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DOI: EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS IN PREDICTING CRYPTOCURRENCY PRICES UNDER MARKET VOLATILITY: A STUDY BASED ON THE USA FINANCIAL MARKET
Md Zahidul Islam , MBA in Business Analytics, Gannon University, Erie, PA Md Shahidul Islam , MBA in Business Analytics, International American University, Los Angeles, CA Md Abdullah Al Montaser , MS in Business Analytics, University of North Texas Mohammad Abul Basher Rasel , MSC Hospitality & Tourism Data Analytics, University of North Texas Proshanta Kumar Bhowmik , Department of Business Analytics, Trine University, Angola, IN, USA Hossain Mohammad Dalim , School of Business, International American University, Los Angeles, California, USA Laxmi pant , MBA Business Analytics, Gannon University, Erie, PAAbstract
The cryptocurrency market is one of the most dynamic and volatile markets in the world's financial ecosystem, and investment landscapes in the US financial market have changed so much. In slightly over a decade, cryptocurrencies have moved from niche digital assets to mainstream investment opportunities such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and many others. The prime objective of this research project was to investigate the effectiveness of various machine learning algorithms in the prediction of cryptocurrency prices within the volatile US financial market. This research pinpointed which Machine Learning techniques provide the most accurate and reliable predictions under different market conditions, with a full understanding of their strengths and limitations. The dataset gathered for analyzing and forecasting cryptocurrency prices entailed diverse and extensive data points, affirming a well-rounded foundation for machine learning algorithms. Particularly, current and historic price data from cryptocurrency exchanges such as Binance, Coinbase, and Kraken, together with trading metrics important for the definition of market dynamics. Aggregated data from financial databases such as Coin-Market-Cap, Crypto-Compare, and Yahoo Finance comes in structured form and presents historical consistency, hence perfectly fitting for machine learning applications. Models considered for the study ranged from simple, linear methods to complex ensemble and gradient-boosting algorithms. Precise performance evaluation is a proxy of its reliability and correctness of effectiveness in price predictions in a cryptocurrency market. Several measures of the effectiveness of prediction have been used here for assessing the different properties of models' performance: Precision, Recall, and F1-Score. Additional performance metrics were applied to evaluate the models in this study including Mean Absolute Error, Root Mean Squared Error, and R-squared. The gradient Boosting model did an excellent job as compared to other algorithms, as the values of accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score for both classes were quite high. All three models have quite a relatively low MAE and RMSE, which means that each model is remarkably good at predicting the target variable. The application of machine learning models in the sphere of cryptocurrency price prediction might finally give very important implications to investors and stakeholders of the financial market in the USA, especially since recently, cryptocurrencies have been made integral parts of both individual and institutional investors' portfolios and trading strategies. To investors, it may provide indications of the entry and exit points, diversification of portfolios, and risk management by using machine learning models. Consolidation with the financial system will indeed mark a strategic shift toward data-driven decision-making in investment management and trading by integrating machine learning models into the financial systems.
Keywords
Machine Learning Algorithms, Predicting Cryptocurrency Prices, Market Volatility
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