Document Type : Research Article
Authors
1 Department of management, Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics, Alzahra university, Tehran, IRAN.
2 Department of Management, Faculty of Social Science & Economics, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
A large number of investors have been attracted to the Iran Mercantile Exchange as a result of launching Bahar Azadi Coin future contracts, also known as gold coin future contracts, since 2007. The nature of gold price as a physical-commodity and financial asset, as well as other contributing factors to the gold futures market, extremely complicates the analysis of the relationship between the underlying variables.
One of the methods to forecast the price volatility is the Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (GARCH) model. However, the high percentage of errors in such prediction has forced researchers to apply a variety of techniques in the hope of more accurate projections. Similarly, in this study, a hybrid model of the GARCH and Artificial Neural Network model (ANN) was used to predict the volatility of gold coin spot and future prices in the Iran Mercantile Exchange.
In this study, variables such as global gold price, spot or future gold coin price (depending on which one is analyzed), US Dollar/IR Rial, world price of OPEC crude oil, and Tehran Stock Exchange Index were considered as factors affecting the price of gold coin. The results of the study indicate that the ANN-GARCH model provides a better prediction model compared to the Autoregressive models. Moreover, the ANN-GARCH model was utilized to compare the predictive power of spot and future gold coin prices, and it revealed that gold coin future price fluctuations predicted spot price of gold coin more accurately.
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