Neural Network to Predict Stock’s Trend
SF
software demo
Check for the links along the top line: Company Finder | Profit
Calculator | Forecasting | Portfolio | Testing
E.g., Company
Finder (MTS) is completely automatic software that simulates trade
with an initial investment of $1000 for every company from S&P 500
list and follows the daily update 10 days predictions trend.
Investopedia: Investment learning site
Risk Glossary: Investment learning site
Trade2Win.com: Why
Trade? by Robert Newgrosh - June 30, 2005
A discussion of the reasons why people get into trading, and the
impact those reasons can have on their performance.
Stocks:
Love That Volatility!
For day traders, explains a
former practitioner, all movement is good movement.
BusinessWeek Slide Show: Tips for Winning at Day Trading
Hedge fund description at Wikipedia
Managed futures funds use computer models to find trends in currencies, stocks, bonds, and other markets. Once the managers spot a trend, they try to capitalize on it by buying and selling futures contracts and other derivatives.
TIME: Stock
Technicians’ Verdict: The Market Rally Will Continue
Stock technicians, who use mathematical formulas as
well as charts and historical data to figure out where share prices
are headed, believe the market’s rally that started in early
March 2009, and has pushed stocks up 36% in less than two months, is
here to stay. They say stocks will rise another 10%, before the market
stalls...
A collection of relevant links available here.
Apache Axis engine for
developing and deploying Web services.
(The current
version of Axis is written in Java, but a C++ implementation of the
client side of Axis is being developed.)
Perhaps the best way to start is with Axis User’s
Guide
An introductory description of the Delphi
method
An in-depth review of the Delphi
method:
M. Turoff and
S. R. Hiltz: "Computer Based Delphi Processes", in M. Adler and
E. Ziglio (Editors), Gazing Into the Oracle: The Delphi Method and
Its Application to Social Policy and Public Health, London, UK:
Kingsley Publishers, 1995.
Computer
model says UNC will win tournament
-People are using computer models to try to pick NCAA basketball
winners
-A successful model from Georgia Tech picks UNC to win this year
-Georgia Tech professor Joel Sokol’s statistical model predicted last
year’s winner
-As more data is available online, the practice appears to be more
popular
-Kenneth Massey’s Web site, http://www.masseyratings.com/, lets users
compare the analyses
-One professor says it’s more fun to watch for fun than fill out
bracket
See also Georgia Tech Professors Predict Final Four Match Ups
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