CITRONN: A Convolutional Neural Network for Crypto Image-Based Trading
摘要
The paper investigates CITRONN (Crypto Image-based Trading On Neural Networks) for forecasting cryptocurrency market trends by converting OHLC time-series data into images using Gramian Angular Fields (GAF) and Markov Transition Fields (MTF). Testing on Binance data for 10 trading pairs over various horizons (7/30/90 days), CITRONN models yield high performance, particularly in short-term predictions (7 days) and generate Sharpe-ratio above 2.0, reaching 3.25 in some cases. Our research highlights CITRONN’s effectiveness in identifying complex patterns, improving prediction accuracy and trading strategies.