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Bitcoin fluctuations and the frequency of price overreactions

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  • Guglielmo Maria Caporale

    (Brunel University London
    CESifo and DIW Berlin)

  • Alex Plastun

    (Sumy State University)

  • Viktor Oliinyk

    (Sumy State University)

Abstract

This paper investigates the role of the frequency of price overreactions in the cryptocurrency market in the case of BitCoin over the period 2013–2018. Specifically, it uses a static approach to detect overreactions and then carries out hypothesis testing by means of a variety of statistical methods (both parametric and non-parametric) including ADF tests, Granger causality tests, correlation analysis, regression analysis with dummy variables, ARIMA and ARMAX models, neural net models, and VAR models. Specifically, the hypotheses tested are whether or not the frequency of overreactions (i) is informative about Bitcoin price movements (H1) and (ii) exhibits no seasonality (H2). On the whole, the results suggest that it can provide useful information to predict price dynamics in the cryptocurrency market and for designing trading strategies (H1 cannot be rejected), whilst there is no evidence of seasonality (H2 cannot be rejected).

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  • Guglielmo Maria Caporale & Alex Plastun & Viktor Oliinyk, 2019. "Bitcoin fluctuations and the frequency of price overreactions," Financial Markets and Portfolio Management, Springer;Swiss Society for Financial Market Research, vol. 33(2), pages 109-131, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:fmktpm:v:33:y:2019:i:2:d:10.1007_s11408-019-00332-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s11408-019-00332-5
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    Keywords

    Cryptocurrency; Bitcoin; Anomalies; Overreactions; Abnormal returns; Frequency of overreactions;
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    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G17 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Financial Forecasting and Simulation
    • C63 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computational Techniques

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