HMM-Based Classification of Stock Market Stages
This article was written by Sergey Okun – Senior Financial Analyst, I Know First, Ph.D. in Economics.
Summary:
- Identifying the stage of the market enables traders to adjust their investment strategies to take advantage of the current market conditions.
- The Hidden Markov Model allows us to determine the stock market stages.
- We uncover patterns in the S&P500 index and VIX from January 1st, 2000 to April 6th, 2023 by using HMM to identify periods of bull and bear markets.