> If the goal was to study how different LLMs interpret financial data there would be no use for actual trades, since their interpretation cannot be influenced

> If the goal was to study how different LLMs interpret financial data there would be no use for actual trades, since their interpretation cannot be influenced by the fact that the trading orders are passed for real. Technically every trade influences the stock, but I agree that it won't have any effect at all. > I believe the goal is to see if AI can do better than rats [0]. There is no shame in that. But even then you wouldn't have to perform real trades, you could still just calculate the profit as if trades would have happened. I think the actual trading is just to make it more interesting.