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Deep Reinforcement Learning for Active Trading: LLaMA 3.2 1B Powers Trading Decisions

Researchers have developed a novel approach for active trading using deep reinforcement learning, specifically for Bitcoin and Tesla assets. The system employs four distinct deep reinforcement learning algorithms: Policy Gradient, Proximal Policy Optimization, Deep Q-Learning, and Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient. These agents leverage technical indicators, cyclical calendar encodings, and sentiment scores derived from LLaMA 3.2 1B to make daily trading decisions. To enhance generalization and performance, an alpha reward mechanism was introduced, and hyperparameters were optimized through extensive trials. The Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient algorithm demonstrated superior performance on the test set, while Deep Q-Learning was pre-selected for its high validation Sharpe ratio. AI

IMPACT This research demonstrates a sophisticated application of LLMs and reinforcement learning for financial market prediction, potentially influencing algorithmic trading strategies.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains a research paper detailing a novel application of deep reinforcement learning for financial trading. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Deep Reinforcement Learning for Active Trading: LLaMA 3.2 1B Powers Trading Decisions

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Andrei Neagu, Eeham Khan, Leila Kosseim ·

    CLaC@FinMMEval 2026 Task 3: Sentiment-Augmented Deep Reinforcement Learning for Active Trading -- An Alpha-Reward Approach

    arXiv:2607.16028v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper presents our system for Task 3 of the CLEF 2026 FinMMEval Lab, which requires daily long, flat, or short trading decisions for Bitcoin (BTC) and Tesla (TSLA) using news and historical market data. We formulate the problem…