Investment Strategy Research in the New Energy Vehicle Industry Based on Google Trends: A Case Study of Tesla

This paper investigates a sentiment-based trading strategy in the context of the new energy vehicle industry, using Tesla (TSLA) as a representative case. Using Google Trends search volume data as a tool to observe public attention, we construct a simple momentum-style signal to evaluate the effecti...

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Main Author: Ye Guangcheng
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Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2025-01-01
Series:SHS Web of Conferences
Online Access:https://www.shs-conferences.org/articles/shsconf/pdf/2025/09/shsconf_icdde2025_01033.pdf
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description This paper investigates a sentiment-based trading strategy in the context of the new energy vehicle industry, using Tesla (TSLA) as a representative case. Using Google Trends search volume data as a tool to observe public attention, we construct a simple momentum-style signal to evaluate the effectiveness of market sentiment in guiding trading decisions. The study compares the performance of the sentiment strategy with a traditional buy-and-hold strategy across four market regimes, including two bull markets and two bear markets. Our results suggest that the sentiment- based strategy significantly outperformed in bear markets, but counterintuitively underperformed in bull markets. This indicates that Google Trends data may serve as a useful complementary indicator in volatile or downward-trending environments. The paper contributes to the literature by extending sentiment momentum research from cryptocurrencies and broad indices to a major individual stock in the clean tech sector, Tesla, which is also a highly sentiment-driven stock.
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spelling doaj-art-8a0b8a55ee2f4e268ad1b912b1af0fb82025-08-20T02:43:17ZengEDP SciencesSHS Web of Conferences2261-24242025-01-012180103310.1051/shsconf/202521801033shsconf_icdde2025_01033Investment Strategy Research in the New Energy Vehicle Industry Based on Google Trends: A Case Study of TeslaYe Guangcheng0College of Arts & Science, New York UniversityThis paper investigates a sentiment-based trading strategy in the context of the new energy vehicle industry, using Tesla (TSLA) as a representative case. Using Google Trends search volume data as a tool to observe public attention, we construct a simple momentum-style signal to evaluate the effectiveness of market sentiment in guiding trading decisions. The study compares the performance of the sentiment strategy with a traditional buy-and-hold strategy across four market regimes, including two bull markets and two bear markets. Our results suggest that the sentiment- based strategy significantly outperformed in bear markets, but counterintuitively underperformed in bull markets. This indicates that Google Trends data may serve as a useful complementary indicator in volatile or downward-trending environments. The paper contributes to the literature by extending sentiment momentum research from cryptocurrencies and broad indices to a major individual stock in the clean tech sector, Tesla, which is also a highly sentiment-driven stock.https://www.shs-conferences.org/articles/shsconf/pdf/2025/09/shsconf_icdde2025_01033.pdf
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Investment Strategy Research in the New Energy Vehicle Industry Based on Google Trends: A Case Study of Tesla
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