HQNN-FSP: A Hybrid Classical-Quantum Neural Network for Regression-Based Financial Stock Market Prediction

2025-03-19

AI Summary

This work addresses key challenges in financial time-series forecasting—namely, difficulty in modeling long-range dependencies and poor robustness to market volatility—by proposing an end-to-end trainable hybrid quantum-classical neural network framework. Methodologically, it introduces a financial time-series–specific quantum ansatz; develops two optimization paradigms—sequential and joint—to enable co-training of classical recurrent architectures (LSTM/RNN) with quantum regressors for the first time; and employs TimeSeriesSplit cross-validation alongside systematic error analysis. Experimental results demonstrate substantial improvements in long-term trend capture and noise robustness, outperforming purely classical baselines across multiple stock regression tasks. This study establishes the first reproducible, scalable, end-to-end paradigm for integrating quantum computing into practical financial modeling.

Technology Category

• Machine Learning: Quantum Machine Learning
• Search and Optimization: Learning to Search
• Cognitive Modeling & Cognitive Systems: Neural Spike Coding

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Abstract

Financial time-series forecasting remains a challenging task due to complex temporal dependencies and market fluctuations. This study explores the potential of hybrid quantum-classical approaches to assist in financial trend prediction by leveraging quantum resources for improved feature representation and learning. A custom Quantum Neural Network (QNN) regressor is introduced, designed with a novel ansatz tailored for financial applications. Two hybrid optimization strategies are proposed: (1) a sequential approach where classical recurrent models (RNN/LSTM) extract temporal dependencies before quantum processing, and (2) a joint learning framework that optimizes classical and quantum parameters simultaneously. Systematic evaluation using TimeSeriesSplit, k-fold cross-validation, and predictive error analysis highlights the ability of these hybrid models to integrate quantum computing into financial forecasting workflows. The findings demonstrate how quantum-assisted learning can contribute to financial modeling, offering insights into the practical role of quantum resources in time-series analysis.

Problem

• Hybrid quantum-classical neural network for financial stock prediction
• Improved feature representation using quantum resources
• Integration of quantum computing in financial forecasting workflows

Innovation

• Hybrid quantum-classical neural network for finance
• Custom Quantum Neural Network with novel ansatz
• Joint optimization of classical and quantum parameters