Olympic Steel Stock Forecast - 8 Period Moving Average

ZEUS Stock  USD 50.21  1.65  3.40%   
The 8 Period Moving Average forecasted value of Olympic Steel on the next trading day is expected to be 50.93 with a mean absolute deviation of 2.29 and the sum of the absolute errors of 123.81. Olympic Stock Forecast is based on your current time horizon. Investors can use this forecasting interface to forecast Olympic Steel stock prices and determine the direction of Olympic Steel's future trends based on various well-known forecasting models. We recommend always using this module together with an analysis of Olympic Steel's historical fundamentals, such as revenue growth or operating cash flow patterns. Although Olympic Steel's naive historical forecasting may sometimes provide an important future outlook for the firm, we recommend always cross-verifying it against solid analysis of Olympic Steel's systematic risk associated with finding meaningful patterns of Olympic Steel fundamentals over time.
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At this time, Olympic Steel's Payables Turnover is comparatively stable compared to the past year. Asset Turnover is likely to gain to 2.41 in 2024, whereas Inventory Turnover is likely to drop 3.16 in 2024. . Common Stock Shares Outstanding is likely to gain to about 11.7 M in 2024. Net Income Applicable To Common Shares is likely to gain to about 109.8 M in 2024.

Open Interest Against 2024-06-21 Olympic Option Contracts

Although open interest is a measure utilized in the options markets, it could be used to forecast Olympic Steel's spot prices because the number of available contracts in the market changes daily, and new contracts can be created or liquidated at will. Since open interest in Olympic Steel's options reflects these daily shifts, investors could use the patterns of these changes to develop long and short-term trading strategies for Olympic Steel stock based on available contracts left at the end of a trading day.
Please note that to derive more accurate forecasting about market movement from the current Olympic Steel's open interest, investors have to compare it to Olympic Steel's spot prices. As Ford's stock price increases, high open interest indicates that money is entering the market, and the market is strongly bullish. Conversely, if the price of Olympic Steel is decreasing and there is high open interest, that is a sign that the bearish trend will continue, and investors may react by taking short positions in Olympic. So, decreasing or low open interest during a bull market indicates that investors are becoming uncertain of the depth of the bullish trend, and a reversal in sentiment will likely follow.
Most investors in Olympic Steel cannot accurately predict what will happen the next trading day because, historically, stock markets tend to be unpredictable and even illogical. Modeling turbulent structures requires applying different statistical methods, techniques, and algorithms to find hidden data structures or patterns within the Olympic Steel's time series price data and predict how it will affect future prices. One of these methodologies is forecasting, which interprets Olympic Steel's price structures and extracts relationships that further increase the generated results' accuracy.
An 8-period moving average forecast model for Olympic Steel is based on an artificially constructed time series of Olympic Steel daily prices in which the value for a trading day is replaced by the mean of that value and the values for 8 of preceding and succeeding time periods. This model is best suited for price series data that changes over time.

Olympic Steel 8 Period Moving Average Price Forecast For the 7th of June

Given 90 days horizon, the 8 Period Moving Average forecasted value of Olympic Steel on the next trading day is expected to be 50.93 with a mean absolute deviation of 2.29, mean absolute percentage error of 10.81, and the sum of the absolute errors of 123.81.
Please note that although there have been many attempts to predict Olympic Stock prices using its time series forecasting, we generally do not recommend using it to place bets in the real market. The most commonly used models for forecasting predictions are the autoregressive models, which specify that Olympic Steel's next future price depends linearly on its previous prices and some stochastic term (i.e., imperfectly predictable multiplier).

Olympic Steel Stock Forecast Pattern

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Olympic Steel Forecasted Value

In the context of forecasting Olympic Steel's Stock value on the next trading day, we examine the predictive performance of the model to find good statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios. Olympic Steel's downside and upside margins for the forecasting period are 48.57 and 53.29, respectively. We have considered Olympic Steel's daily market price to evaluate the above model's predictive performance. Remember, however, there is no scientific proof or empirical evidence that traditional linear or nonlinear forecasting models outperform artificial intelligence and frequency domain models to provide accurate forecasts consistently.
Market Value
50.21
50.93
Expected Value
53.29
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Model Predictive Factors

The below table displays some essential indicators generated by the model showing the 8 Period Moving Average forecasting method's relative quality and the estimations of the prediction error of Olympic Steel stock data series using in forecasting. Note that when a statistical model is used to represent Olympic Steel stock, the representation will rarely be exact; so some information will be lost using the model to explain the process. AIC estimates the relative amount of information lost by a given model: the less information a model loses, the higher its quality.
AICAkaike Information Criteria107.6255
BiasArithmetic mean of the errors 1.3136
MADMean absolute deviation2.2927
MAPEMean absolute percentage error0.0395
SAESum of the absolute errors123.8075
The eieght-period moving average method has an advantage over other forecasting models in that it does smooth out peaks and valleys in a set of daily observations. Olympic Steel 8-period moving average forecast can only be used reliably to predict one or two periods into the future.

Predictive Modules for Olympic Steel

There are currently many different techniques concerning forecasting the market as a whole, as well as predicting future values of individual securities such as Olympic Steel. Regardless of method or technology, however, to accurately forecast the stock market is more a matter of luck rather than a particular technique. Nevertheless, trying to predict the stock market accurately is still an essential part of the overall investment decision process. Using different forecasting techniques and comparing the results might improve your chances of accuracy even though unexpected events may often change the market sentiment and impact your forecasting results.
Sophisticated investors, who have witnessed many market ups and downs, anticipate that the market will even out over time. This tendency of Olympic Steel's price to converge to an average value over time is called mean reversion. However, historically, high market prices usually discourage investors that believe in mean reversion to invest, while low prices are viewed as an opportunity to buy.
Hype
Prediction
LowEstimatedHigh
45.1347.5055.23
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Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
47.9850.3552.72
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Bollinger
Band Projection (param)
LowMiddleHigh
47.7453.2158.68
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1 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
49.1454.0059.94
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Other Forecasting Options for Olympic Steel

For every potential investor in Olympic, whether a beginner or expert, Olympic Steel's price movement is the inherent factor that sparks whether it is viable to invest in it or hold it better. Olympic Stock price charts are filled with many 'noises.' These noises can hugely alter the decision one can make regarding investing in Olympic. Basic forecasting techniques help filter out the noise by identifying Olympic Steel's price trends.

Olympic Steel Related Equities

One of the popular trading techniques among algorithmic traders is to use market-neutral strategies where every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if one position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Below are some of the equities that can be combined with Olympic Steel stock to make a market-neutral strategy. Peer analysis of Olympic Steel could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Olympic Steel by comparing valuation metrics with similar companies.
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Olympic Steel Technical and Predictive Analytics

The stock market is financially volatile. Despite the volatility, there exist limitless possibilities of gaining profits and building passive income portfolios. With the complexity of Olympic Steel's price movements, a comprehensive understanding of forecasting methods that an investor can rely on to make the right move is invaluable. These methods predict trends that assist an investor in predicting the movement of Olympic Steel's current price.

Olympic Steel Market Strength Events

Market strength indicators help investors to evaluate how Olympic Steel stock reacts to ongoing and evolving market conditions. The investors can use it to make informed decisions about market timing, and determine when trading Olympic Steel shares will generate the highest return on investment. By undertsting and applying Olympic Steel stock market strength indicators, traders can identify Olympic Steel entry and exit signals to maximize returns.

Olympic Steel Risk Indicators

The analysis of Olympic Steel's basic risk indicators is one of the essential steps in accurately forecasting its future price. The process involves identifying the amount of risk involved in Olympic Steel's investment and either accepting that risk or mitigating it. Along with some essential techniques for forecasting olympic stock prices, we also provide a set of basic risk indicators that can assist in the individual investment decision or help in hedging the risk of your existing portfolios.
Please note, the risk measures we provide can be used independently or collectively to perform a risk assessment. When comparing two potential investments, we recommend comparing similar equities with homogenous growth potential and valuation from related markets to determine which investment holds the most risk.

Pair Trading with Olympic Steel

One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if Olympic Steel position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Olympic Steel will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.

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The ability to find closely correlated positions to Olympic Steel could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Olympic Steel when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back Olympic Steel - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling Olympic Steel to buy it.
The correlation of Olympic Steel is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Olympic Steel moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Olympic Steel moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for Olympic Steel can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.
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