Closing a Bitcoin Trade Optimally under Partial Information: Performance Assessment of a Stochastic Disorder Model

【Author】 Eksi, Zehra; Schreitl, Daniel

【Source】MATHEMATICS

【影响因子】2.592

【Abstract】The Bitcoin market exhibits characteristics of a market with pricing bubbles. The price is very volatile, and it inherits the risk of quickly increasing to a peak and decreasing from the peak even faster. In this context, it is vital for investors to close their long positions optimally. In this study, we investigate the performance of the partially observable digital-drift model of Ekstrom and Lindberg and the corresponding optimal exit strategy on a Bitcoin trade. In order to estimate the unknown intensity of the random drift change time, we refer to Bitcoin halving events, which are considered as pivotal events that push the price up. The out-of-sample performance analysis of the model yields returns values ranging between 9% and 1153%. We conclude that the return of the initiated Bitcoin momentum trades heavily depends on the entry date: the earlier we entered, the higher the expected return at the optimal exit time suggested by the model. Overall, to the extent of our analysis, the model provides a supporting framework for exit decisions, but is by far not the ultimate tool to succeed in every trade.

【Keywords】Bitcoin; optimal closing strategy; cryptocurrency bubble; momentum; digital drift; incomplete information

【发表时间】2022 JAN

【收录时间】2022-01-18

【文献类型】期刊

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