# TradingAgents v0.4.0 — TradingAgents v0.4.0

- Product: TradingAgents (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/tradingagents)
- Vendor: TradingAgents
- Date: 2026-08-31
- Version: v0.4.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/TauricResearch/TradingAgents/releases/tag/v0.4.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/tradingagents/releases/v0.4.0

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- **fixed** — FRED macro requests now pin the data vintage to the as-of date so backtests no longer see later revisions
- **fixed** — Social sentiment from StockTwits and Reddit is trimmed to the analysis window instead of showing current chatter
- **fixed** — Decision-log memory records when each outcome became known and only injects lessons resolved by the trade date
- **fixed** — The latest OHLCV bar is no longer silently dropped when its close is NaN and dates are normalized DST and non-US-market safe
- **fixed** — An unparseable Portfolio Manager rating surfaces a REVIEW sentinel instead of a tradeable Hold
- **fixed** — Debate openers no longer fabricate the opponent's argument when none has been made
- **changed** — The Trader now receives the technical market report so entry and stop levels anchor to real price structure
- **fixed** — Checkpoint flag now actually resumes on the CLI path and a resume no longer duplicates messages
- **added** — Add configurable output-token cap via TRADINGAGENTS_MAX_TOKENS environment variable to bound models that emit unbounded reasoning
- **changed** — DeepSeek routed through OpenRouter now reuses native DeepSeek capabilities
- **added** — Add GPT-5.6 family models (gpt-5.6, gpt-5.6-terra, gpt-5.6-luna) and GLM-5.3 models (glm-5.3, glm-5.3-flash)
- **changed** — Default models are now gpt-5.6 for deep reasoning and gpt-5.6-luna for quick execution

##### Summary

Look-ahead and point-in-time fixes across the data and memory layers, clearer decision signals, working CLI checkpoint resume, and the GPT-5.6 / GLM-5.3 models.

##### Point-in-time / look-ahead integrity

- **FRED macro** requests now pin the data vintage to the as-of date, so a backtest no longer sees later revisions (#1275).
- **Social sentiment** (StockTwits, Reddit) is trimmed to the analysis window instead of showing today's chatter, via one shared UTC window rule reused by news (#1220).
- **Decision-log memory** records when each outcome became known and only injects lessons resolved by the trade date (#1251); a decision is no longer settled before its holding window fully trades (#1169).
- **The latest OHLCV bar** is no longer silently dropped when its close is NaN, and dates are normalized DST- and non-US-market safe (#1201).

##### More honest decision signals

- An unparseable Portfolio Manager rating surfaces a **REVIEW** sentinel instead of a tradeable Hold (#1170).
- Debate openers no longer **fabricate** the opponent's argument when none has been made (#1176).
- The **Trader** now receives the technical market report, so entry/stop levels anchor to real price structure (#1167).

##### Execution robustness

- `--checkpoint` **actually resumes** on the CLI path, and a resume no longer duplicates messages (#1249).
- A configurable **output-token cap** (`TRADINGAGENTS_MAX_TOKENS`) bounds a model that emits unbounded reasoning (#1204).
- DeepSeek routed through OpenRouter (`deepseek/<id>`) now reuses the native DeepSeek capabilities (#1199).

##### Models

- Added the **GPT-5.6** family (`gpt-5.6` / `gpt-5.6-terra` / `gpt-5.6-luna`) and **GLM-5.3** (`glm-5.3`, `glm-5.3-flash`); the defaults are now `gpt-5.6` (deep) / `gpt-5.6-luna` (quick).

See [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/TauricResearch/TradingAgents/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) for the full list, including contributor acknowledgments.