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quant-trading/research/lab/short_volume.py
Gahow Wang 04e2c5c3be research: commit the 2026-10-07/08 studies left in the working tree, overnight mid/small (STOP)
Studies run by earlier sessions and documented in CLAUDE.md, but never
committed: FINRA short volume (SVR) and the research-only svr_momentum veto,
SEC fails-to-deliver, 13D activists and the 13D event sleeve, 13F
institutional flow, GDELT news volume, S&P 400/600 Form 4 insiders,
union_shield, shield_lab; plus the mid/small insider and Tiingo fetcher
changes and midsmall_rebuild.

overnight_midsmall: the overnight-only momentum book on S&P 400/600 earns
0.93 net Sharpe at 3 bp a side (2019-26) with corr 0.83 to the S&P 500 book
(STOP).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-09 22:20:43 -07:00

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"""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()