Bitcoin Price Predictive Modeling Using Expert Correction
This is an incremental improvement for financial analysts and traders in cryptocurrency markets.
The paper tackles Bitcoin price prediction by combining a linear regression model with expert correction, showing that this hybrid approach yields better results than using either method alone.
The paper studies the linear model for Bitcoin price which includes regression features based on Bitcoin currency statistics, mining processes, Google search trends, Wikipedia pages visits. The pattern of deviation of regression model prediction from real prices is simpler comparing to price time series. It is assumed that this pattern can be predicted by an experienced expert. In such a way, using the combination of the regression model and expert correction, one can receive better results than with either regression model or expert opinion only. It is shown that Bayesian approach makes it possible to utilize the probabilistic approach using distributions with fat tails and take into account the outliers in Bitcoin price time series.