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FinFlowRL: An Imitation-Reinforcement Learning Framework for Adaptive Stochastic Control in Finance

FinFlowRL: An Imitation-Reinforcement Learning Framework for Adaptive Stochastic Control in Finance ArXiv ID: 2509.17964 “View on arXiv” Authors: Yang Li, Zhi Chen, Steve Y. Yang, Ruixun Zhang Abstract Traditional stochastic control methods in finance rely on simplifying assumptions that often fail in real world markets. While these methods work well in specific, well defined scenarios, they underperform when market conditions change. We introduce FinFlowRL, a novel framework for financial stochastic control that combines imitation learning with reinforcement learning. The framework first pretrains an adaptive meta policy by learning from multiple expert strategies, then finetunes it through reinforcement learning in the noise space to optimize the generation process. By employing action chunking, that is generating sequences of actions rather than single decisions, it addresses the non Markovian nature of financial markets. FinFlowRL consistently outperforms individually optimized experts across diverse market conditions. ...

September 22, 2025 · 2 min · Research Team

FinFlowRL: An Imitation-Reinforcement Learning Framework for Adaptive Stochastic Control in Finance

FinFlowRL: An Imitation-Reinforcement Learning Framework for Adaptive Stochastic Control in Finance ArXiv ID: 2510.15883 “View on arXiv” Authors: Yang Li, Zhi Chen Abstract Traditional stochastic control methods in finance struggle in real world markets due to their reliance on simplifying assumptions and stylized frameworks. Such methods typically perform well in specific, well defined environments but yield suboptimal results in changed, non stationary ones. We introduce FinFlowRL, a novel framework for financial optimal stochastic control. The framework pretrains an adaptive meta policy learning from multiple expert strategies, then finetunes through reinforcement learning in the noise space to optimize the generative process. By employing action chunking generating action sequences rather than single decisions, it addresses the non Markovian nature of markets. FinFlowRL consistently outperforms individually optimized experts across diverse market conditions. ...

August 30, 2025 · 2 min · Research Team