Quantum Machine Learning Architectures for Stock Market Forecasting, Anomaly Detection, and Pattern Recognition in Financial Time Series

Tugan Başaran

doi:10.62802/0c086y54

Authors

Tugan Başaran Özyeğin University Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62802/0c086y54

Keywords:

quantum machine learning, financial time series, stock market forecasting, anomaly detection, pattern recognition, quantum finance

Abstract

Financial markets generate complex, high-dimensional time series characterized by nonlinearity, noise, and structural uncertainty, posing persistent challenges for classical machine learning and statistical forecasting models. This paper examines quantum machine learning (QML) architectures for stock market forecasting, anomaly detection, and pattern recognition in financial time series. By leveraging quantum phenomena such as superposition, entanglement, and quantum-enhanced feature spaces, QML models offer new computational paradigms for capturing intricate market dynamics and latent structures. The study synthesizes recent advances in quantum neural networks, variational quantum circuits, and hybrid quantum–classical models, evaluating their applicability to predictive modeling and risk-sensitive detection tasks in finance. The paper argues that QML architectures have the potential to complement classical approaches by improving representational capacity and scalability for complex financial data, while also outlining current technical limitations and research directions necessary for practical deployment.

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