Title
Leveraging Explainable AI to Support Cryptocurrency Investors
Abstract
In the last decade, cryptocurrency trading has attracted the attention of private and professional traders and investors. To forecast the financial markets, algorithmic trading systems based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) models are becoming more and more established. However, they suffer from the lack of transparency, thus hindering domain experts from directly monitoring the fundamentals behind market movements. This is particularly critical for cryptocurrency investors, because the study of the main factors influencing cryptocurrency prices, including the characteristics of the blockchain infrastructure, is crucial for driving experts' decisions. This paper proposes a new visual analytics tool to support domain experts in the explanation of AI-based cryptocurrency trading systems. To describe the rationale behind AI models, it exploits an established method, namely SHapley Additive exPlanations, which allows experts to identify the most discriminating features and provides them with an interactive and easy-to-use graphical interface. The simulations carried out on 21 cryptocurrencies over a 8-year period demonstrate the usability of the proposed tool.
Year
DOI
Venue
2022
10.3390/fi14090251
FUTURE INTERNET
Keywords
DocType
Volume
quantitative trading, cryptocurrencies, blockchain
Journal
14
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
9
1999-5903
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jacopo Fior101.69
Luca Cagliero228531.63
Paolo Garza342639.13