# NexQuant v2.0.0 Release Notes

**Release Date:** 2026-04-10

**Tag:** v2.0.0

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## 🎉 Overview

Major update adding AI-powered strategy generation, realistic backtesting, and comprehensive CLI tooling. NexQuant now autonomously generates, evaluates, and optimizes trading strategies using local LLMs.

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## ✨ Added

### LLM-Powered Strategy Generation
- **StrategyOrchestrator**: Generate trading strategies by combining factors with LLM
- **Local llama.cpp Support**: Run strategy generation locally (Qwen3.5-35B)
- **OpenRouter Support**: Optional cloud model fallback
- **Improved Prompts (v3)**: IC-sign-aware factor combination instructions
- **Diverse Factor Selection**: Automatic selection by type (momentum, divergence, volatility, session)

### Realistic Backtesting
- **OHLCV-Based Returns**: Real price returns instead of factor proxies
- **Spread Costs**: 1.5 bps per trade deducted from returns
- **Forward-Fill Support**: Daily factors → 1-min frequency
- **Proper Annualization**: sqrt(252*1440) for 1-min data

### CLI Commands
- `rdagent nexquant` - Show beautiful welcome screen (perfect for screenshots!)
- `rdagent start_llama` - Start llama.cpp server
- `rdagent start_loop` - Start strategy generator loop with auto-restart
- `rdagent generate_strategies` - Generate strategies from factors
- `rdagent optimize_portfolio` - Portfolio optimization
- `rdagent eval_all` - Evaluate factors with full data
- `rdagent batch_backtest` - Batch backtest existing factors
- `rdagent report` - Generate PDF performance reports
- `rdagent rebacktest` - Re-backtest existing strategies

### Code Quality
- **282+ Integration Tests**: All features tested
- **Security Hardening**: All Dependabot/CodeQL alerts resolved
- **Pre-commit Hooks**: Automated tests + security scanning

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## 🔧 Changed

- Utility scripts organized in `scripts/` directory
- Generated data moved to `results/`
- Config files moved to `constraints/`
- Root directory cleaned

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## 🐛 Fixed

- JSON strategy files no longer committed to root
- LICENSE badge link corrected (main → master)
- Security vulnerabilities resolved (bandit, path traversal)

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## 📦 Installation

```bash
git clone https://github.com/TPTBusiness/NexQuant
cd NexQuant
pip install -e .
```

## 🚀 Quick Start

```bash
# Show welcome screen
rdagent nexquant

# Start LLM server
rdagent start_llama

# Run trading loop
rdagent fin_quant --auto-strategies

# Generate strategies manually
rdagent generate_strategies --count 5 --optuna
```

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## 🔒 Security

- All known vulnerabilities resolved
- Bandit security scanning integrated
- Pre-commit hooks for automated checks
- Path traversal prevention hardened

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## 📄 License

MIT License - see [LICENSE](../LICENSE) for details.