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Randomness - a quick reminder!

Predicting stock prices in the extreme short term amid uncertainty is incredibly difficult because markets are influenced by a vast array of constantly changing factors, many of which are unpredictable and nonlinear.

Stock prices react not only to fundamental data, like earnings or economic indicators, but also to rapidly shifting investor sentiment, news, rumours, geopolitical events, and sudden market shocks. These create noise and volatility that make short-term price movements largely random and difficult to model with precision.

Additionally, short-term price data is highly susceptible to market microstructure effects …… like order flow, liquidity, and trading algorithms, that introduce complexities beyond traditional economic reasoning. While advanced models such as machine learning and deep learning can improve forecasting by capturing complex patterns, they still struggle to reliably predict sudden, unexpected events or shifts in market dynamics. That’s the sheer beauty of randomness. This intrinsic randomness and the presence of many influencing variables with unknown timing and impact constrain the accuracy of any short-term prediction.

In summary, the extreme short-term stock price prediction problem is essentially wrestling with chaos and uncertainty. The interplay of diverse factors, market noise, and abrupt external shocks means that even the most sophisticated models can only approximate trends and probabilities, not guarantee precise outcomes.

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