arXiv:2508.13174cs.AIcs.LG2025-08KDD被引 8

提出高效评估金融因子挖掘模型的新框架,避免复杂回测。

AlphaEval: A Comprehensive and Efficient Evaluation Framework for Formula Alpha Mining

  • 构建五维评估体系,覆盖预测力、稳定性等关键维度。
  • 实验显示评估结果与回测一致,效率提升显著。
  • 开源工具助力可复现研究,适合量化投资开发者。

公式α挖掘从金融数据中生成预测信号,是量化投资的核心。尽管遗传编程、强化学习和大语言模型等方法大幅拓展了α发现能力,系统化评估仍是关键挑战。现有指标多为回测或相关性度量:回测计算成本高、串行且对策略参数敏感;相关性指标虽快,但仅衡量预测能力,忽略时间稳定性、鲁棒性、多样性和可解释性。此外,多数α挖掘模型闭源,阻碍复现与进展。为此,我们提出AlphaEval——一个统一、可并行、无需回测的自动化α挖掘评估框架。该框架从五个互补维度评估生成α的整体质量:预测力、稳定性、市场扰动鲁棒性、金融逻辑性及多样性。在典型α挖掘算法上的大量实验表明,AlphaEval的评估一致性接近全面回测,同时提供更全面洞察且效率更高。此外,相比传统单指标筛选,它能更有效识别优质α。所有实现与评估工具均已开源,以促进复现与社区协作。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Formula alpha mining, which generates predictive signals from financial data, is critical for quantitative investment. Although various algorithmic approaches-such as genetic programming, reinforcement learning, and large language models-have significantly expanded the capacity for alpha discovery, systematic evaluation remains a key challenge. Existing evaluation metrics predominantly include backtesting and correlation-based measures. Backtesting is computationally intensive, inherently sequential, and sensitive to specific strategy parameters. Correlation-based metrics, though efficient, assess only predictive ability and overlook other crucial properties such as temporal stability, robustness, diversity, and interpretability. Additionally, the closed-source nature of most existing alpha mining models hinders reproducibility and slows progress in this field. To address these issues, we propose AlphaEval, a unified, parallelizable, and backtest-free evaluation framework for automated alpha mining models. AlphaEval assesses the overall quality of generated alphas along five complementary dimensions: predictive power, stability, robustness to market perturbations, financial logic, and diversity. Extensive experiments across representative alpha mining algorithms demonstrate that AlphaEval achieves evaluation consistency comparable to comprehensive backtesting, while providing more comprehensive insights and higher efficiency. Furthermore, AlphaEval effectively identifies superior alphas compared to traditional single-metric screening approaches. All implementations and evaluation tools are open-sourced to promote reproducibility and community engagement.

金融量化因子挖掘评估框架开源工具

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