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"""
Oracle + consistency tests for the unified backtest engine.
Every metric is checked against a value we can reproduce by hand (or via
vectorbt). Same ``(close, signal)`` inputs must yield the same numbers no
matter which call-site is used.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import pytest
from rdagent.components.backtesting.vbt_backtest import (
DEFAULT_BARS_PER_YEAR,
backtest_from_forward_returns,
backtest_signal,
)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Fixtures
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@pytest.fixture
def flat_close() -> pd.Series:
"""Constant close: any signal should produce zero returns."""
idx = pd.date_range("2024-01-01", periods=1000, freq="1min")
return pd.Series(100.0, index=idx)
@pytest.fixture
def trending_close() -> pd.Series:
"""Monotonically increasing close (0.01% per bar)."""
idx = pd.date_range("2024-01-01", periods=1000, freq="1min")
return pd.Series(100.0 * (1.0001 ** np.arange(1000)), index=idx)
@pytest.fixture
def random_close() -> pd.Series:
np.random.seed(42)
idx = pd.date_range("2024-01-01", periods=5000, freq="1min")
return pd.Series(100.0 + np.random.randn(5000).cumsum() * 0.05, index=idx)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Oracle tests — numbers we can verify by hand
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def test_flat_close_all_long_returns_zero(flat_close):
"""Constant price → strategy returns are exactly cost per position-change bar."""
signal = pd.Series(1.0, index=flat_close.index)
r = backtest_signal(flat_close, signal, txn_cost_bps=1.5)
# Only one position change (bar 0 → long 1.0): total cost = 1 * 1.5e-4.
assert r["status"] == "success"
assert r["total_return"] == pytest.approx(-1.5e-4, abs=1e-8)
assert r["n_trades"] == 1 # one open trade (still in position at end)
# Flat price → zero variance → sharpe cannot be computed; returned as 0.
# But cost introduces a tiny constant return, so std is 0 and sharpe is 0.
def test_trending_close_always_long_matches_price_return(trending_close):
"""
position=+1 always → strategy return per bar ≈ bar_ret (minus one-time cost).
total_return should equal (close[-1]/close[0]) - 1 minus the entry cost.
"""
signal = pd.Series(1.0, index=trending_close.index)
r = backtest_signal(trending_close, signal, txn_cost_bps=1.5)
price_tr = trending_close.iloc[-1] / trending_close.iloc[0] - 1
# Manual: product over (1 + bar_ret - one-time cost at bar 0).
bar_ret = trending_close.pct_change().fillna(0)
position = signal.shift(1).fillna(0)
position_change = position.diff().abs().fillna(position.abs())
expected_total = float(((1 + position * bar_ret - position_change * 1.5e-4).prod()) - 1)
assert r["total_return"] == pytest.approx(expected_total, rel=1e-9)
# Within 1 bp of the raw price trend.
assert abs(r["total_return"] - price_tr) < 2e-4
def test_always_flat_returns_zero(random_close):
signal = pd.Series(0.0, index=random_close.index)
r = backtest_signal(random_close, signal, txn_cost_bps=1.5)
assert r["total_return"] == 0.0
assert r["sharpe"] == 0.0
assert r["max_drawdown"] == 0.0
assert r["n_trades"] == 0
assert r["n_position_changes"] == 0
def test_sharpe_annualization_uses_1min_bars(random_close):
"""Sharpe must use √(252*1440), not √252."""
np.random.seed(0)
signal = pd.Series(np.random.choice([-1, 0, 1], size=len(random_close)), index=random_close.index)
r = backtest_signal(random_close, signal, txn_cost_bps=0.0) # no cost → clean check
# Reproduce manually.
bar_ret = random_close.pct_change().fillna(0)
position = signal.astype(float).shift(1).fillna(0)
strat_ret = position * bar_ret
expected_sharpe = strat_ret.mean() / strat_ret.std() * np.sqrt(DEFAULT_BARS_PER_YEAR)
assert r["sharpe"] == pytest.approx(expected_sharpe, rel=1e-9)
assert r["bars_per_year"] == 252 * 1440
def test_txn_cost_applied_per_position_change(random_close):
"""With 50% of bars flipping, cost ≈ 0.5 * |Δposition|_mean * txn_cost_bps."""
idx = random_close.index
# Alternate every bar: -1, 1, -1, 1, ...
signal = pd.Series([(-1.0) ** i for i in range(len(idx))], index=idx)
zero_cost = backtest_signal(random_close, signal, txn_cost_bps=0.0)
with_cost = backtest_signal(random_close, signal, txn_cost_bps=10.0) # 10 bps
# Cost difference = |Δposition|.sum() * 10e-4, summed over bars.
# Alternating ±1 → |Δposition| = 2 per bar (except first: 1).
bar_ret_diff = zero_cost["total_return"] - with_cost["total_return"]
assert bar_ret_diff > 0 # with cost must be worse
def test_drawdown_never_clipped():
"""
A single blow-up bar must not be silently absorbed. Old code clipped
returns to ±10%; the new engine reports the true drawdown and flags.
"""
idx = pd.date_range("2024-01-01", periods=500, freq="1min")
# Prices: gentle rise, then a 20% crash at bar 250, then recovery.
closes = np.concatenate(
[np.linspace(100, 101, 250), [80.0], np.linspace(80, 85, 249)]
)
close = pd.Series(closes, index=idx)
signal = pd.Series(1.0, index=idx)
r = backtest_signal(close, signal, txn_cost_bps=0.0)
assert r["max_drawdown"] < -0.15 # real DD preserved
assert "data_quality_flag" in r
assert "extreme_returns" in r["data_quality_flag"]
def test_forward_returns_ic_computation():
np.random.seed(7)
idx = pd.date_range("2024-01-01", periods=2000, freq="1min")
noise = pd.Series(np.random.randn(2000), index=idx)
close = pd.Series(100 + noise.cumsum() * 0.01, index=idx)
fwd = close.pct_change().shift(-1).fillna(0)
# sign(fwd) correlates with fwd at ~√(2/π) ≈ 0.798 for Gaussian returns.
sign_signal = pd.Series(np.sign(fwd), index=idx).replace(0, 1)
r_sign = backtest_signal(close, sign_signal, forward_returns=fwd, txn_cost_bps=0.0)
assert r_sign["ic"] is not None
assert 0.7 < r_sign["ic"] < 0.85
# Passing fwd itself as the signal (clipped to [-1,1]) yields corr = 1.0.
fwd_signal = fwd.clip(-1, 1)
r_perfect = backtest_signal(close, fwd_signal, forward_returns=fwd, txn_cost_bps=0.0)
assert r_perfect["ic"] == pytest.approx(1.0, abs=1e-9)
def test_trade_count_matches_epoch_count():
"""n_trades must equal the number of distinct non-flat position epochs."""
idx = pd.date_range("2024-01-01", periods=10, freq="1min")
# Position: 0, 1, 1, 0, -1, -1, 0, 1, 0, 0 → 3 trades
signal = pd.Series([0, 1, 1, 0, -1, -1, 0, 1, 0, 0], index=idx).astype(float)
close = pd.Series(np.linspace(100, 101, 10), index=idx)
r = backtest_signal(close, signal, txn_cost_bps=0.0)
assert r["n_trades"] == 3
def test_win_rate_uses_per_trade_pnl():
"""Win rate must reflect per-trade P&L, not per-bar returns."""
idx = pd.date_range("2024-01-01", periods=20, freq="1min")
# Craft a scenario: 2 clearly winning long trades, 1 losing.
close = pd.Series(
[100, 101, 102, 103, 102, 101, 100, 99, 98, 99, # bars 0-9
100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 103, 102, 101, 100, 100], # bars 10-19
index=idx,
).astype(float)
# Trade 1: long bars 1..3 (price 101→103 = +2, win)
# Trade 2: long bars 5..7 (price 101→99 = -2, loss)
# Trade 3: long bars 11..14 (price 101→104 = +3, win)
sig = pd.Series(0, index=idx).astype(float)
sig.iloc[1:4] = 1
sig.iloc[5:8] = 1
sig.iloc[11:15] = 1
r = backtest_signal(close, sig, txn_cost_bps=0.0)
# Due to the shift(1) lag, actual entry/exit shifts by 1 bar — but the
# number of epochs and their sign are preserved.
assert r["n_trades"] == 3
assert r["win_rate"] == pytest.approx(2 / 3, abs=1e-9)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Consistency tests — all four call sites produce identical numbers
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def test_orchestrator_path_matches_direct_call(random_close):
"""Orchestrator's evaluate_strategy should produce the same bt numbers."""
np.random.seed(11)
idx = random_close.index
signal = pd.Series(np.random.choice([-1, 0, 1], size=len(idx)), index=idx).astype(float)
direct = backtest_signal(random_close, signal, txn_cost_bps=1.5)
# Reproduce the orchestrator's call signature.
from rdagent.components.backtesting.vbt_backtest import backtest_signal as orch_bt
orch = orch_bt(close=random_close.reindex(signal.index).ffill(), signal=signal,
txn_cost_bps=1.5, freq="1min")
for key in ("sharpe", "max_drawdown", "total_return", "n_trades", "win_rate"):
assert direct[key] == orch[key], f"{key}: {direct[key]} != {orch[key]}"
def test_factor_backtester_wrapper_consistent_with_engine():
"""Legacy FactorBacktester must return the same IC/Sharpe as the unified engine."""
from rdagent.components.backtesting.backtest_engine import FactorBacktester
np.random.seed(99)
n = 500
idx = pd.date_range("2024-01-01", periods=n, freq="1min")
factor = pd.Series(np.random.randn(n), index=idx)
fwd_ret = pd.Series(factor.values * 0.001 + np.random.randn(n) * 0.01, index=idx)
direct = backtest_from_forward_returns(factor, fwd_ret, txn_cost_bps=1.5)
fb = FactorBacktester()
fb.results_path = fb.results_path / "_test_tmp"
fb.results_path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
legacy = fb.run_backtest(factor, fwd_ret, "TestFactor", transaction_cost=0.00015)
assert legacy["sharpe_ratio"] == pytest.approx(direct["sharpe"], rel=1e-9)
assert legacy["max_drawdown"] == pytest.approx(direct["max_drawdown"], rel=1e-9)
assert legacy["ic"] == pytest.approx(direct["ic"], rel=1e-9)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Cross-check vs vectorbt simulation
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def test_vbt_cross_check_matches_within_tolerance(random_close):
"""
Our manual total_return and vbt's compounded total_return should agree
within a few basis points on a realistic 1-min scenario.
"""
np.random.seed(3)
idx = random_close.index
fast = random_close.rolling(10).mean()
slow = random_close.rolling(50).mean()
signal = pd.Series(
np.where(fast > slow, 1.0, np.where(fast < slow, -1.0, 0.0)), index=idx
)
r = backtest_signal(random_close, signal, txn_cost_bps=1.5, cross_check=True)
assert "vbt_total_return" in r
if r["vbt_total_return"] is not None:
# Manual: simple (1+position*ret) compounding, one fixed leverage.
# vbt: target-percent rebalancing on every bar, leverage drifts with equity.
# The two can differ by O(|return|^2) per bar on flipping strategies;
# we only require the sign and rough magnitude to agree.
assert abs(r["total_return"] - r["vbt_total_return"]) < 0.05