Forecasting volatility of Bitcoin

Since Bitcoin price is highly volatile, forecasting its volatility is crucial for many applications, such as risk management or hedging. We study which model is the most suitable for forecasting Bitcoin volatility. We consider several GARCH and two heterogeneous autoregressive (HAR) models and compare them. Since we utilize realized variance estimated from high frequency data as a proxy for true volatility, we can draw sharper conclusions than studies which use only daily data. We find that EGARCH and APARCH perform best among the GARCH models. HAR models based on realized variance perform better than GARCH models based on daily data. Superiority of HAR models over GARCH models is strongest for short-term volatility forecasts.publishedVersio

Modeling the volatility of cryptocurrencies: an empirical application of stochastic volatility models

This paper compares a number of stochastic volatility (SV) models for modeling and predicting the volatility of the four most capitalized cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, and Litecoin). The standard SV model, models with heavy-tails and moving average innovations, models with jumps, leverage effects and volatility in mean were considered. The Bayes factor for model fit was largely in favor of the heavy-tailed SV model. The forecasting performance of this model was also found superior than the other competing models. Overall, the findings of this study suggest using the heavy-tailed stochastic volatility model for modeling and forecasting the volatility of cryptocurrencies

Outliers and Time-Varying Jumps in the Cryptocurrency Markets

We examine the presence of outliers and time-varying jumps in the returns of four major cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Dogecoin, Litecoin), and a broad cryptocurrency index (CCI30). The results indicate that only Bitcoin returns are contaminated with outliers. Time-varying jumps are present in Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ripple, and the cryptocurrency index. Notably, the presence of jumps in Bitcoin is significant after correcting for outliers. The main findings point to a price instability in some major cryptocurrencies and thereby the importance of accounting for large shocks and time-varying jumps in modelling volatility in the debatable cryptocurrency markets.© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).fi=vertaisarvioitu|en=peerReviewed

Exploring a Hybrid Algorithm for Price Volatility Prediction of Bitcoin

In recent years, the Bitcoin investment market has become increasingly popular. We collected existing literature on Bitcoin and found that predictions about the role of Bitcoin in investment portfolios and the volatility of Bitcoin price as well as return have become advanced research topics. This study shows our current work on the prediction of Bitcoin price volatility and proposes an idea for predicting the price volatility. We have designed an experiment that compares different combinations of machine learning algorithms with GARCH-type models, intending to compare the effects of these models in the prediction of Bitcoin time series and finally implement an optimized algorithm

Forecasting bitcoin's volatility: Exploring the potential of deep-learning

The importance of using the right statistical, mathematical and computational tools can highly influence the decision-making process. With the recent computational progress, Deep Learning methodologies based on Artificial Intelligence seem to be pointed out as a promising tool to study financial time series, characterised by out-of-the-ordinary patterns. Cryptocurrencies are a new asset class with several specially interesting characteristics that still lack deep study and differ from the traditional time series. Bitcoin in particular is characterised by extraordinary high volatility, high number of structural breaks and other identified characteristics that might further difficult the study and forecasting of the time series using classical models. The goal of this study is to critically compare the forecasting properties of classic methodologies (ARCH and GARCH) with Deep Learning Techniques (with MLP, RNN and LSTM architectures) when forecasting Bitcoin’s Volatility. The empirical study focuses on the forecasting of Bitcoin’s Volatility using such models and comparing its forecasting quality using MAE and MAPE for one, three- and seven-day’s forecasting horizons. The Deep learning methodologies show advantages in terms of forecasting quality (when we take in consideration the MAPE) but also require huge computational costs. Diebold-Mariano tests were also performed to compare the forecasts concluding the superiority of Deep Learning Methodologies.A importância de usar as ferramentas estatísticas, matemáticas e computacionais certas pode certamente influenciar o processo de decisão. Com os recentes avanços computacionais, as metodologias Deep-Learning, baseadas em Inteligência Artificial apontam para uma ferramenta promissora para o estudo de séries temporais de dados financeiros, caracterizadas por padrões que são fora do normal. As criptomoedas são uma nova classe de ativos que são caracterizados por alta volatilidade, elevado número de quebras de estrutura e outras características que podem dificultar o estudo e previsão por parte de modelos clássicos. O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar de forma crítica as capacidades de previsão das metodologias clássicas (ARCH e GARCH) comparativamente a metodologias de Deep-Learning (nomeadamente arquiteturas de redes neuronais: MLP, RNN e LSTM) para a previsão da volatilidade da bitcoin. O estudo empírico deste trabalho foca-se na previsão da volatilidade da bitcoin com os modelos supramencionados e comparar a sua qualidade preditiva usando as medidas de erro MAE e MAPE para horizontes de previsão de um, três e sete dias. As metodologias de Deep-Learning apresentam algumas vantagens no que respeita à qualidade de previsão (pela análise da métrica de erro MAPE) mas apresentam um custo computacional superior. Também foram realizados Testes de Diebold-Mariano para comparar as previsões, concluindo-se a superioridade das metodologias de Deep-Learning

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Cryptocurrency Market

The purpose of our paper is to analyze the main factors which influence fiscal balance’s evolution and thereby identify solutions for configuring a sustainable fiscal policy. We have selected as independent variables some of the main macroeconomic measures, respectively public debt, unemployment rate, economy openness degree, population, consumer goods’ price index, current account balance, direct foreign investments and economic growth rate. Our research method uses two econometric models applied on a sample of 22 countries, respectively 14 developed and 8 emergent. The first model is a multiple regression and studies the connection between the fiscal balance and selected independent variables, whereas the second one uses first order differences and introduces economic freedom as a dummy variable to catch the dynamic influences of selected measures upon fiscal result. The time interval considered was 1999-2013. The results generated using the two models revealed that public debt, current account balance and economic growth significantly influence the fiscal balance. As a consequence, the governments need to plan and implement a fiscal policy which resonates with economy priorities and the phase of the economic cycle, as well as ensure a proper management of the public debt, stimulate sustainable economic growth and employment

Investment Risk Analysis On Bitcoin With Applied of VaR-APARCH Model

Investment can be defined as an activity to postpone consumption at the present time with the aim to obtain maximum profits in the future. However, the greater the benefits, the greater the risk. For that we need a way to predict how much the risk will be borne. Modelling data that experiences heteroscedasticity and asymmetricity can use the Asymmetric Power Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (APARCH) model. This research discusses the time series data risk analysis using the Value at Risk-Asymmetric Power Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (VaR-APARCH) model using the daily closing price data of Bitcoin USD period January 1 2019 to 31 December 2019. The best APARCH model was chosen based on the value of Akaike's Information Criterion (AIC). From the analysis results obtained the best model, namely ARIMA (6,1,1) and APARCH (1,1) with the risk of loss in the initial investment of IDR 100,000,000 in the next day IDR 26,617,000. The results of this study can be used as additional information and apply knowledge about the risk of investing in Bitcoin with the VaR-APARCH model