Category Archives: Tutorials

This category is for all my neural net and excel tutorials

Using SVM Kernels for Time Series Analysis

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Tom

I wanted to share two research papers that are invaluable to anyone trying to use Support Vector Machines (SVM) for modeling the stock market.  One written by an author well known to the Rapid-I team, and another by Korean researcher. … Continue reading →

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Rapidminer Sample Process: Multiply Data

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Tom

I often use the Multiply operator to make copies of my data set and feed it into different learners. I do this because sometimes I don’t know if a Neural Net operator, or a SVM operator, give me better performance.  Once … Continue reading →

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Rapidminer Sample Process: Financial Text Mining

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Tom

This is the sample Rapidminer process I used in Video #14.  Just download the text file and import into into RM using the import process function.  Please note, you will need to create the Excel spreadsheet yourself, as I show … Continue reading →

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Rapidminer Sample Process: Parameter Optimization

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Tom

Below is a simple parameter optimization process in Rapidminer using the Iris data set.  Download the TXT file and import it into Rapidminer.  Of course, you may use whatever data set you want and switch out the learner.  Make sure … Continue reading →

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Rapidminer 5.0 Video Tutorial #14 – Web Mining Financial Web Sites – Part 1

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Tom

In this Rapidminer Video Tutorial I show the user how to use the web crawling and text mining operators to download 4 web pages, build a word frequency list, and then check out the similarities between the web sites. [flashvideo … Continue reading →

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Rapidminer Text Mining Videos

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Tom

There’s a whole new set of text mining tutorial videos currently being produced, and they’re not by me!  Neil over at Vancouver Data Blog is rolling out 5 brand new tutorial videos over the course of the week on how … Continue reading →

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Rapidminer 5.X Video Tutorial #12 – Using the Generate Attribute Operator to Create Trading Rules

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Tom

In this video I highlight the often overlooked (I know I did) Generate Attribute operator to create trading rules.  This operator is not just applicable to financial data but to any data set where you want to transform and create … Continue reading →

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Rapidminer 5.0 Video Tutorial #11 – Pattern Recognition & Landmarking Plugin

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Tom

I’m back to making new videos again, at least for a little while! This new video showcases the Pattern Recognition & Landmarking plugin that was unveiled at RCOMM 2010. This plugin is fantastic!  It analyzes your data, ranks the best … Continue reading →

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Draft Presentation Done – Germany Awaits

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Tom

I’m done with my draft presentation for RCOMM 2010 and hopefully will wrap it up over the weekend and then its to Germany in two weeks.  Its hard to believe but RCOMM 2010 will soon be a reality.  I’m looking … Continue reading →

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Rapidminer 5.0 Video Tutorial #10 – Financial Time Series Modeling Part 2

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Tom

In this video we continue building a financial time series model, using S&P500 daily OHLCV data, and the windowing, sliding validation, and forecasting performance operator.  We test the model with some out of sample S&P500 data. [flashvideo file=wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Rapidminer5-vid10.mp4 /] This … Continue reading →

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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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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 →

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