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The best results are obtained through hyper-parameter optimizations using a three-hidden layer MLP. The models are integrated using a nonlinear autoregressive structure with exogenous input (NARX). We find that the hybrid model successfully predicts the short-term stock trends. The hybrid model yields the greatest directional accuracy (70.36%) as compared to fundamental and technical analyses (64.38% and 62.85%) and state-of-the-art models. The results indicate that the market is not fully efficient. 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