diff --git a/crypto/brian/index-deep-new.py b/crypto/brian/index-deep-new.py
index c90e297..5a10fcc 100644
--- a/crypto/brian/index-deep-new.py
+++ b/crypto/brian/index-deep-new.py
@@ -162,51 +162,55 @@ def get_best_models(directory):
     for file in os.listdir(directory):
         parts = file.split("_")
         try:
-            r = float(parts[1])
-            best_files.append((r, file))
+            # parts[1] is the recorded loss
+            loss = float(parts[1])
+            best_files.append((loss, file))
         except Exception:
             continue
     return best_files
 
-def save_checkpoint(model, optimizer, epoch, reward, last_dir=LAST_DIR, best_dir=BEST_DIR):
+def save_checkpoint(model, optimizer, epoch, loss, last_dir=LAST_DIR, best_dir=BEST_DIR):
     timestamp = datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")
     last_filename = f"model_last_epoch_{epoch}_{timestamp}.pt"
     last_path = os.path.join(last_dir, last_filename)
     torch.save({
          "epoch": epoch,
-         "reward": reward,
+         "loss": loss,
          "model_state_dict": model.state_dict(),
          "optimizer_state_dict": optimizer.state_dict()
     }, last_path)
     maintain_checkpoint_directory(last_dir, max_files=10)
     best_models = get_best_models(best_dir)
     add_to_best = False
+    # Update best pool if fewer than 10 or if the new loss is lower than the worst saved loss.
     if len(best_models) < 10:
         add_to_best = True
     else:
-        min_reward, min_file = min(best_models, key=lambda x: x[0])
-        if reward > min_reward:
+        # The worst saved checkpoint will have the highest loss.
+        worst_loss, worst_file = max(best_models, key=lambda x: x[0])
+        if loss < worst_loss:
             add_to_best = True
-            os.remove(os.path.join(best_dir, min_file))
+            os.remove(os.path.join(best_dir, worst_file))
     if add_to_best:
-        best_filename = f"best_{reward:.4f}_epoch_{epoch}_{timestamp}.pt"
+        best_filename = f"best_{loss:.4f}_epoch_{epoch}_{timestamp}.pt"
         best_path = os.path.join(best_dir, best_filename)
         torch.save({
             "epoch": epoch,
-            "reward": reward,
+            "loss": loss,
             "model_state_dict": model.state_dict(),
             "optimizer_state_dict": optimizer.state_dict()
         }, best_path)
         maintain_checkpoint_directory(best_dir, max_files=10)
-    print(f"Saved checkpoint for epoch {epoch} with reward {reward:.4f}")
+    print(f"Saved checkpoint for epoch {epoch} with loss {loss:.4f}")
 
 def load_best_checkpoint(model, best_dir=BEST_DIR):
     best_models = get_best_models(best_dir)
     if not best_models:
         return None
-    best_reward, best_file = max(best_models, key=lambda x: x[0])
+    # Choose the checkpoint with the lowest loss.
+    best_loss, best_file = min(best_models, key=lambda x: x[0])
     path = os.path.join(best_dir, best_file)
-    print(f"Loading best model from checkpoint: {best_file} with reward {best_reward:.4f}")
+    print(f"Loading best model from checkpoint: {best_file} with loss {best_loss:.4f}")
     checkpoint = torch.load(path)
     model.load_state_dict(checkpoint["model_state_dict"])
     return checkpoint
@@ -305,7 +309,8 @@ def train_on_historical_data(env, model, device, args, start_epoch, optimizer, s
                 break
             state = next_state
         scheduler.step()
-        print(f"Epoch {epoch+1} Loss: {total_loss/len(env):.4f}")
+        epoch_loss = total_loss/len(env)
+        print(f"Epoch {epoch+1} Loss: {epoch_loss:.4f}")
         save_checkpoint(model, optimizer, epoch, total_loss)
 
 # --- Live Plotting Functions ---