Today it is important for investors to identify which stocks that will result in positive returns in order for the right decision to be made when trading on the stock market. For decades it has been an area of interest for academics, and it is still challenging due to many difficulties and problems. A large number of studies has been carried out in machine learning and stock trading,where many of the studies has resulted in promising results despite these challenges. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate predictive models for identifying stocks that outperform the Swedish market index OMXSPI. The research utilized a dataset of historical stock data and applied three various machine learning algorithms, Support Vector Machine, Logistic Regression and Decision Trees to predict if excess performance was met. With the help of ten-fold cross-validation and hyperparameter tuning the results were an IT-artefact that produced satisfying results. The results showed that hyperparameter tuning techniques marginally improved the metrics focused-on, namely accuracy and precision. The support vector machine model achieved an accuracy of 58,52% and a precision of 57,51%. The logistic regression model achieved an accuracy of 55,75% and a precision of 54,81%. Finally, the decision tree model which was the best performer, achieved an accuracy of 64,84% and a precision of 65,00%.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-505072 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Wennmark, Gabriel, Lindgren, Felix |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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