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An analysis of high-frequency cryptocurrencies prices dynamics using permutation-information-theory quantifiers

Statistical Finance 2018-08-07 v1 Chaotic Dynamics Risk Management

Abstract

This paper discusses the dynamics of intraday prices of twelve cryptocurrencies during last months' boom and bust. The importance of this study lies on the extended coverage of the cryptoworld, accounting for more than 90\% of the total daily turnover. By using the complexity-entropy causality plane, we could discriminate three different dynamics in the data set. Whereas most of the cryptocurrencies follow a similar pattern, there are two currencies (ETC and ETH) that exhibit a more persistent stochastic dynamics, and two other currencies (DASH and XEM) whose behavior is closer to a random walk. Consequently, similar financial assets, using blockchain technology, are differentiated by market participants.

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@article{arxiv.1808.01926,
  title  = {An analysis of high-frequency cryptocurrencies prices dynamics using permutation-information-theory quantifiers},
  author = {Aurelio F. Bariviera and Luciano Zunino and Osvaldo A. Rosso},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.01926},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

17 pages, 5 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1508.04748

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