"""Activist event sleeve: hold fresh SC 13D targets, lab-engine evaluation. Event study first (research/lab/activists.py): +1.2% CAR1 excess in S&P 400/600 (t 4.2), +2.2% CAR21 in the S&P 500 (t 2.2); low-SVR events beat high-SVR events (+3.6% vs +0.8% CAR21). Strategy: on each session, equal-weight all panel members whose SC 13D was filed in the last H sessions (most recent K at most; daily rebalance to the target basket, 20bp costs are built into the mid/small panels). PIT: the weights row for day D includes filings with `filed <= D` and is executed at the next open by the engine, i.e. after the filing is public. PYTHONPATH=. uv run python -m research.lab.activist_strategy [mid|small|midsmall|us] """ from __future__ import annotations import json import os import pickle import sys import numpy as np import pandas as pd from research.lab.activists import cik_ticker_map from research.lab.engine import simulate from research.lab.factor_scan import stats TARGETS = "data/research/edgar_13d_targets.csv" SVR_PATH = "data/research/short_volume.pkl" def load_events() -> pd.DataFrame: tg = pd.read_csv(TARGETS) tg = tg[tg["target_cik"].fillna(0) > 0].copy() cik2t = cik_ticker_map() tg["ticker"] = tg["target_cik"].map(lambda c: cik2t.get(int(c))) tg = tg[tg["ticker"].notna()] # fallback by exact name if os.path.exists("data/research/company_tickers.json"): raw = json.load(open("data/research/company_tickers.json")) by_name = {str(v["title"]).strip().upper(): str(v["ticker"]).upper().replace(".", "-") for v in raw.values()} miss = tg["ticker"].isna() tg.loc[miss, "ticker"] = tg.loc[miss, "target_name"].str.strip().str.upper().map(by_name) tg = tg.sort_values("filed").drop_duplicates(subset=["ticker", "filed"], keep="first") return tg[["ticker", "filed"]].dropna() def svr21() -> pd.DataFrame | None: if not os.path.exists(SVR_PATH): return None with open(SVR_PATH, "rb") as fh: d = pickle.load(fh) return (d["short"] / d["total"].replace(0.0, np.nan)).rolling(21, min_periods=10).mean() def build_weights(p, events: pd.DataFrame, hold: int, k_max: int, svr_filter: str | None = None, svr_lag: int = 2) -> pd.DataFrame: dates = p.dates cols = list(p.close.columns) pos = {c: i for i, c in enumerate(cols)} W = np.zeros((len(dates), len(cols))) svr = svr21() if svr is not None: svr = svr.reindex(columns=cols).shift(svr_lag) med = svr.where(p.member).median(axis=1) acts: list[tuple[int, int]] = [] # (start_idx, end_idx, col_idx) for _, ev in events.iterrows(): i = pos.get(ev["ticker"]) if i is None: continue t0 = dates.searchsorted(pd.Timestamp(ev["filed"]), side="left") if t0 >= len(dates) - 2: continue start, end = t0 + 1, min(t0 + 1 + hold, len(dates) - 1) if svr_filter and svr is not None and dates[t0] in svr.index: v = svr.at[dates[t0], ev["ticker"]] if ev["ticker"] in svr.columns else np.nan m = med.get(dates[t0], np.nan) if np.isfinite(v) and np.isfinite(m): if svr_filter == "low" and v >= m: continue if svr_filter == "high" and v < m: continue acts.append((start, end, i)) if not acts: return pd.DataFrame(0.0, index=dates, columns=cols) starts = np.array([a[0] for a in acts]) ends = np.array([a[1] for a in acts]) idx = np.array([a[2] for a in acts]) for d in range(len(dates)): active = np.where((starts <= d) & (d <= ends))[0] if len(active) == 0: continue if k_max and len(active) > k_max: active = active[np.argsort(-starts[active])][:k_max] # most recent filings W[d, idx[active]] = 1.0 / len(active) return pd.DataFrame(W, index=dates, columns=cols) def run(mkt: str, events: pd.DataFrame, hold: int, k_max: int, svr_filter: str | None = None) -> dict: if mkt == "us": with open("data/research/us.panel.pkl", "rb") as fh: p = pickle.load(fh) else: from research.lab.panel_mid import load_us_mid p = load_us_mid(mkt) W = build_weights(p, events, hold, k_max, svr_filter) r = simulate(p, target_weights=W, exec_at="open", min_trade=0.002) blocks = {} for a, b in (("2016-09-27", "2021-09-26"), ("2021-09-27", "2026-09-24")): st = stats(r.equity.loc[a:b], r.turnover.loc[a:b]) blocks[f"{a[:4]}-{b[:4]}"] = st return {"mkt": mkt, "hold": hold, "k": k_max, "svr": svr_filter or "none", "blocks": blocks} def main() -> None: mkts = sys.argv[1:] or ["midsmall"] events = load_events() print(f"events loaded: {len(events)}") results = [] for mkt in mkts: for hold, k_max, svr_filter in ((21, 20, None), (21, 20, "low"), (63, 20, None), (63, 20, "low"), (21, 10, None), (21, 10, "low")): res = run(mkt, events, hold, k_max, svr_filter) results.append(res) line = f"{mkt:8s} H{hold:<3d} K{k_max:<3d} svr={res['svr']:4s}" for blk, st in res["blocks"].items(): line += f" | {blk} cagr {st['cagr']*100:5.1f}% sh {st['sharpe']:5.2f} mdd {st['mdd']*100:5.1f}%" print(line) json.dump(results, open("data/research/results/activist_sleeve.json", "w"), indent=1) print("saved data/research/results/activist_sleeve.json") if __name__ == "__main__": main()