Are Changes In Crude Oil Prices Predictable?
[ 1 ] Instytut Maszyn Roboczych i Pojazdów Samochodowych, Wydział Inżynierii Lądowej i Transportu, Politechnika Poznańska | [ P ] employee
2024
chapter in monograph / paper
english
- crude oil
- raw materials
- transport
- technical analysis
- market investment decision support
EN The oil prices influence the transport sector, and subsequently the profitability of trade and the condition of countries’ economies. Therefore, the prediction of future price changes is of high importance. Said prices can be forecasted by macroeconomic or technical methods of analysis, yet both of those are often questioned. In the article, we present a method for a complex verification of the hypothesis that current prices are not influenced by historical changes in oil prices. To do so we applied an alternative and more precise representation of prices than the most commonly used candlestick representation, i.e. the binary temporal representation and utilized advanced statistical testing. In the paper, we also present the results of empirical research performed on the oil price quotations, with the use of advanced soft-ware in C++. The research confirm the sensibility of using technical and fundamental analysis.
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