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Hi everyone, welcome to AI Stock Market Chat, I'm Muyan. Today is Wednesday, October 7, 2026, and we're focusing on tomorrow's forecast, Thursday, October 8. The model's signal this time leans neutral, but the global markets have actually been pretty lively, so let's take a look.

Today's Market Index Forecast

This episode's forecast target trading day is 2026-10-08 (Thursday). The service only forecasts the TAIEX (Taiwan Capitalization Weighted Stock Index), offering two time horizons: "Next Day" and "Short Term":

The model gives a neutral call for both the next-day and short-term horizons, with confidence sitting at 75% for each, so nothing too dramatic. That said, this morning's market read suggests sentiment is actually leaning slightly bearish within that neutral range: the TAIEX only gained 0.22%, but the breadth was 472 advancers versus 521 decliners. That means the index held up while individual stocks broadly lagged behind, so market breadth isn't particularly healthy. I'd still recommend keeping an eye on sector rotation when Thursday's session opens.

Global Market Snapshot

Below is the latest closing snapshot for the TAIEX futures night session, the four major US indices, and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX). This section is purely a record of current conditions, with no forecasting involved:

All three major US indices and the SOX closed higher across the board. Both the Nasdaq and the S&P posted solid gains, and while the SOX's rise was modest, it was moving in the same direction. The TAIEX futures night session, on the other hand, slipped slightly by 0.06%, not quite syncing up with the optimistic mood on Wall Street. We'll keep an eye on that gap when tomorrow's session opens.

Strategy Stock Screening Radar

The following are strategy screening results. This is not a buy/sell recommendation for individual stocks; it only presents composite scores, institutional flow data, and valuation metrics:

What these stocks have in common is a solidly high institutional flow score. ASUS tops the list with a score of 78, driven by its MACD histogram turning bullish alongside strengthening CCI momentum, though its Williams %R has already moved into overbought territory, so chasing the rally here calls for some caution. Fuh Hwa Taiwan Technology Dividend, Formosa Plastics, and Formosa Chemicals & Fibre all show a similar pattern of "strengthening momentum but already up a lot in the short term." SinoPac Financial Holdings, meanwhile, earned its score thanks to a bullish engulfing candlestick pattern. Overall, the bullish and bearish signals on this list appear in roughly a one-to-one ratio, so this isn't an overwhelmingly bullish picture.

Recent Forecast Accuracy Review

Let me give you an honest update on recent accuracy. The next-day index forecast has hit its direction 100% of the time recently, 4 out of 4, and the range forecast landed spot-on in 3 out of those 4 cases too, with an average error of just 0.5%. That's a pretty solid track record. The short-term (5-day) forecast doesn't look nearly as good, though: there's only 1 recorded instance so far, the direction accuracy is 0%, the range missed as well, and the average error came in at 5.42%. The short-term sample size is still too small, so take those numbers with a larger grain of salt. The next-day forecast is relatively more reliable as a reference for now.

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