A novel cryptocurrency price trend forecasting model based on LightGBM

Forecasting cryptocurrency prices is crucial for investors. In this paper, we adopt a novel Gradient Boosting Decision Tree (GBDT) algorithm, Light Gradient Boosting Machine (LightGBM), to forecast the price trend (falling, or not falling) of cryptocurrency market. In order to utilize market information, we combine the daily data of 42 kinds of primary cryptocurrencies with key economic indicators. Results show that the robustness of the...