ORIGINAL RESEARCH
A Study on the Impact Mechanism of WTI Futures
Price Forecasting Considering Mutation Factors
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School of Mathematics and Statistics, Ludong University,Yantai 264001, China
Submission date: 2024-03-09
Acceptance date: 2024-04-18
Online publication date: 2024-09-02
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Haisheng Yu
School of Mathematics and Statistics, Ludong University,Yantai 264001, China
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ABSTRACT
Crude oil futures price forecasting plays a crucial role in assessing energy demand, promoting
the development of renewable energy, formulating environmental protection policies, and achieving
a balance between economic development and environmental protection. Limited studies have focused on
exploring this phenomenon from the perspective of establishing or explaining the influence mechanism.
This paper conducts three sets of experiments based on existing theoretical studies. Specifically,
the control group solely employs price for prediction, the conventional group integrates conventional
factors onto this basis, and the mutation group further incorporates the influence mechanism of mutation
factors based on the conventional group. Comparative analysis of the experimental results between
the control and conventional groups reveals the underlying principles of how conventional factors
influence price trends, and the experiments between the conventional and mutation groups simulate
price directions during unexpected situations. The results demonstrate that prediction accuracy follows
the order of the mutation group, conventional group, and control group, thus validating the hypothesis
proposed in this paper. These research findings hold great significance for futures price prediction and
provide valuable insights for related theories.