Hi guys,
very interesting conversation going on here... i've been interested in it for some time myself, but i've unfortunately lacked the time to go through it myself. it does not help that it is a subject frowned apon by most traders, which means that i've been on my own regarding the research of the viability of these methods. if you ask a question about how, say, stochastics or RSI work on the forums, you'll most likely have 100's of replies by the end of the day. on the other hand, ask a question about the impact of planetary angles on the financial markets, you'll mostly get an answer like: "bugger off, it does'nt work." and then told to go and do some "real" research.
anyways it's nice to find some (mostly) likeminded people
how does the idea of using a neural net using astro inputs to calculate forecasts sound to you all??
it had me salivating when i first saw it.... called NeuralHit! it is made by the "Center for temporal research", a company that seems to have close ties to the Russian Academy of Astronautics the president of the company is is Yuri Petrov... (former Chief of Staff to the Russian President for those of you who don't know...)
They claim to, with a 80% accuracy, predict price movements 3 weeks into the future (!!), but it costs £10,000
anyways... i eventually got hold of a copy, and after many many furstrations with data import i gave up. (it works fine with it's own ascii data, but as soon as i enter my own, identically formatted data, it bombs out...) if you feel you want to give it a shot, send me a mail at morgan.cat[at]gmail.com
here is a few links for those of you interested:
http://astro-services.com/software/neuro-hit/
http://astro-services.com/software/neuro-hit/gifs/
http://www.ctp.ru/e_NN&Neuro_Hit!.shtml
Have fun!