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arXiv CS.AI·Jun 9·5 min read
GIFT: LLM-Guided State-Reward Interface for Financial Reinforcement Learning
TL;DR
Financial portfolio trading often struggles with under-specified learning interfaces due to changing market conditions. GIFT, a framework utilizing large language models (LLMs), enhances state and reward design in reinforcement learning for trading.
✦ Why It Matters
Engineers can leverage GIFT to improve financial trading models by enhancing state and reward design.
Key Takeaways
- Utilize GIFT to improve state and reward design in financial models.
- Incorporate LLMs for richer feature generation in reinforcement learning.
- Apply risk rules to shape rewards for better learning outcomes.
- Conduct rolling-window experiments to validate model performance.
How It Works
GIFT enhances financial reinforcement learning by using large language models to create a more informative state-reward interface. It generates state features from financial factors, shapes rewards based on risk management rules, and refines these interfaces using diagnostics from PPO rollouts.
This structured approach allows for a more effective learning process, leading to improved portfolio performance.