Machine Learning For Stock Trading Strategies

In previous articles, we've defined some of the terms being thrown around lately like "machine learning" and "artificial intelligence". These disruptive technologies will soon change the world as we know it. While some pundits predicted that we were years away from a computer that could beat a human expert at "Go", this achievement was recently announced. If a "deep learning" program can now beat a game that has more possible moves than atoms in the known universe, then what's stopping us from unleashing it upon the stock market and making millions? The idea of using computers to trade stocks is hardly new.