Investment strategies based on anomalies detected in the financial time series of cryptocurrencies

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to study the cryptocurrency data listed on Binance, and design a profitable strategy based on the findings. The data covers over 150 selected cryptocurrencies. The study aims to detect anomalies in the volume and number of transactions and apply an investment strategy based on deviations and sudden price fluctuations. An autoencoder and LSTM-based neural network have been used. Based on the results of the present research, it can be concluded that the model successfully identified anomalies in the data regarding the volume and number of transactions carried out. I it was also observed that price volatility in the period close to the detected anomaly was significantly higher than average volatility for the sample.