“…RQ3: to conduct more research using a combination of other themes for stock market prediction, also because the existing artificial neural networks have not been able to provide effective results [137] and this calls for more advanced techniques such as neuro-fuzzy methods, genetic algorithm, option pricing models, machine learning techniques, and component analysis models Neuro-fuzzy systems: [104,105,[138][139][140][141]] Genetic algorithm and linear representation methods: [28,93,[142][143][144][145][146][147][148]] Linear regression models: [21,116,122,149] Option pricing model, machine learning techniques and hybrid combinations with neural networks: [34,91,[150][151][152][153] Component analysis model: [22,46,62,137,154] Gap4: more studies are required to maintain consistency throughout the time period since the inception of these three topics, viz., AI, neural networks, and stock market forecasting RQ4: the majority of the study is concentrated on longer periods. Very few studies have conducted an experiment or a case study on the trading prices spread over the previous 6 months or less [30,38,50,75,81,91,95,98,…”