用可执行代码挖掘金融因子,兼顾效果与可解释性。
FactorEngine: A Program-level Knowledge-Infused Factor Mining Framework for Quantitative Investment
- 将因子视为图灵完备代码,分离逻辑与参数优化
- 在真实市场数据上实现更高IC/ICIR与夏普比率
- 适合量化交易研究者与需要可审计因子的机构
我们研究因子挖掘,即从噪声大、非平稳的市场数据中自动发现可预测信号,在满足因子可直接执行、可审计且计算可扩展的前提下展开。现有符号方法表达能力受限,神经模型虽性能强但可解释性差,易受市场结构变化影响。本文提出FactorEngine(FE),将因子建模为图灵完备代码,通过三重分离提升效率与效果:(i) 逻辑修正与参数优化分离,(ii) 大模型引导的定向搜索与贝叶斯超参搜索分离,(iii) 大模型使用与本地计算分离。FE还引入知识增强的自举模块,通过闭环多智能体提取-验证-生成流程,将非结构化财报转化为可执行因子程序;并构建经验知识库,支持轨迹感知的迭代优化(包括从失败中学习)。在真实世界OHLCV数据上的广泛回测表明,FE生成的因子具有更强的预测稳定性与投资绩效——例如显著更高的IC/ICIR(及秩相关IC/ICIR)和改进的AR/夏普比率,达到当前最优预测与组合表现。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
We study alpha factor mining, the automated discovery of predictive signals from noisy, non-stationary market data-under a practical requirement that mined factors be directly executable and auditable, and that the discovery process remain computationally tractable at scale. Existing symbolic approaches are limited by bounded expressiveness, while neural forecasters often trade interpretability for performance and remain vulnerable to regime shifts and overfitting. We introduce FactorEngine (FE), a program-level factor discovery framework that casts factors as Turing-complete code and improves both effectiveness and efficiency via three separations: (i) logic revision vs. parameter optimization, (ii) LLM-guided directional search vs. Bayesian hyperparameter search, and (iii) LLM usage vs. local computation. FE further incorporates a knowledge-infused bootstrapping module that transforms unstructured financial reports into executable factor programs through a closed-loop multi-agent extraction-verification-code-generation pipeline, and an experience knowledge base that supports trajectory-aware refinement (including learning from failures). Across extensive backtests on real-world OHLCV data, FE produces factors with substantially stronger predictive stability and portfolio impact-for example, higher IC/ICIR (and Rank IC/ICIR) and improved AR/Sharpe, than baseline methods, achieving state-of-the-art predictive and portfolio performance.
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