Forecasting Next-Time-Step Forex Market Stock Prices Using Neural Networks

Abstract Purpose: This study aims to predict the closing price of the EUR/JPY currency pair in the forex market using recurrent neural network (RNN) architectures, namely Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) and Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU), with the incorporation of Bidirectional layers. Methods: The dataset comprises hourly price data obtained from Yahoo Finance and preprocessed accordingly. The data is divided into training and testing sets, and time series sequences are constructed for input into the models. The RNN, LSTM, and GRU models are trained using the Adam optimization algorithm with the mean squared error (MSE) loss metric. Results: Results indicate that the LSTM model, particularly when coupled with Bidirectional layers, exhibits superior predictive performance compared to the other models, as evidenced by lower MSE values. Conclusions: Therefore, it can be concluded that the LSTM model with Bidirectional layers is the most effective in predicting the EUR/JPY currency pair's closing price in the forex market. These findings offer valuable insights for practitioners and researchers involved in financial market prediction and neural network modeling.