diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e869ed0ed..48cd4b255 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
+        python-version: ["3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
         # One run away from UTC, so a test that only passes in UTC fails here.
         include:
           - python-version: "3.12"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 686ad0c03..98c411d44 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ git clone https://github.com/TauricResearch/TradingAgents.git
 cd TradingAgents
 ```
 
-Create a virtual environment in any of your favorite environment managers:
+TradingAgents needs Python 3.11 or later. Create a virtual environment in any of your favorite environment managers:
 ```bash
 conda create -n tradingagents python=3.13
 conda activate tradingagents
diff --git a/cli/models.py b/cli/models.py
index 1eef2b7e3..244f5d40d 100644
--- a/cli/models.py
+++ b/cli/models.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-from enum import Enum
+from enum import StrEnum
 
 
-class AnalystType(str, Enum):
+class AnalystType(StrEnum):
     MARKET = "market"
     # Wire value stays "social" for saved-config and string-keyed-caller
     # back-compat; the user-facing label is "Sentiment Analyst".
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ class AnalystType(str, Enum):
     FUNDAMENTALS = "fundamentals"
 
 
-class AssetType(str, Enum):
+class AssetType(StrEnum):
     STOCK = "stock"
     CRYPTO = "crypto"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4cb3f1216..47c4269b1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ name = "tradingagents"
 dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "TradingAgents: Multi-Agents LLM Financial Trading Framework"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
     "langchain-core>=1.6.5",
     "langchain-anthropic>=1.7.4",
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "langchain-openai>=1.6.6",
     "langgraph>=1.2.12",
     "langgraph-checkpoint-sqlite>=3.1.1",
-    "pandas>=2.3.0",
+    "pandas>=3.0.6",
     "python-dotenv>=1.0.0",
     "pytz>=2025.2",
     "questionary>=2.1.0",
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ filterwarnings = [
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 100
-target-version = "py310"
+target-version = "py311"
 extend-exclude = ["results"]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
diff --git a/tests/test_news_lookahead.py b/tests/test_news_lookahead.py
index 5c5c1c420..9d96dfbab 100644
--- a/tests/test_news_lookahead.py
+++ b/tests/test_news_lookahead.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ news injected future articles), #993 (empty-after-filter returned a blank body),
 and #1126 (inclusive upper bound leaked the midnight-after article; host-local
 timestamp parsing made filtering machine-dependent).
 """
-from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from tradingagents.dataflows.date_window import in_window
 
 def _epoch(date_str):
     """Epoch seconds for UTC midnight of ``date_str`` (host-timezone independent)."""
-    return int(datetime.strptime(date_str, "%Y-%m-%d").replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc).timestamp())
+    return int(datetime.strptime(date_str, "%Y-%m-%d").replace(tzinfo=UTC).timestamp())
 
 
 @pytest.mark.unit
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def test_flat_article_publish_time_is_parsed():
     )
     assert data["pub_date"] is not None
     assert data["pub_date"].tzinfo is not None
-    assert data["pub_date"] == datetime(2025, 5, 9, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+    assert data["pub_date"] == datetime(2025, 5, 9, tzinfo=UTC)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.unit
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def test_window_excludes_future_and_undated_in_backtest():
 @pytest.mark.unit
 def test_window_keeps_undated_in_live_window():
     # Live window (reaches today): undated articles can't be "future", so keep them.
-    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+    now = datetime.now(UTC)
     assert in_window(None, now, now) is True
 
 
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ def test_upper_bound_is_exclusive():
     # the old inclusive bound; the whole of end_date itself must still be kept.
     start = datetime(2025, 5, 1)
     end = datetime(2025, 5, 9)
-    midnight_after = datetime(2025, 5, 10, 0, 0, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
-    last_moment = datetime(2025, 5, 9, 23, 59, 59, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+    midnight_after = datetime(2025, 5, 10, 0, 0, 0, tzinfo=UTC)
+    last_moment = datetime(2025, 5, 9, 23, 59, 59, tzinfo=UTC)
     assert in_window(midnight_after, start, end) is False
     assert in_window(last_moment, start, end) is True
 
@@ -146,11 +146,11 @@ def test_ticker_news_covered_but_empty_window_is_a_real_absence(monkeypatch):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("dates, expect_gap", [
     ([], True),                                              # empty feed: covers at most now
     ([None], True),                                          # undated only: same
-    ([datetime(2026, 5, 20, tzinfo=timezone.utc)], True),    # all after the window
-    ([datetime(2026, 5, 4, tzinfo=timezone.utc)], True),     # starts mid-window: partial
-    ([datetime(2026, 5, 1, 18, tzinfo=timezone.utc)], False),  # reaches the first day
-    ([datetime(2026, 5, 20, tzinfo=timezone.utc),
-      datetime(2026, 4, 1, tzinfo=timezone.utc)], False),    # coverage reaches back
+    ([datetime(2026, 5, 20, tzinfo=UTC)], True),    # all after the window
+    ([datetime(2026, 5, 4, tzinfo=UTC)], True),     # starts mid-window: partial
+    ([datetime(2026, 5, 1, 18, tzinfo=UTC)], False),  # reaches the first day
+    ([datetime(2026, 5, 20, tzinfo=UTC),
+      datetime(2026, 4, 1, tzinfo=UTC)], False),    # coverage reaches back
 ])
 def test_coverage_gap_boundaries(dates, expect_gap):
     from tradingagents.dataflows.date_window import coverage_gap
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def test_coverage_gap_future_window_is_unavailable():
     from datetime import timedelta
 
     from tradingagents.dataflows.date_window import coverage_gap
-    today = datetime.now(timezone.utc).date()
+    today = datetime.now(UTC).date()
     out = coverage_gap([], str(today), str(today + timedelta(days=3)), "Feed", "items")
     assert out is not None and "past today" in out
 
diff --git a/tests/test_social_lookahead.py b/tests/test_social_lookahead.py
index ca58e1a37..11e62c42d 100644
--- a/tests/test_social_lookahead.py
+++ b/tests/test_social_lookahead.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ as-of date. All three sources share dataflows.date_window.in_window.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
-from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ class _JsonResp:
 def test_in_window_bounds_and_exclusive_upper():
     start = datetime(2026, 5, 1)
     end = datetime(2026, 5, 9)
-    assert in_window(datetime(2026, 5, 5, tzinfo=timezone.utc), start, end) is True
-    assert in_window(datetime(2026, 5, 9, 23, 59, tzinfo=timezone.utc), start, end) is True
+    assert in_window(datetime(2026, 5, 5, tzinfo=UTC), start, end) is True
+    assert in_window(datetime(2026, 5, 9, 23, 59, tzinfo=UTC), start, end) is True
     # exactly midnight after end -> excluded (no leak)
-    assert in_window(datetime(2026, 5, 10, 0, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc), start, end) is False
+    assert in_window(datetime(2026, 5, 10, 0, 0, tzinfo=UTC), start, end) is False
     # offset-aware converted, not truncated: 05-10T01:00+05:00 == 05-09T20:00Z
     assert in_window(datetime.fromisoformat("2026-05-10T01:00:00+05:00"), start, end) is True
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def test_in_window_bounds_and_exclusive_upper():
 def test_in_window_undated_excluded_in_backtest_kept_live():
     old = datetime(2026, 5, 9)
     assert in_window(None, datetime(2026, 5, 1), old) is False       # historical
-    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+    now = datetime.now(UTC)
     assert in_window(None, now, now) is True                          # live
 
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def test_stocktwits_no_window_is_unfiltered(monkeypatch):
 # --- Reddit -----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def _epoch(date_str):
-    return int(datetime.strptime(date_str, "%Y-%m-%d").replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc).timestamp())
+    return int(datetime.strptime(date_str, "%Y-%m-%d").replace(tzinfo=UTC).timestamp())
 
 
 @pytest.mark.unit
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ def test_reddit_window_straddling_the_lookback_is_unavailable(monkeypatch):
     # Ten days ago through five days ago: the week-long search never reaches the
     # first three days, so an empty result cannot stand for the whole window.
     from datetime import timedelta
-    today = datetime.now(timezone.utc).date()
+    today = datetime.now(UTC).date()
     monkeypatch.setattr(reddit, "_fetch_subreddit_rss", lambda *a, **k: [])
     out = reddit.fetch_reddit_posts(
         "AAPL", subreddits=("stocks",),
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def test_reddit_standard_week_window_empty_is_a_real_absence(monkeypatch):
     # The graph's window is [trade_date - 7, trade_date]; the week-long search
     # covers it, so an empty result is genuine silence.
     from datetime import timedelta
-    today = datetime.now(timezone.utc).date()
+    today = datetime.now(UTC).date()
     monkeypatch.setattr(reddit, "_fetch_subreddit_rss", lambda *a, **k: [])
     out = reddit.fetch_reddit_posts(
         "AAPL", subreddits=("stocks",),
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ def test_reddit_full_page_does_not_vouch_for_older_days(monkeypatch):
     # 100 posts from today say nothing about five days ago: the page may have
     # cut older matches off, so the window stays unavailable.
     from datetime import timedelta
-    today = datetime.now(timezone.utc).date()
+    today = datetime.now(UTC).date()
     ts = _epoch(str(today))
     page = [{"title": f"T{i}", "created_utc": ts, "subreddit": "stocks"} for i in range(reddit._FEED_PAGE)]
     monkeypatch.setattr(reddit, "_fetch_subreddit_rss", lambda *a, **k: page)
diff --git a/tradingagents/agents/schemas.py b/tradingagents/agents/schemas.py
index fb89aa42b..be561f2c4 100644
--- a/tradingagents/agents/schemas.py
+++ b/tradingagents/agents/schemas.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ so that:
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from enum import Enum
+from enum import StrEnum
 from typing import Literal
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, field_validator
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def _coerce_optional_float(value):
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-class PortfolioRating(str, Enum):
+class PortfolioRating(StrEnum):
     """5-tier rating used by the Research Manager and Portfolio Manager."""
 
     BUY = "Buy"
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class PortfolioRating(str, Enum):
     SELL = "Sell"
 
 
-class TraderAction(str, Enum):
+class TraderAction(StrEnum):
     """3-tier transaction direction used by the Trader.
 
     The Trader's job is to translate the Research Manager's investment plan
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ def render_pm_decision(decision: PortfolioDecision) -> str:
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-class SentimentBand(str, Enum):
+class SentimentBand(StrEnum):
     """Discrete sentiment direction produced by the Sentiment Analyst.
 
     Six tiers keep the signal granular enough to be actionable while remaining
diff --git a/tradingagents/dataflows/date_window.py b/tradingagents/dataflows/date_window.py
index 7852da1ac..6c30051f7 100644
--- a/tradingagents/dataflows/date_window.py
+++ b/tradingagents/dataflows/date_window.py
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta, timezone
+from datetime import UTC, date, datetime, timedelta
 
 
 def to_utc(dt: datetime) -> datetime:
     """Normalize a datetime to UTC-aware; a naive value is assumed to be UTC."""
-    return dt.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc) if dt.tzinfo is None else dt.astimezone(timezone.utc)
+    return dt.replace(tzinfo=UTC) if dt.tzinfo is None else dt.astimezone(UTC)
 
 
 def in_window(pub_dt: datetime | None, start_dt: datetime, end_dt: datetime) -> bool:
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def in_window(pub_dt: datetime | None, start_dt: datetime, end_dt: datetime) ->
     end = to_utc(end_dt)
     if pub_dt is not None:
         return to_utc(start_dt) <= to_utc(pub_dt) < end + timedelta(days=1)
-    return end >= datetime.now(timezone.utc) - timedelta(days=1)
+    return end >= datetime.now(UTC) - timedelta(days=1)
 
 
 def get_current_date() -> str:
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def coverage_gap(
     returned newest-first and unbroken in time; a merged or relevance-ranked
     result passes no dates, leaving only the present as the bound.
     """
-    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+    now = datetime.now(UTC)
     oldest = min((to_utc(d) for d in dates if d is not None), default=now)
     if datetime.strptime(end_date, "%Y-%m-%d").date() > now.date():
         reason = "the window extends past today"
diff --git a/tradingagents/dataflows/vendors/polymarket.py b/tradingagents/dataflows/vendors/polymarket.py
index 2dae8f367..69e27e6ff 100644
--- a/tradingagents/dataflows/vendors/polymarket.py
+++ b/tradingagents/dataflows/vendors/polymarket.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ outcomes (a "Yes" at 0.76 means the market prices a 76% chance).
 """
 import json
 import logging
-from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
 
 import requests
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def get_prediction_markets(topic: str, limit: int | None = None, as_of_date: str
             f"Proceed without prediction-market signal for '{topic}'."
         )
 
-    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+    now = datetime.now(UTC)
     candidates = [
         m
         for event in data.get("events", [])
diff --git a/tradingagents/dataflows/vendors/reddit.py b/tradingagents/dataflows/vendors/reddit.py
index c490ebabe..d39a052fd 100644
--- a/tradingagents/dataflows/vendors/reddit.py
+++ b/tradingagents/dataflows/vendors/reddit.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import re
 import time
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 from collections.abc import Iterable
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta
 from urllib.error import HTTPError
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def _within_window(posts, start_date, end_date):
 def _posted_at(post) -> datetime | None:
     """A post's ``created_utc`` epoch as a UTC datetime, or None when missing."""
     ts = post.get("created_utc")
-    return datetime.fromtimestamp(ts, tz=timezone.utc) if ts else None
+    return datetime.fromtimestamp(ts, tz=UTC) if ts else None
 
 
 def _coverage_dates(posts) -> list:
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def _coverage_dates(posts) -> list:
     themselves do."""
     dates = [_posted_at(p) for p in posts]
     if len(posts) < _FEED_PAGE:
-        dates.append(datetime.now(timezone.utc) - _SEARCH_LOOKBACK)
+        dates.append(datetime.now(UTC) - _SEARCH_LOOKBACK)
     return dates
 
 
diff --git a/tradingagents/dataflows/vendors/yahoo/news.py b/tradingagents/dataflows/vendors/yahoo/news.py
index 49e5c08cf..1671daa8b 100644
--- a/tradingagents/dataflows/vendors/yahoo/news.py
+++ b/tradingagents/dataflows/vendors/yahoo/news.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """yfinance-based news data fetching functions."""
 
 import contextlib
-from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
 
 import yfinance as yf
 from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def _extract_article_data(article: dict) -> dict:
             # Epoch seconds are UTC; parse them as UTC-aware so filtering does
             # not shift with the host timezone (#1126).
             with contextlib.suppress(ValueError, OSError, TypeError):
-                pub_date = datetime.fromtimestamp(ts, tz=timezone.utc)
+                pub_date = datetime.fromtimestamp(ts, tz=UTC)
         return {
             "title": article.get("title", "No title"),
             "summary": article.get("summary", ""),