Forecasting FTSE CSE: A Neural Network Model Comparison of GRU, 1D-CNN and LSTM Models
摘要
Financial time series forecasting is a crucial task for financial institutions, investors, and academics. Indeed, financial markets grow increasingly interdependent and highly responsive to both economic and non-economic events. The ability of market participants to accurately manage market spillover determines how well they perform. The goal of implementing machine learning algorithms is to improve the forecasting process’s quality. The architecture of the RNNS family is designed to be optimal for time series forecasting. In this study, we compare three popular machine learning algorithms: CNN, LSTM, and GRU to predict the FTSE CSE index returns. The results of our model comparison indicate that the GRU model outperforms the others, providing more realistic and reliable forecasts based on MAE and RMSE metrics. While all models visually follow the original data trends closely, GRU demonstrates a superior performance in terms of accuracy, as evidenced by the error metrics.