"""The Lab: one call that runs a backtest and then tries to disprove it. This is the module both the Gradio Space and the CLI drive. Keeping the whole pipeline here means the app and the command line can never disagree about what a Reality Score means. """ from __future__ import annotations import logging from dataclasses import dataclass, field from typing import Callable, Dict, List, Optional import numpy as np import pandas as pd from .data import load_ohlcv from .engine import run_backtest from .metrics import infer_periods_per_year from .strategies import Strategy, get_strategy, list_strategies from .types import BacktestResult, CostModel, MarketData from .validation.deflated_sharpe import deflated_sharpe_ratio, min_track_record_length from .validation.pbo import probability_of_backtest_overfitting from .validation.permutation import PermutationResult, permutation_test from .validation.walkforward import walk_forward from .verdict import reality_score logger = logging.getLogger(__name__) __all__ = ["LabConfig", "LabReport", "run_lab", "run_arena"] ProgressFn = Optional[Callable[[float, str], None]] @dataclass class LabConfig: symbol: str = "SPY" start: str = "2015-01-01" end: Optional[str] = None interval: str = "1d" source: str = "yahoo" strategy: str = "sma_cross" params: Dict[str, float] = field(default_factory=dict) commission_bps: float = 1.0 slippage_bps: float = 2.0 short_borrow_bps: float = 50.0 lag: int = 1 allow_short: bool = True max_leverage: float = 1.0 capital: float = 100_000.0 n_permutations: int = 250 permutation_method: str = "permute" block_size: int = 20 wf_folds: int = 5 pbo_splits: int = 8 grid_limit: int = 40 seed: int = 0 def costs(self, multiplier: float = 1.0) -> CostModel: return CostModel( commission_bps=self.commission_bps * multiplier, slippage_bps=self.slippage_bps * multiplier, short_borrow_bps=self.short_borrow_bps * multiplier, ) @dataclass class LabReport: config: LabConfig market: MarketData strategy: Strategy params: Dict[str, float] backtest: BacktestResult permutation: Optional[PermutationResult] = None dsr: Dict[str, float] = field(default_factory=dict) pbo: Dict[str, object] = field(default_factory=dict) walkforward: Dict[str, object] = field(default_factory=dict) trials: Dict[str, object] = field(default_factory=dict) verdict: Dict[str, object] = field(default_factory=dict) cost_stress: Dict[str, float] = field(default_factory=dict) benchmark_correlation: float = float("nan") def _trial_matrix( df: pd.DataFrame, strategy: Strategy, cfg: LabConfig, progress: ProgressFn = None, ) -> tuple[np.ndarray, List[float], List[str]]: """Backtest every parameter combination a researcher would plausibly try. The resulting ``T x N`` return matrix feeds both the Deflated Sharpe (how many variants were tried, and how spread out were they) and PBO. """ grid = strategy.grid(limit=cfg.grid_limit) costs = cfg.costs() columns, sharpes, labels = [], [], [] for i, params in enumerate(grid): target = strategy.generate(df, params) result = run_backtest( df, target, costs=costs, lag=cfg.lag, max_leverage=cfg.max_leverage, allow_short=cfg.allow_short, ) columns.append(result.returns.to_numpy(dtype=float)) sharpes.append(result.sharpe) labels.append(", ".join(f"{k}={v}" for k, v in params.items()) or "default") if progress is not None and i % 5 == 0: progress((i + 1) / max(len(grid), 1), f"Variant {i + 1}/{len(grid)}") matrix = np.column_stack(columns) if columns else np.zeros((len(df), 0)) return matrix, sharpes, labels def run_lab(cfg: LabConfig, progress: ProgressFn = None) -> LabReport: """Run the full honesty pipeline for one strategy on one symbol.""" def step(fraction: float, message: str) -> None: if progress is not None: progress(min(max(fraction, 0.0), 1.0), message) step(0.02, "Loading market data") market = load_ohlcv(cfg.symbol, cfg.start, cfg.end, cfg.interval, cfg.source) df = market.df if len(df) < 120: raise ValueError( f"Only {len(df)} bars available for {cfg.symbol}. " "Widen the date range — anything shorter cannot be validated." ) strategy = get_strategy(cfg.strategy) params = strategy.clean(cfg.params) ppy = infer_periods_per_year(df.index) step(0.10, "Running the backtest") target = strategy.generate(df, params) backtest = run_backtest( df, target, costs=cfg.costs(), lag=cfg.lag, max_leverage=cfg.max_leverage, allow_short=cfg.allow_short, initial_capital=cfg.capital, periods_per_year=ppy, meta={"symbol": market.symbol, "strategy": strategy.key, "params": params}, ) step(0.16, "Stress-testing costs") stressed = run_backtest( df, target, costs=cfg.costs(3.0), lag=cfg.lag, max_leverage=cfg.max_leverage, allow_short=cfg.allow_short, periods_per_year=ppy, ) base_sharpe = backtest.sharpe cost_stress_ratio = float(stressed.sharpe / base_sharpe) if base_sharpe > 1e-9 else 0.0 cost_stress = { "sharpe_1x": base_sharpe, "sharpe_3x": stressed.sharpe, "ratio": cost_stress_ratio, "return_3x": float(stressed.metrics.get("total_return", 0.0)), } step(0.22, "Backtesting every parameter variant") matrix, trial_sharpes, labels = _trial_matrix( df, strategy, cfg, lambda f, m: step(0.22 + 0.18 * f, m) ) n_trials = max(len(trial_sharpes), 1) step(0.42, "Deflating the Sharpe ratio for selection bias") dsr = deflated_sharpe_ratio( backtest.returns.to_numpy(dtype=float), sharpe_annual=base_sharpe, periods_per_year=ppy, n_trials=n_trials, trial_sharpes=trial_sharpes if n_trials > 1 else None, ) mtrl = min_track_record_length( dsr["sr_per_period"], dsr["n_obs"], dsr["skew"], dsr["kurtosis"], benchmark=dsr["threshold_sr_per_period"], ) dsr["min_track_record_bars"] = mtrl dsr["min_track_record_years"] = float(mtrl / ppy) if np.isfinite(mtrl) else float("inf") step(0.46, "Measuring backtest overfitting") pbo = probability_of_backtest_overfitting(matrix, n_splits=cfg.pbo_splits, labels=labels) step(0.50, "Shuffling the market") permutation = None if cfg.n_permutations > 0: permutation = permutation_test( df, lambda frame: strategy.generate(frame, params), n_permutations=cfg.n_permutations, method=cfg.permutation_method, block=cfg.block_size, costs=cfg.costs(), lag=cfg.lag, max_leverage=cfg.max_leverage, allow_short=cfg.allow_short, seed=cfg.seed, observed=base_sharpe, progress=lambda f, m: step(0.50 + 0.32 * f, m), ) step(0.84, "Walking the strategy forward") wf = walk_forward( df, strategy, n_folds=cfg.wf_folds, costs=cfg.costs(), lag=cfg.lag, max_leverage=cfg.max_leverage, allow_short=cfg.allow_short, grid_limit=min(cfg.grid_limit, 24), progress=lambda f, m: step(0.84 + 0.12 * f, m), ) bench_corr = float( pd.Series(backtest.returns).corr(backtest.benchmark_equity.pct_change().fillna(0.0)) ) step(0.98, "Grading") verdict = reality_score( metrics=backtest.metrics, benchmark_metrics=backtest.benchmark_metrics, p_value=permutation.p_value if permutation else None, dsr=dsr.get("dsr"), pbo=pbo.get("pbo"), wf_efficiency=wf.get("efficiency"), wf_win_rate=wf.get("oos_win_rate"), cost_stress_ratio=cost_stress_ratio, benchmark_correlation=bench_corr, ) step(1.0, "Done") return LabReport( config=cfg, market=market, strategy=strategy, params=params, backtest=backtest, permutation=permutation, dsr=dsr, pbo=pbo, walkforward=wf, trials={"n": n_trials, "sharpes": trial_sharpes, "labels": labels, "matrix_shape": matrix.shape}, verdict=verdict, cost_stress=cost_stress, benchmark_correlation=bench_corr, ) def run_arena( cfg: LabConfig, strategy_keys: Optional[List[str]] = None, n_permutations: int = 120, progress: ProgressFn = None, ) -> tuple[pd.DataFrame, MarketData, Dict[str, BacktestResult]]: """Race every strategy on the same market, ranked by evidence not returns. Buy & hold and the coin flip stay in the field on purpose: a leaderboard without a control group is marketing, not measurement. """ market = load_ohlcv(cfg.symbol, cfg.start, cfg.end, cfg.interval, cfg.source) df = market.df ppy = infer_periods_per_year(df.index) costs = cfg.costs() keys = strategy_keys or [s.key for s in list_strategies()] rows, curves = [], {} for i, key in enumerate(keys): strategy = get_strategy(key) params = strategy.defaults() target = strategy.generate(df, params) result = run_backtest( df, target, costs=costs, lag=cfg.lag, max_leverage=cfg.max_leverage, allow_short=cfg.allow_short, initial_capital=cfg.capital, periods_per_year=ppy, ) curves[key] = result p_value = None if n_permutations > 0: p_value = permutation_test( df, lambda frame, s=strategy, p=params: s.generate(frame, p), n_permutations=n_permutations, method=cfg.permutation_method, block=cfg.block_size, costs=costs, lag=cfg.lag, max_leverage=cfg.max_leverage, allow_short=cfg.allow_short, seed=cfg.seed, observed=result.sharpe, ).p_value grid_size = len(strategy.grid(limit=cfg.grid_limit)) dsr = deflated_sharpe_ratio( result.returns.to_numpy(dtype=float), sharpe_annual=result.sharpe, periods_per_year=ppy, n_trials=grid_size, ) rows.append( { "Strategy": strategy.name, "key": key, "Family": strategy.family, "Return": result.metrics.get("total_return", 0.0), "CAGR": result.metrics.get("cagr", 0.0), "Sharpe": result.sharpe, "MaxDD": result.metrics.get("max_drawdown", 0.0), "Trades": int(result.metrics.get("n_trades", 0)), "p-value": p_value if p_value is not None else float("nan"), "DSR": dsr["dsr"], } ) if progress is not None: progress((i + 1) / len(keys), f"{strategy.name} ({i + 1}/{len(keys)})") table = pd.DataFrame(rows) if not table.empty: # Rank by evidence: a high Sharpe with a p-value of 0.4 is not a win. table["Evidence"] = (1.0 - table["p-value"].fillna(0.5)) * table["DSR"] table = table.sort_values("Evidence", ascending=False).reset_index(drop=True) table.insert(0, "#", table.index + 1) return table, market, curves