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Jane Street doesn't just predict — they NEED to know HOW WRONG they might be.
Without uncertainty quantification, you can't size positions or manage risk.
Methods:
1. Conformal Prediction: Distribution-free prediction intervals with coverage guarantees
2. Bootstrap Prediction Intervals: Resample to estimate forecast variance
3. Quantile Regression: Predict full distribution, not just point estimate
4. Monte Carlo Dropout: Bayesian approximation for neural nets
Guarantee: 95% prediction intervals actually contain 95% of outcomes.
This is NOT what a standard MSE loss gives you.
Based on:
- Shafer & Vovk (2008): "A Tutorial on Conformal Prediction"
- Angelopoulos & Bates (2021): "A Gentle Introduction to Conformal Prediction"
- Tibshirani et al. (2019): "Conformal Prediction Under Covariate Shift"
"""
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
from typing import Dict, List, Tuple, Optional, Callable
from collections import deque
import warnings
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
class ConformalPredictor:
"""
Split conformal prediction for regression/returns forecasting.
Steps:
1. Split data into proper training + calibration
2. Train model on proper training
3. Compute nonconformity scores on calibration: |y - y_hat|
4. For prediction: interval = [y_hat - q, y_hat + q] where q = quantile of scores
Result: Guaranteed 1-alpha coverage on new iid data.
"""
def __init__(self, alpha: float = 0.1):
"""
alpha: miscoverage rate (0.1 = 90% prediction interval)
"""
self.alpha = alpha
self.calibration_scores = []
self.quantile = None
def fit(self,
y_true_cal: np.ndarray,
y_pred_cal: np.ndarray):
"""
Calibrate on held-out calibration set.
y_true_cal: actual values from calibration set
y_pred_cal: model predictions on calibration set
"""
scores = np.abs(y_true_cal - y_pred_cal)
self.calibration_scores = scores
# Compute (1-alpha) quantile of scores
# We need ceiling((n+1)*(1-alpha))/n quantile for exact coverage
n = len(scores)
q_level = np.ceil((n + 1) * (1 - self.alpha)) / n
q_level = min(q_level, 1.0)
self.quantile = np.quantile(scores, q_level)
return self
def predict_interval(self, y_pred: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
"""
Get prediction intervals.
Returns: (n, 2) array of [lower, upper] bounds
"""
if self.quantile is None:
raise ValueError("Must call fit() first")
lower = y_pred - self.quantile
upper = y_pred + self.quantile
return np.column_stack([lower, upper])
def evaluate_coverage(self,
y_true_test: np.ndarray,
y_pred_test: np.ndarray) -> Dict:
"""
Evaluate actual coverage on test set.
Should be >= 1-alpha for valid conformal prediction.
"""
intervals = self.predict_interval(y_pred_test)
coverage = np.mean((y_true_test >= intervals[:, 0]) &
(y_true_test <= intervals[:, 1]))
interval_width = np.mean(intervals[:, 1] - intervals[:, 0])
# Average interval width by prediction magnitude
relative_width = interval_width / (np.abs(y_pred_test).mean() + 1e-10)
return {
'target_coverage': 1 - self.alpha,
'actual_coverage': coverage,
'avg_interval_width': interval_width,
'relative_width': relative_width,
'is_valid': coverage >= 1 - self.alpha - 0.02 # Allow 2% tolerance
}
class AdaptiveConformalPrediction:
"""
Adaptive conformal prediction for non-stationary data.
Standard conformal assumes iid data. Markets are NOT iid.
Solution: Update quantile using online learning.
If recent coverage is too low → widen intervals.
If recent coverage is too high → narrow intervals (more profit).
"""
def __init__(self,
alpha: float = 0.1,
gamma: float = 0.005, # Learning rate for quantile adaptation
window_size: int = 100): # Recent window for coverage estimation
self.alpha = alpha
self.gamma = gamma
self.window_size = window_size
self.quantile = None
self.coverage_history = deque(maxlen=window_size)
self.score_history = deque(maxlen=window_size)
def update(self,
y_true: float,
y_pred: float):
"""
Update quantile with one new observation.
Algorithm (Gibbs & Candes 2021):
1. Compute score s = |y - y_pred|
2. Check if in interval: coverage = 1 if s <= quantile else 0
3. Update: quantile += γ * (target_coverage - coverage)
"""
score = abs(y_true - y_pred)
self.score_history.append(score)
if self.quantile is None:
# Initialize with first score
self.quantile = score * 1.5
self.coverage_history.append(1)
return
# Check coverage
in_interval = 1 if score <= self.quantile else 0
self.coverage_history.append(in_interval)
# Update quantile
target = 1 - self.alpha
error = target - in_interval
self.quantile += self.gamma * error
self.quantile = max(self.quantile, 0.0)
def predict_interval(self, y_pred: float) -> Tuple[float, float]:
"""Get adaptive prediction interval"""
if self.quantile is None:
return (y_pred - 0.05, y_pred + 0.05)
return (y_pred - self.quantile, y_pred + self.quantile)
def get_state(self) -> Dict:
"""Current adaptive state"""
if len(self.coverage_history) == 0:
return {'quantile': None, 'recent_coverage': 0}
return {
'quantile': self.quantile,
'recent_coverage': np.mean(list(self.coverage_history)),
'n_observations': len(self.score_history),
'target_coverage': 1 - self.alpha,
'avg_score': np.mean(list(self.score_history))
}
class BootstrapUncertaintyEstimator:
"""
Bootstrap-based uncertainty estimation.
Resample residuals to estimate prediction distribution.
Useful when you have a model but no analytical uncertainty.
"""
def __init__(self, n_bootstrap: int = 1000):
self.n_bootstrap = n_bootstrap
self.residuals = []
def fit(self, y_true: np.ndarray, y_pred: np.ndarray):
"""Store residuals from training data"""
self.residuals = y_true - y_pred
return self
def predict_distribution(self,
y_pred: float,
n_samples: Optional[int] = None) -> np.ndarray:
"""
Generate bootstrap samples of y = y_pred + resampled_residual.
Returns distribution of possible y values.
"""
n = n_samples or self.n_bootstrap
# Resample residuals
boot_idx = np.random.choice(len(self.residuals), size=n, replace=True)
boot_residuals = self.residuals[boot_idx]
return y_pred + boot_residuals
def predict_interval(self,
y_pred: float,
alpha: float = 0.1) -> Tuple[float, float]:
"""Get (1-alpha) prediction interval via bootstrap"""
dist = self.predict_distribution(y_pred)
lower = np.percentile(dist, alpha / 2 * 100)
upper = np.percentile(dist, (1 - alpha / 2) * 100)
return (lower, upper)
def predict_quantiles(self,
y_pred: float,
quantiles: List[float] = [0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 0.9]) -> Dict:
"""Get specific quantiles of prediction distribution"""
dist = self.predict_distribution(y_pred, n_samples=10000)
return {f'q{int(q*100)}': np.percentile(dist, q * 100)
for q in quantiles}
class QuantileForecaster:
"""
Quantile regression forecaster.
Instead of predicting mean (MSE), predict arbitrary quantiles.
Loss: Pinball loss
L(y, ŷ) = α * (y - ŷ) if y > ŷ
(1-α) * (ŷ - y) if y <= ŷ
Train separate model for each quantile: 0.1, 0.5, 0.9
Benefits:
- Asymmetric uncertainty (downside risk > upside potential)
- No distributional assumptions
- Direct VaR estimation (e.g., q0.05 = 5% VaR)
"""
def __init__(self, quantiles: List[float] = [0.1, 0.5, 0.9]):
self.quantiles = quantiles
self.models = {} # quantile -> SimpleQuantileRegressor
def _pinball_loss(self, y_true: np.ndarray,
y_pred: np.ndarray,
alpha: float) -> float:
"""Pinball/quantile loss"""
residuals = y_true - y_pred
loss = np.where(residuals > 0,
alpha * residuals,
(alpha - 1) * residuals)
return np.mean(loss)
def fit(self, X: np.ndarray, y: np.ndarray,
n_iterations: int = 500, lr: float = 0.01):
"""
Fit quantile regression models via gradient descent.
Simple linear quantile regression for demonstration.
In practice, use LightGBM/XGBoost quantile regression or neural nets.
"""
n_features = X.shape[1]
for q in self.quantiles:
# Initialize
weights = np.zeros(n_features)
bias = np.mean(y)
# Gradient descent
for _ in range(n_iterations):
preds = X @ weights + bias
residuals = y - preds
# Gradient of pinball loss
grad_w = -X.T @ np.where(residuals > 0, q, q - 1) / len(y)
grad_b = -np.mean(np.where(residuals > 0, q, q - 1))
weights -= lr * grad_w
bias -= lr * grad_b
self.models[q] = {'weights': weights, 'bias': bias}
return self
def predict(self, X: np.ndarray) -> Dict[float, np.ndarray]:
"""Predict all quantiles"""
predictions = {}
for q, model in self.models.items():
preds = X @ model['weights'] + model['bias']
predictions[q] = preds
return predictions
def predict_interval(self, X: np.ndarray,
alpha: float = 0.1) -> np.ndarray:
"""
Get prediction interval from quantile predictions.
Uses q(α/2) and q(1-α/2) as bounds.
"""
all_preds = self.predict(X)
lower_q = alpha / 2
upper_q = 1 - alpha / 2
# Find closest quantiles
lower = min(self.quantiles, key=lambda q: abs(q - lower_q))
upper = min(self.quantiles, key=lambda q: abs(q - upper_q))
return np.column_stack([all_preds[lower], all_preds[upper]])
class UncertaintyEnsemble:
"""
Ensemble multiple uncertainty methods for robust estimates.
Combines:
- Conformal prediction (distribution-free guarantee)
- Bootstrap (residual-based)
- Quantile regression (asymmetric uncertainty)
Final interval: union or intersection of all three.
"""
def __init__(self, alpha: float = 0.1):
self.alpha = alpha
self.conformal = ConformalPredictor(alpha=alpha)
self.bootstrap = BootstrapUncertaintyEstimator()
self.quantile = QuantileForecaster(quantiles=[0.05, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 0.95])
def fit(self, X_cal: np.ndarray, y_cal: np.ndarray,
y_pred_cal: np.ndarray):
"""Fit all uncertainty models on calibration data"""
# Conformal
self.conformal.fit(y_cal, y_pred_cal)
# Bootstrap
self.bootstrap.fit(y_cal, y_pred_cal)
# Quantile
self.quantile.fit(X_cal, y_cal)
return self
def predict_interval(self, X: np.ndarray,
y_pred: np.ndarray,
method: str = 'conservative') -> np.ndarray:
"""
Get ensemble prediction interval.
method:
- 'conservative': widest interval (union)
- 'tight': narrowest interval (intersection)
- 'average': mean of all bounds
"""
# Conformal
conf_interval = self.conformal.predict_interval(y_pred)
# Bootstrap (pointwise, approximate)
boot_lowers = []
boot_uppers = []
for p in y_pred:
lo, hi = self.bootstrap.predict_interval(p)
boot_lowers.append(lo)
boot_uppers.append(hi)
boot_interval = np.column_stack([boot_lowers, boot_uppers])
# Quantile
quant_interval = self.quantile.predict_interval(X, alpha=self.alpha)
if method == 'conservative':
lower = np.minimum.reduce([conf_interval[:, 0],
boot_interval[:, 0],
quant_interval[:, 0]])
upper = np.maximum.reduce([conf_interval[:, 1],
boot_interval[:, 1],
quant_interval[:, 1]])
elif method == 'tight':
lower = np.maximum.reduce([conf_interval[:, 0],
boot_interval[:, 0],
quant_interval[:, 0]])
upper = np.minimum.reduce([conf_interval[:, 1],
boot_interval[:, 1],
quant_interval[:, 1]])
else: # average
lower = np.mean([conf_interval[:, 0],
boot_interval[:, 0],
quant_interval[:, 0]], axis=0)
upper = np.mean([conf_interval[:, 1],
boot_interval[:, 1],
quant_interval[:, 1]], axis=0)
return np.column_stack([lower, upper])
if __name__ == '__main__':
print("=" * 70)
print(" UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION & CONFORMAL PREDICTION")
print("=" * 70)
np.random.seed(42)
# Generate data with heteroscedastic noise
n = 1000
X = np.random.randn(n, 3)
y_true = X[:, 0] * 0.5 + X[:, 1] * 0.3 + np.random.randn(n) * 0.1
# Heteroscedastic noise: larger when |X_0| is large
noise_scale = 0.05 + 0.15 * np.abs(X[:, 0])
y_true += np.random.randn(n) * noise_scale
# Split
n_train = 500
n_cal = 200
n_test = 300
X_train = X[:n_train]
y_train = y_true[:n_train]
X_cal = X[n_train:n_train+n_cal]
y_cal = y_true[n_train:n_train+n_cal]
X_test = X[n_train+n_cal:]
y_test = y_true[n_train+n_cal:]
# Simple linear model
beta = np.linalg.lstsq(X_train, y_train, rcond=None)[0]
y_pred_cal = X_cal @ beta
y_pred_test = X_test @ beta
print("\n1. CONFORMAL PREDICTION (90% intervals)")
cp = ConformalPredictor(alpha=0.1)
cp.fit(y_cal, y_pred_cal)
eval_result = cp.evaluate_coverage(y_test, y_pred_test)
print(f" Target coverage: {eval_result['target_coverage']*100:.0f}%")
print(f" Actual coverage: {eval_result['actual_coverage']*100:.1f}%")
print(f" Avg interval width: {eval_result['avg_interval_width']:.4f}")
print(f" Valid: {eval_result['is_valid']}")
print("\n2. ADAPTIVE CONFORMAL (online)")
acp = AdaptiveConformalPrediction(alpha=0.1, gamma=0.01)
for i in range(len(y_test)):
acp.update(y_test[i], y_pred_test[i])
state = acp.get_state()
print(f" Final quantile: {state['quantile']:.4f}")
print(f" Recent coverage: {state['recent_coverage']*100:.1f}%")
print(f" Target: {state['target_coverage']*100:.0f}%")
print("\n3. BOOTSTRAP UNCERTAINTY")
boot = BootstrapUncertaintyEstimator(n_bootstrap=1000)
boot.fit(y_cal, y_pred_cal)
# Test on first prediction
lo, hi = boot.predict_interval(y_pred_test[0], alpha=0.1)
dist = boot.predict_distribution(y_pred_test[0])
print(f" Point prediction: {y_pred_test[0]:.4f}")
print(f" 90% CI: [{lo:.4f}, {hi:.4f}]")
print(f" Actual: {y_test[0]:.4f}")
print(f" In interval: {lo <= y_test[0] <= hi}")
print("\n4. QUANTILE REGRESSION")
qf = QuantileForecaster(quantiles=[0.1, 0.5, 0.9])
qf.fit(X_train, y_train, n_iterations=1000, lr=0.01)
preds = qf.predict(X_test[:5])
for q, p in preds.items():
print(f" q{int(q*100)}: {p[0]:.4f}")
print("\n5. UNCERTAINTY ENSEMBLE")
ensemble = UncertaintyEnsemble(alpha=0.1)
ensemble.fit(X_cal, y_cal, y_pred_cal)
for method in ['conservative', 'tight', 'average']:
interval = ensemble.predict_interval(X_test[:5], y_pred_test[:5], method=method)
widths = interval[:, 1] - interval[:, 0]
print(f" {method:12s}: avg width = {widths.mean():.4f}")
print(f"\n KEY INSIGHT:")
print(f" Without uncertainty quantification, you're trading BLIND.")
print(f" Position size should depend on prediction confidence.")
print(f" Kelly criterion: bet size ∝ expected_return / variance")
print(f" Conformal gives you GUARANTEED coverage — no assumptions needed.")
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