This paper presents a model based on multilayer feedforward neural network to forecast crude oil spot price direction in the short-term, up to three days ahead. A great deal of attention was paid on finding the optimal ANN model structure. In addition, several methods of data pre-processing were...

This paper documents a systematic investigation on the predictability of short-term trends of crude oil prices on a daily basis. In stark contrast with longer-term predictions of crude oil prices, short-term prediction with time horizons of 1-3 days posits an important problem that is quite...

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Intelligent finance represents a new direction recently emerging from the confluence of several distinct disciplines in financial market analysis, investing and trading, removing any historical or artificial barrier between them. It is conceived as the science, technology and art of the...

Swingtum stands for Swing and Momentum. A Swingtum Theory of Intelligent Finance is presented here in order to provide a scientific and engineering foundation to professional swing trading and momentum trading. The origins of Swingtum theory naturally go deep into the empirical professional...

This paper puts forward the ideology and social system of the political and economic main body of the community of human destiny in the future smart economic era, called “Intelligent Socialism”. This theory was first established for China, the only remaining true socialist country in the...