Monthly Archives: March 2010

Rapidminer 5.0 Video Tutorial #9 – Financial Time Series Modeling Part 1

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Tom

In this video we start building a financial time series model, using S&P500 daily OHLCV data, and the windowing, sliding validation, and forecasting performance operator.  This Part 1. [flashvideo file=wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Rapidminer5-Vid9.mp4 /] This video can be viewed in HQ by clicking … Continue reading →

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Genetic Algorithms & Recipes

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Tom

Heh.  This is why I love the XKCD comic strip.

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Thanks To All For The Dropbox Space

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Tom

Thanks to all who signed up for their very own Dropbox account using my referral link! I went from 2 gigs of space to just over 5 gigs! I can now move large files easier between computers (without using memory … Continue reading →

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Rapidminer 5.0 Video Tutorial #8 – Financial Time Series Data Discovery

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Tom

In this video we review data discovery techniques for Financial Time Series data by calculating a Simple Moving Average (SMA), creating a non-linear trend line using a Neural Net operator, and creating a time series prediction line using a Neural … Continue reading →

Posted in RapidMiner, Tutorials, Video | 36 Comments

Get Dropbox and Give More Space!

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Tom

Good Morning!  I've been using Dropbox as a way to share Rapidminer Experiments and Data with readers.  It's vastly better at sharing large data files than my forums and I might completely abandon my forums (for now) in favor of … Continue reading →

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Subscribe Now

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Tom

I'll be recording the first of three Time Series Rapidminer Video Tutorials next week and its probably a good idea to subscribe to my RSS feed now.  This way you'll be alerted when the video is posted.

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High Quality Rapidminer 5.0 Video Tutorials

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Tom

I just wanted to let my readers know that you can view my video tutorials in high quality (HQ) right here on Neural Market Trends. Just click on the "Video download link (HQ)" link below the You Tube video player … Continue reading →

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Rapidminer 5.0 Video Tutorial #7 – Evolutionary Weighting Example

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Tom

In this tutorial, we highlight Rapidminer's weighting operator using an evolutionary approach.  We use financial data to preweight inputs before we feed them into a neural network model to try to better classify a gold trend. Video download link (HQ): Rapidminer … Continue reading →

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A 100 Year Old 1000 Reichsbanknote

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Tom

I felt like a kid in a candy store tonight when I picked up the daily mail.  I got my first shipment of old German money notes in the today, the ones I won on Ebay for about $1.75.  Below … Continue reading →

Posted in Numismatics | 8 Comments

Rapidminer 5.0 Video Tutorial #6 – Creating a Decision Tree with Rapidminer 5.0

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Tom

Calling all marketers!  In this video we discuss how we can use Rapidminer to create a decision tree to help us find "sweet spots" in a particular market segment.  This video tutorial uses the Rapidminer direct mail marketing data generator … Continue reading →

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Working On A Time Series Tutorial

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Tom

Its hard to believe but I'm already 50% done with my first batch of Rapidminer 5.0 Video Tutorials.  So far, the reception has been positive and I thank everyone who emailed me, IM'd me, or commented on these tutorials.  I … Continue reading →

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Rapidminer 5.0 Video Tutorial #5 – Genetic Algorithmic Data Preprocessing Part 2

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Tom

In this video we continue where we left off in Video Tutorial #4.  We discuss some of the parameters that are available in the Genetic Algorithm data transformers to select the best attributes in the data set.  We also replace … Continue reading →

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