"""Short-volume (FINRA REG SHO daily) factor scan on PIT US panels. SVR = ShortVolume / TotalVolume per symbol-day. The REG SHO file for day D is published after D's close; the scan therefore shifts all signals by 2 sessions (conservative: usable at the close of D+2 at the earliest) before correlating with forward returns. Universes: research/lab panels us (S&P 500 ever-members) and midsmall (S&P 400 + 600) — the mid/small cut is where a sub-$1M book has a capacity edge over large funds. Output: monthly Spearman IC (1d/21d forward), quintile spread means, and per-year ICs for the best factor. PYTHONPATH=. uv run python -m research.lab.short_volume [us|midsmall|all] """ from __future__ import annotations import pickle import sys import numpy as np import pandas as pd SHORT_PATH = "data/research/short_volume.pkl" def load_svr(panel_close: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame: with open(SHORT_PATH, "rb") as fh: d = pickle.load(fh) short, total = d["short"], d["total"] cols = [c for c in panel_close.columns if c in short.columns] svr = (short[cols] / total[cols].replace(0.0, np.nan)).astype("float32") svr = svr.reindex(panel_close.index.union(svr.index)).sort_index() return svr def factors(svr: pd.DataFrame) -> dict[str, pd.DataFrame]: f = {} f["svr5"] = svr.rolling(5, min_periods=3).mean() f["svr21"] = svr.rolling(21, min_periods=10).mean() m = svr.rolling(252, min_periods=60).mean() s = svr.rolling(252, min_periods=60).std() f["svr_z"] = (f["svr21"] - m) / s.replace(0.0, np.nan) f["svr_chg"] = f["svr5"] / f["svr21"].replace(0.0, np.nan) - 1.0 return f def scan(name: str, close: pd.DataFrame, member: pd.DataFrame, svr: pd.DataFrame) -> None: fac = {k: v.reindex(close.index) for k, v in factors(svr).items()} close = close.reindex(columns=svr.columns).ffill() member = member.reindex_like(close).fillna(False).astype(bool) fwd1 = close.shift(-1) / close - 1.0 fwd21 = close.shift(-21) / close - 1.0 lag = 2 print(f"\n=== {name}: {close.shape[1]} symbols, " f"{close.index.min().date()}..{close.index.max().date()} ===") rows = [] months = fwd1.index.to_period("M") for fname, fraw in fac.items(): f = fraw.shift(lag).where(member) ics1, ics21 = [], [] for per in sorted(set(months)): idx = months == per xdf = f.loc[idx] if xdf.notna().sum(axis=1).max() < 50: continue for ydf, out in ((fwd1.loc[idx], ics1), (fwd21.loc[idx], ics21)): mask = xdf.notna().to_numpy() & np.isfinite(ydf.to_numpy()) if mask.sum() < 100: continue xr = xdf.rank(axis=1).to_numpy()[mask] yr = ydf.where(mask).rank(axis=1).to_numpy()[mask] xm = xr - xr.mean() ym = yr - yr.mean() denom = np.sqrt((xm ** 2).sum() * (ym ** 2).sum()) if denom > 0: out.append(float((xm * ym).sum() / denom)) ic1 = np.array(ics1) ic21 = np.array(ics21) rows.append({ "factor": fname, "IC1_mean": ic1.mean(), "IC1_t": ic1.mean() / ic1.std() * np.sqrt(len(ic1)) if len(ic1) > 1 else np.nan, "IC21_mean": ic21.mean(), "IC21_t": ic21.mean() / ic21.std() * np.sqrt(len(ic21)) if len(ic21) > 1 else np.nan, "months": len(ic21)}) print(pd.DataFrame(rows).round(4).to_string(index=False)) # quintile spread, 21-day holding, gross for fname in ("svr21", "svr_chg", "svr_z"): f = fac[fname].shift(lag).where(member) pairs = [] dates = f.index for i in range(0, len(dates) - 21, 21): t0 = dates[i] x = f.loc[t0].dropna() if len(x) < 50: continue q = pd.qcut(x.rank(method="first"), 5, labels=False) lo, hi = q[q == 0].index, q[q == 4].index r = close.iloc[i + 21] / close.iloc[i] - 1.0 pairs.append((t0, float(r[hi].mean() - r[lo].mean()))) s = np.array([p[1] for p in pairs]) ys = pd.Series(s, index=pd.DatetimeIndex([p[0] for p in pairs])) yearly = (1 + ys).groupby(ys.index.year).prod() - 1 print(f"{fname}: Q5-Q1 21d spread mean {s.mean()*100:.2f}% " f"t={s.mean()/s.std()*np.sqrt(len(s)):.2f} n={len(s)} " f"yearly: " + " ".join(f"{y}:{v*100:+.0f}%" for y, v in yearly.items())) def main() -> None: which = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "all" if which in ("us", "all"): with open("data/research/us.panel.pkl", "rb") as fh: p = pickle.load(fh) scan("S&P 500 ever-members", p.close, p.member, load_svr(p.close)) if which in ("midsmall", "all"): with open("data/research/us_midsmall.panel.pkl", "rb") as fh: p = pickle.load(fh) scan("S&P 400+600 (midsmall)", p.close, p.member, load_svr(p.close)) if __name__ == "__main__": main()