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LLM-driven framework CogAlpha enhances financial alpha discovery

Researchers have developed a new framework called Cognitive Alpha Mining (CogAlpha) that utilizes Large Language Models (LLMs) for discovering predictive signals, or "alphas," in financial data. This approach combines LLM-driven reasoning with code-level alpha representation and evolutionary search to explore a broader range of potential signals than previous methods. Experiments on stock datasets have shown that CogAlpha can consistently find alphas with improved predictive accuracy, robustness, and generalization capabilities compared to existing techniques, highlighting the potential of integrating LLMs with evolutionary optimization for automated and explainable financial discovery. AI

IMPACT This framework could lead to more sophisticated and explainable automated trading strategies by leveraging LLMs for financial signal generation.

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Fengyuan Liu, Yi Huang, Sichun Luo, Yuqi Wang, Yazheng Yang, Xinye Li, Zefa Hu, Junlan Feng, Qi Liu ·

    Cognitive Alpha Mining via LLM-Driven Code-Based Evolution

    arXiv:2511.18850v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Discovering effective predictive signals, or "alphas," from financial data with high dimensionality and extremely low signal-to-noise ratio remains a difficult open problem. Despite progress in deep learning, genetic programming…