On the intraday return curves of Bitcoin: predictability and trading opportunities

Bouri, E., Lau, C. K. M., Saeed, T., Wang, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2113-5521 and Zhao, Y. (2021) On the intraday return curves of Bitcoin: predictability and trading opportunities. International Review of Financial Analysis, 76. 101784. ISSN 1057-5219 doi: 10.1016/j.irfa.2021.101784

Abstract/Summary

Motivated by the potential inferences from intraday price data in the controversial Bitcoin market, we apply functional data analysis techniques to study cumulative intraday return (CIDR) curves. First, we indicate that Bitcoin CIDR curves are stationary, non-normal, uncorrelated, but exhibit conditional heteroscedastic, although we find that the projection scores of CIDR curves could be serially correlated during some certain periods. Second, we show the possibility of predicting the CIDR curves of Bitcoins based on the projection scores and then assess the forecasting performance. Finally, we utilize the functional forecasting methods to explore the intraday trading opportunities of Bitcoins and the results provide evidence of profitable trading opportunities based on intraday trading strategies, which confronts the efficient market hypothesis.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/97607
Identification Number/DOI	10.1016/j.irfa.2021.101784
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Politics, Economics and International Relations > Economics
Publisher	Elsevier
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