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Forecasting Crude Oil Prices Using the Binary RSI (bRSI) Indicator

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  • Michał Dominik Stasiak

    (Department of Investment and Real Estate, Poznan University of Economics and Business, 61-875 Poznan, Poland)

  • Żaneta Staszak

    (The Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, 60-965 Poznan, Poland)

  • Marcin Stawarz

    (Department of Applied Informatics and Mathematics in Economics, Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 87-100 Toruń, Poland)

Abstract

The crude oil market is one of the most significant sectors in the global economy. Fluctuations in oil prices impact the financial performance of national economies. Crude oil prices are also the basis of many popular financial derivatives on the financial market. Binary-temporal representation state models enable the precise modelling and development of financially efficient decision-support systems in the crude oil market. Existing models are primarily based on the main technical analysis methods: trend and moving average analysis. In this paper, with the aim of enhancing forecasting efficiency, we introduce the concept of determining the widely used RSI indicator for binary-temporal representation and propose a new state model based on its readings. We also present empirical research on the proposed model applied to the oil market, using historical data from the past six years. The results confirm the validity of the approach adopted.

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  • Michał Dominik Stasiak & Żaneta Staszak & Marcin Stawarz, 2025. "Forecasting Crude Oil Prices Using the Binary RSI (bRSI) Indicator," Energies, MDPI, vol. 18(12), pages 1-14, June.
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