Can You Predict Stock Prices Using Machine Learning & Python

Predict the Price of a Companies Stock Using Machine Learning and Python

First let me say it is extremely hard to try and predict the stock market. Even people with a good understanding of statistics and probabilities have a hard time doing this. Stock market prediction is the act of trying to determine the future value of a company stock or other financial instrument traded on an exchange. — Wikipedia

However with all of that being said, if you are able to successfully predict the price of a stock, you could gain an incredible amount of profit.

In this article, I will create two very simple models to try to predict the stock market using machine learning and python. More specifically I will attempt to predict the price of Netflix stock. Netflix is considered to be one of the five most popular and best performing American technology companies, so I wanted to try to create a model or models to predict this companies future stock price. Please leave claps on this article if you find it helpful or entertaining. I would also like to know some of your strategies as well.

If you prefer not to read this article and would like a video representation of it, you can check out the YouTube Video below. It goes through everything in this article with a little more detail, and…