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Machine Learning WTI Crude Oil Price Predictions

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  • Bingzi Jin

    (Advanced Micro Devices (China) Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China)

  • Xiaojie Xu

    (��North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA)

Abstract

Energy commodity price forecasts have always been quite important to a lot of market participants. To tackle the problem, our analysis looks at West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices on a daily basis. The sample under inquiry covers 10 years, from April 4, 2014 to April 3, 2024, and the price series under analysis has major financial implications. Here, Gaussian process regression methods are developed using Bayesian optimization techniques and cross-validation processes, and the resulting strategies are utilized to provide price projections. The relative root mean square error of 2.2743% indicates that our empirical prediction approach produces reasonably accurate price estimates for the out-of-sample assessment period of April 19, 2022–April 3, 2024. Models of price predictions give investors and governments the information they need to make wise choices about the crude oil market.

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  • Bingzi Jin & Xiaojie Xu, 2025. "Machine Learning WTI Crude Oil Price Predictions," Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy (JICEP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 16(01), pages 1-18, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jicepx:v:16:y:2025:i:01:n:s1793993325500048
    DOI: 10.1142/S1793993325500048
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