2LE-BO-DeepTrade: an integrated deep learning framework for stock price prediction

This study presents a novel, integrated deep-learning framework named 2LE-BO-DeepTrade for stock closing price prediction. This framework combines 2LE-ICEEMDAN denoising, deep learning models tuned with Bayesian optimization, and a piecewise linear representation (PLR)-based trading strategy. The framework utilizes the model that provides the highest accuracy among optimized long short-term memory (LSTM), long short term memory with batch normalization (LSTM-BN), and gated recurrent unit (GRU) models on data preprocessed with the 2LE-ICEEMDAN denoising method. The model's performance is comprehensively evaluated using both statistical metrics and a PLR-based trading strategy specifically developed for this study. Experimental studies were conducted on AKBNK, MGROS, KCHOL, THYAO, and ULKER stocks, which are traded on Borsa Istanbul and represent different sectors. During the denoising phase, noise in the stock prices was successfully removed, and noiseless intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) were obtained. The optimal model and hyperparameters for each IMF component were determined using Bayesian optimization, significantly improving prediction accuracy. The model within this framework, characterized by its optimized yet simple structure, demonstrated superior predictive performance compared to the more complex ICE2DE-MDL model in the literature. When compared to ICE2DE-MDL, the 2LE-BO-DeepTrade model, across all tested stocks, reduced the average root mean square error (RMSE) value by 94.4%, the average mean absolute error (MAE) value by 93.6%, and the average mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) value by 37.4% while increasing the average R² value by 1.1%. Furthermore, the PLR-based trading strategy, specifically developed for this study, generated "Buy" and "Sell" signals, exhibiting a remarkably superior financial performance to a passive investment strategy. Across all considered stocks, the PLR-based strategy yielded, on average, 66 times more profit than the passive approach. These findings substantiate that the proposed integrated deep learning-based stock forecasting framework can significantly enhance the accuracy of stock market predictions and the returns of trading strategies.