Nikkei Stock Market Price Index Prediction Using Machine Learning

Abstract

Stock market prediction has always been a difficult process, most of the prediction rely solely on the data of the corresponding stock market. Relationship of gold and oil price with stock market performance has been proven significant in some major world stock index. Prediction of stock market price index using machine learning methods is expected to perform well, with the ability of machine learning method to predict using nonlinear inputs. The methods were commonly able to predict relatively well in predicting the values of Japanese Nikkei 225 and Japanese Nikkei 400 indexes.