Automate Strategy Finding with LLM in Quant Investment

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2409.06289v4
• Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2025 15:46:20 GMT
• Title: Automate Strategy Finding with LLM in Quant Investment
• Authors: Zhizhuo Kou, Holam Yu, Junyu Luo, Jingshu Peng, Xujia Li, Chengzhong Liu, Juntao Dai, Lei Chen, Sirui Han, Yike Guo,
• Abstract summary: We present a novel three-stage framework leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) within a risk-aware multi-agent system for automate strategy finding in quantitative finance.<n>Our approach addresses the brittleness of traditional deep learning models in financial applications by: employing prompt-engineered LLMs to generate executable alpha factor candidates across diverse financial data.<n> Experimental results demonstrate the robust performance of the strategy in Chinese & US market regimes compared to established benchmarks.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: We present a novel three-stage framework leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) within a risk-aware multi-agent system for automate strategy finding in quantitative finance. Our approach addresses the brittleness of traditional deep learning models in financial applications by: employing prompt-engineered LLMs to generate executable alpha factor candidates across diverse financial data, implementing multimodal agent-based evaluation that filters factors based on market status, predictive quality while maintaining category balance, and deploying dynamic weight optimization that adapts to market conditions. Experimental results demonstrate the robust performance of the strategy in Chinese & US market regimes compared to established benchmarks. Our work extends LLMs capabilities to quantitative trading, providing a scalable architecture for financial signal extraction and portfolio construction. The overall framework significantly outperforms all benchmarks with 53.17% cumulative return on SSE50 (Jan 2023 to Jan 2024), demonstrating superior risk-adjusted performance and downside protection on the market.

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