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How would an algorithm react to / speculate on the most recent news of, say, the VW pollution-cheating fiasco? What about embargoes or war breaking out between
by artmageddon 11y ago
How would an algorithm react to / speculate on the most recent news of, say, the VW pollution-cheating fiasco? What about embargoes or war breaking out between certain countries?
- SEJeff 11y agoUsing sentiment analysis. In fact, there are some traders (crazily!), which do just that. http://www.wsj.com/articles/tweets-give-birds-eye-view-of-stocks-1436128047 http://www.wsj.com/articles/tweets-give-birds-eye-view-of-st... http://tradethesentiment.com/ http://tradethesentiment.com/
- notahacker 11y agoAn algorithm parsing the aggregate reaction of mostly non-experts, mostly to news delivered over relatively slow mainstream media channels, is going to be much slower than a human hearing the investor briefing and hitting the "sell at any price" button.