Neural networks as a decision maker for stock trading: A technical analysis approach

International Journal of Smart Engineering System Design

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 313-325

  Thawornwong, Suraphan ^a   Enke, David ^a,b   Dagli, Cihan ^a  

^a Center for Intelligent Systems   (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neural networks; Stock prediction; Stock trading; Technical analysis; Technical indicators; Trend signal

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FINANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

STOCK PREDICTION; STOCK TRADING; TECHNICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL INDICATORS; TREND SIGNALS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 3042663315     PISSN: 10255818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255810390245627     Document Type: Article

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