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29

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ED

DIE

:

A G

enet

ic P

rog

ram

min

g T

oo

l

for

Fin

anci

al F

ore

cast

ing

Ed

war

d T

san

g

Univ

ersi

ty o

f E

ssex

ED

DIE

= E

ED

DIE

= E

volu

tionar

yv

olu

tionar

yDD

yn

amic

yn

amic

DDat

aat

aII n

ves

tmen

tnves

tmen

tEE

val

uat

or

val

uat

or

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Sourc

e: S

har

esco

pe,

UK

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ou

rce:

Sh

ares

cope,

UK

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ED

DIE

Res

earc

h A

gen

da

Su

pp

ose

yo

ur

exp

ert

tell

s y

ou

th

at

–P

rice

-ear

nin

g r

atio

–1

2 o

r 50-d

ays

movin

g a

ver

age

–In

tere

st r

ate

–…

.

are

rele

van

t to

fu

ture

pri

ce o

f F

TS

E-1

00

Ho

w w

ou

ld y

ou

act

ual

ly u

se t

hem

to

fore

cast

?

Go

al:

add

val

ue

to y

ou

r ex

per

t k

no

wle

dg

e

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Eff

icie

nt

Mar

ket

Hy

po

thes

is (

EM

H)

Fin

anci

al a

sset

s (e

.g.

shar

es)

pri

cin

g:

–A

ll a

vai

lable

info

rmat

ion i

s dis

counte

d

If E

MH

ho

lds,

fo

reca

stin

g i

s im

po

ssib

le

–R

andom

wal

k t

heo

ry

Ass

um

pti

on

s:

–E

ffic

ient

mar

ket

s

–P

erfe

ct i

nfo

rmat

ion f

low

–R

atio

nal

tra

der

s

29

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Do

es t

he

EM

H H

old

?

It h

old

s fo

r th

e lo

ng

ter

m

“Fat

Tail

” o

bse

rvat

ion

:

–b

ig c

han

ges

today

oft

en f

oll

ow

ed b

y b

ig c

han

ges

(eit

her

+ o

r –)

tom

orr

ow

Ho

w f

ast

can

on

e ad

just

ass

et p

rice

s g

iven

a

new

pie

ce o

f in

form

atio

n?

–F

aste

r m

achin

es c

erta

inly

hel

p

–S

o s

hould

fas

ter

algori

thm

s

29

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ED

DIE

/ F

GP

Ov

erv

iew

ED

DIE

/ F

GP

lea

rns

from

pas

t his

tory

–U

sing G

enet

ic P

rogra

mm

ing

It g

ener

ates

dec

isio

n t

rees

–W

hic

h a

llow

s it

to e

xpla

init

s re

com

men

dat

ions

Use

d l

earn

ed r

ule

s to

answ

er q

ues

tions

such

as:

–W

ill

pri

ces

rise

by

4%

wit

hin

the

nex

t 21 d

ays?

It w

ork

s w

ith

dom

ain

exp

erts

on

–w

hat

featu

res

are

rele

van

t?

–ar

e th

e ru

les

gen

erat

ed r

easo

na

ble

?

Jam

es B

utle

r

ED

DIE

ED

DIE

= E

= E

volu

tionar

yvolu

tionar

yDD

ynam

icynam

icDD

ata

ata

II nves

tmen

tnves

tmen

tEE

val

uat

or

val

uat

or

FG

PF

GP

==FF

inan

cial

inan

cial

GGen

etic

enet

icPP

rog

ram

min

gro

gra

mm

ing

29

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Wo

rkin

g w

ith

Ex

per

ts

ED

DIE

is

no

t d

esig

ned

to

rep

lace

exp

erts

–It

is

des

igned

to w

ork

wit

hex

per

ts

GP

is

on

ly a

to

ol

–it

nee

ds

exper

t in

put

to b

e ef

fect

ive

Ex

per

ts c

han

nel

kn

ow

led

ge

into

ED

DIE

:

–b

y s

ugges

ting w

hat

fac

tors

are

rel

evan

t

–b

y e

val

uat

ion o

f th

e ru

les

gen

erat

ed

ED

DIE

ad

ds

val

ue

exp

ert

inp

ut

29

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Exper

t K

now

ledge

in E

DD

IE

Fin

ancia

l E

xpert

Fin

ancia

l E

xpert

Genetic D

ecis

ion T

ree

(GD

T)

Genetic D

ecis

ion T

ree

(GD

T)

ED

DIE

ED

DIE

3. A

ppro

val /

rej

ectio

n

1. S

ugge

stio

n

of in

dica

tors

2. O

utpu

t

Tra

inin

g D

ata

Tra

inin

g D

ata

Eff

ecti

ve

chan

nel

ing o

f ex

per

t know

ledge

into

ED

DIE

is t

he

key

to s

ucc

ess

29

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Tec

hn

ical

Det

ails

Insi

de

ED

DIE

/ F

GP

29

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An

Ex

amp

le D

ecis

ion

Tre

e

No

Has

X’s

pric

e fa

llen

by

6% s

ince

yes

terd

ay?

Has

X’s

pric

e fa

llen

by

6% s

ince

yes

terd

ay?

Yes

Buy

Buy

Yes

No

No

Act

ion

No

Act

ion

Sel

lS

ell

Yes

Sel

lS

ell

No

No

Act

ion

No

Act

ion

Yes

Has

X’s

pric

e ris

en b

y

5% s

ince

a w

eek

ago?

Has

X’s

pric

e ris

en b

y

5% s

ince

a w

eek

ago?

No

Is X

’s p

rice

14-d

ays

mov

ing

aver

age?

Is X

’s p

rice

14-d

ays

mov

ing

aver

age?

Is X

’s P

/E r

atio

low

er th

an th

e

indu

stry

ave

rage

by

20%

?

Is X

’s P

/E r

atio

low

er th

an th

e

indu

stry

ave

rage

by

20%

?

29

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Synta

x o

f G

DT

sin

ED

DIE

-2

<T

ree>

::=

“If-

then

-els

e” <

Con

ditio

n> <

Tre

e> <

Tre

e> |

Dec

isio

n

<C

ondi

tion>

::=

<C

ondi

tion>

"A

nd"

<C

ondi

tion>

|

<C

ondi

tion>

"O

r" <

Con

ditio

n>

|

"Not

"

<C

ondi

tion>

|

Var

iabl

e<

Rel

atio

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ratio

n>T

hres

hold

<R

elat

ionO

pera

tion>

::=

">"

|

"<"

| "

="

Var

iabl

eis

an

indi

cato

r / f

eatu

re

Dec

isio

nis

an

inte

ger,

“P

ositi

ve”

or “

Neg

ativ

e” im

plem

ente

d

Thr

esho

ldis

a r

eal n

umbe

r

Ric

her

lan

gu

age

larg

er s

earc

h s

pac

e

29

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hts

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war

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A t

aste

of

use

r in

pu

t

Def

ine

targ

et:

4%

in

21 d

ays?

0 0 1 1

…..

More

input:

Vola

t-

ilit

y

50

52

53

51

…..

Exper

t

adds:

50 d

ays

m.a

.

80

82

83

82

…..

Giv

en

Dai

ly

closi

ng

90

99

87

82

…..

…..

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ED

DIE

ad

ds

val

ue

to u

ser

inp

ut

Use

r in

pu

ts i

nd

ica

tors

–e.

g. m

ovin

g a

ver

age,

vola

tili

ty, pre

dic

atio

ns

ED

DIE

mak

es s

elec

tors

–e.

g. “5

0 d

ays

movin

g a

ver

age

> 8

9.7

6”

ED

DIE

co

mb

ines

sel

ecto

rs i

nto

tre

es

–b

y d

isco

ver

ing i

nte

ract

ions

bet

wee

n s

elec

tors

Fin

din

g t

hre

sho

lds

(e.g

. 8

9.7

6)

and

in

tera

ctio

ns

by

hu

man

ex

per

ts i

s la

bo

rio

us

29

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Res

earc

h M

eth

od

olo

gy

Co

nce

ntr

ate

on

pre

dic

tin

g:

G=

“w

ill

pri

ces

go u

p/d

ow

n b

y r

% w

ithin

the

nex

tn

day

s?”

To

ev

alu

ate

ED

DIE

, ch

oo

se r

and

nsu

ch

that

50

% o

f th

e d

ays

ach

iev

e G

–P

erfo

rman

ce a

gai

nst

ran

dom

dec

isio

ns

–A

lso c

om

par

ed a

gai

nst

ID

3 /

C4.5

Mea

sure

pre

dic

tio

n a

ccu

racy

–R

eturn

on i

nves

tmen

t al

so u

sed f

or

refe

rence

29

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Tes

tin

g o

f E

DD

IE

S&

P 5

00

In

dex

, 1

96

3 t

o 1

97

4

Do

w J

on

es I

nd

ust

rial

Av

erag

e In

dex

Co

mb

inin

g e

xp

ert

pre

dic

tio

ns

on

Hen

gS

eng

Ind

ex

Sh

ares

: IB

M,

HS

BC

, B

AA

, B

HP

, A

NZ

, 1

99

1

to 2

00

0

UK

han

dic

ap h

ors

e ra

ces

19

93

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hts

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war

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ED

DIE

on

S&

P 5

00

dai

ly c

lose

Tra

ined

: 2

/4/6

3 t

o 2

/7/7

0 (

18

00

day

s)

Tes

ted

:6/7

/70

to

25

/1/7

4 (

90

0 d

ays)

Tar

get

: “r

ise

of

4%

wit

hin

63

da

ys”

Inp

ut:

tex

tbo

ok

tec

hn

ical

in

dic

ato

rs

–e.

g.n

day

s m

ovin

g a

ver

ages

/ m

in/

max

pri

ces

Res

ult

: 5

4%

acc

ura

cy, 4

3%

an

nu

al r

etu

rnR

efer

ence

:Soft

ware

, P

ract

ice

& E

xper

ience

, 28(1

0)

1998

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Per

form

ance

Mea

sure

sP

redi

ctio

nsR

ealit

y

Neg

ativ

e

Pos

itive

Pos

itive

Fal

se

Pos

itive

Tru

e

Pos

itive

Neg

ativ

e

Tru

e

Neg

ativ

e

Fal

se

Neg

ativ

e

Rat

e of

corr

ectn

ess

= (

TN

+ T

P)

Tota

l

Rat

e of

fail

ure

= F

P

(FP

+ T

P)

= 1

–pre

cisi

on

Rat

e of

mis

sing c

han

ces

= F

N

(FN

+ T

P)=

1 –

reca

ll

29

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war

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ED

DIE

on

IB

M 1

99

1-1

99

7

60%

of

reco

mm

endat

ions

corr

ect

–w

her

e o

pp

ort

un

itie

s o

ccu

r in

45

% o

f th

e d

ays

IBM

Tra

inin

g P

eriod (

1991.1

0.3

0-1

995.1

2.2

7)

RC

61.4

%0

1O

pport

.:42.3

%

RM

C89.1

%654

10

0664

RF

15.9

%434

53

1487

1088

63

5%

1151

IBM

Ove

r Test

Period (

1995.1

2.2

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997.0

3.0

5)

RC

56.5

%0

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pport

.:45.0

%

RM

C90.0

%104

60

110

RF

40.0

%81

91

90

AR

210.0

%185

15

8%

200

29

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on

HS

BC

19

96

-20

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ecom

men

dat

ions

mad

e

HS

BA

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g12/0

3/9

6to

28/5

/1999

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54.8

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pport

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%389

13

0402

RF

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71

1437

755

84

10%

839

HS

BA

Testing

31/5

/1999

to03/0

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0

RC

59.0

%0

1O

pport

.:41.0

%

RM

C100.0

%118

00

118

RF

N.A

.82

01

82

200

00%

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Imp

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ing

Pre

cisi

on

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uci

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Rat

e o

f F

ailu

re

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Red

uci

ng

Rat

e o

f F

ailu

re (

RF

)

Neg

ativ

e

Tru

e

Neg

ativ

e

Fal

se

Neg

ativ

e

Pre

dict

ions P

ositi

ve

Fal

se

Pos

itive

Tru

e

Pos

itive

Rea

lity

Neg

ativ

e

Pos

itive

RF

= F

P

(FP

+ T

P)

= 1

–pre

cisi

on

RM

C =

FN

(F

N +

TP

)=

1 –

reca

ll

Red

uce

RF

at

the

cost

of

RM

C

29

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Jin

Li

FG

P

FG

P:

Co

nst

rain

ed F

itn

ess

Const

rain

ts c

an h

elp g

uid

ing t

he

sear

ch

Fit

nes

s =

wrc

RC

’w

rmc

RM

Cw

rfR

F

RC

’ =

RC

if P

+

[Min

, M

ax]

0

oth

erw

ise

Neg

ativ

e

Tru

e

Neg

ativ

e

Fal

se

Neg

ativ

e

Pos

itive

Fal

se

Pos

itive

Tru

e

Pos

itive

One

can a

dju

st M

in a

nd M

ax t

o

refl

ect

mar

ket

expec

tati

on

(poss

ibly

fro

m t

rain

ing),

or

risk

pre

fere

nce

Cau

tious

Low

Max

29

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Red

uci

ng

RF

Des

irab

le t

o r

edu

ce R

ate

of

Fa

ilu

re–

Mis

sing o

pport

unit

ies

may

be

more

acc

epta

ble

th

an l

osi

ng m

oney

Ou

r ap

pro

ach

:–

Augm

ent

fitn

ess

wit

h c

onst

rain

ts

–T

ighte

r co

nst

rain

ts m

eans

low

er R

F

–E

ven

if

low

er R

F

more

mis

sed c

han

ces

Ou

r g

oal

:–

All

ow

one

to t

une

RF

to o

ne’

s pre

fere

nce

–w

ithout

affe

ctin

g o

ver

all

Rat

e of

Corr

ectn

ess

29

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hts

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FG

P-2

on

IB

M 1

99

1-1

99

7

•W

ith l

ow

rat

e of

fail

ure

spec

ifie

d

•R

esult

s ar

e m

ore

rel

iable

Constr

ain

ed fitness function:

IBM

Tra

inin

g P

eriod (

1991.1

0.3

0-1

995.1

2.2

7)

RC

60.5

%0

1O

pport

.:42.3

%

RM

C84.6

%621

43

0664

RF

36.4

%412

75

1487

1033

118

10%

1151

Constr

ain

ed fitness function:

IBM

Test

Period (

1995.1

2.2

8-1

997.0

3.0

5)

RC

59.0

%0

145.0

%

RM

C87.8

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30

110

RF

21.4

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11

190

AR

511.0

%186

14

7%

200

Genera

l fit

ness function:

IBM

Ove

r Test

Period (

1995.1

2.2

8-1

997.0

3.0

5)

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56.5

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1O

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.:45.0

%

RM

C90.0

%104

60

110

RF

40.0

%81

91

90

AR

210.0

%185

15

8%

200

29

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0

90

0

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0

10

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10

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11

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400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2200

2400

2600

2800

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09

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81

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4%

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63 d

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29

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Eff

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of

const

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ts o

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GP

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0.0

0

0.5

0

1.0

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1.5

0

2.0

0

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5

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ss

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0100

200

300

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AA

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of

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ler

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