Maciej Bac

Fuzzy Logic as Agents’ Knowledge Representation in A-Trader System

The paper presents the application of a fuzzy logic in building the trading agents of the A-Trader system. A-Trader is a multi-agent system that supports investment decisions on the FOREX market. The first part of the article contains a discussion related to the use of fuzzy logic as representation of an agent’s knowledge. Next, the algorithms of the selected fuzzy logic buy-sell decision agents are presented. In the last part of the article the agent performance is evaluated on real FOREX data.

Fundamental analysis in the multi-agent trading system

The paper presents issues related to developing methods for fundamental analysis used to expand capabilities of multi-agent trading system, to better predict the financial market. The fundamental analysis indicators can be used as confirmation of decisions generated by other strategies of the system. The first part of the article discusses briefly the fundamental analysis issues in relation to the online trading on FOREX market. The statistical analysis of correlations of the different time series indicators and algorithms of fundamental analysis agents are examined. The final part discusses the results of the performance evaluation of selected investment strategies, including fundamental-based agents.

Collective Intelligence Supporting Trading Decisions on FOREX Market

The aim of the paper is to present an approach to support decision-making on financial markets using an idea of collective intelligence implemented as a multi-agent system, called A-Trader. A-Trader is integrated with the Meta Trader system which provides online data, including ticks of any securities, goods or currency pairs. Many of the implemented agents apply AI methods, communicate their trading advices to the supervisor that integrates all information and suggests the trading decision. The first part of the paper presents the architecture and functionalities of A-Trader. The structure and functionality of the agents and approach to the building of the trading strategies are detailed. The last section describes the results of the performance evaluation of selected trading strategies on FOREX.