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kingchenc 510013fc5a fix(sma, bollinger): periodic recompute to bound long-stream drift (R7, L2-Rust)
`Sma` and `BollingerBands` both maintained their running `sum` (and
`sum_sq` for Bollinger) with a single-subtract incremental update. That
is correct in exact arithmetic, but in f64 the sequence `sum -= old;
sum += new` on long streams with alternating large/small magnitudes
can accumulate catastrophic-cancellation error. Bollinger's existing
`.max(0.0)` clamp on the computed variance was a band-aid for the same
root cause — the drift had already driven the running variance below
zero.

The fix: every `16 · period` finite updates, reseed `sum` (and `sum_sq`
for Bollinger) from the live window. Amortised cost stays at O(1) —
`O(period)` work amortised over `O(period)` updates — and the reseed
strategy is named after the constant `RECOMPUTE_EVERY` so the
intention is clear at the call site.

Behaviour is unchanged on inputs that did not drift to begin with
(every existing test still passes, including `batch_equals_streaming`
and the SMA proptest). Two new stress tests
(`long_stream_drift_stays_bounded` in each module) feed a
magnitude-alternating stream for `5 · RECOMPUTE_EVERY · period`
updates and assert the reported value tracks a fresh from-scratch
computation over the live window to within tight tolerance — these
would have failed without the reseed on Bollinger's `sum_sq`.

The misleading `sma.rs` comment that claimed drift was already
bounded by recomputing the sum after each pop is rewritten to
describe the actual reseed strategy (audit finding L2-Rust).
2026-05-23 10:42:50 +02:00

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//! Bollinger Bands.
use std::collections::VecDeque;
use crate::error::{Error, Result};
use crate::traits::Indicator;
/// Bollinger Bands output.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
pub struct BollingerOutput {
/// Upper band: `middle + multiplier * stddev`.
pub upper: f64,
/// Middle band: SMA over the window.
pub middle: f64,
/// Lower band: `middle multiplier * stddev`.
pub lower: f64,
/// Sample standard deviation (denominator `period`, population stddev) used to build
/// the bands. Reported separately because some callers compute their own bands.
pub stddev: f64,
}
/// Bollinger Bands with SMA middle band and population standard deviation envelopes.
///
/// Standard parameters are `period = 20`, `multiplier = 2.0`. Bollinger's original
/// publication uses population (not sample) standard deviation, which matches every
/// reference implementation (TA-Lib, pandas-ta, etc.).
///
/// The running `sum` and `sum_sq` are reseeded from the live window every
/// `16 · period` updates to cap floating-point drift on long streams. This is
/// amortised O(1), preserves bit-equivalence with the previous behaviour on
/// inputs that did not drift, and is particularly important for `sum_sq`,
/// where catastrophic cancellation between large add/subtract pairs can drive
/// the computed variance negative (the `.max(0.0)` clamp below is the
/// safety-net for the rare cases where the reseed has not happened yet).
///
/// # Example
///
/// ```
/// use wickra_core::{Indicator, BollingerBands};
///
/// let mut indicator = BollingerBands::new(5, 2.0).unwrap();
/// let mut last = None;
/// for i in 0..80 {
/// last = indicator.update(100.0 + f64::from(i));
/// }
/// assert!(last.is_some());
/// ```
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
pub struct BollingerBands {
period: usize,
multiplier: f64,
window: VecDeque<f64>,
sum: f64,
sum_sq: f64,
/// Number of finite updates since the running sums were last reseeded
/// from the live window. See [`RECOMPUTE_EVERY`] below.
updates_since_recompute: usize,
}
/// How often (in finite updates) the incremental `sum` / `sum_sq` are reseeded
/// from the live window. The multiplier `16` keeps the amortised cost flat and
/// caps any cancellation drift to roughly `16 · period · ULP · max(|x|²)` —
/// negligible on real-world price scales.
const RECOMPUTE_EVERY: usize = 16;
impl BollingerBands {
/// Construct a new Bollinger Bands indicator.
///
/// # Errors
///
/// Returns [`Error::PeriodZero`] for `period == 0` and
/// [`Error::NonPositiveMultiplier`] for `multiplier <= 0`.
pub fn new(period: usize, multiplier: f64) -> Result<Self> {
if period == 0 {
return Err(Error::PeriodZero);
}
if !multiplier.is_finite() || multiplier <= 0.0 {
return Err(Error::NonPositiveMultiplier);
}
Ok(Self {
period,
multiplier,
window: VecDeque::with_capacity(period),
sum: 0.0,
sum_sq: 0.0,
updates_since_recompute: 0,
})
}
/// Classic configuration: `period = 20`, `multiplier = 2.0`.
pub fn classic() -> Self {
Self::new(20, 2.0).expect("classic Bollinger parameters are valid")
}
/// Configured period.
pub const fn period(&self) -> usize {
self.period
}
/// Configured multiplier.
pub const fn multiplier(&self) -> f64 {
self.multiplier
}
fn current(&self) -> Option<BollingerOutput> {
if self.window.len() != self.period {
return None;
}
let n = self.period as f64;
let mean = self.sum / n;
// Population variance: E[x^2] - (E[x])^2. Clamp small negative values that arise
// from catastrophic cancellation on near-constant inputs.
let var = (self.sum_sq / n - mean * mean).max(0.0);
let stddev = var.sqrt();
Some(BollingerOutput {
upper: mean + self.multiplier * stddev,
middle: mean,
lower: mean - self.multiplier * stddev,
stddev,
})
}
}
impl Indicator for BollingerBands {
type Input = f64;
type Output = BollingerOutput;
fn update(&mut self, input: f64) -> Option<BollingerOutput> {
if !input.is_finite() {
return self.current();
}
if self.window.len() == self.period {
let old = self.window.pop_front().expect("non-empty");
self.sum -= old;
self.sum_sq -= old * old;
}
self.window.push_back(input);
self.sum += input;
self.sum_sq += input * input;
self.updates_since_recompute += 1;
if self.updates_since_recompute >= RECOMPUTE_EVERY * self.period {
self.sum = self.window.iter().copied().sum();
self.sum_sq = self.window.iter().copied().map(|x| x * x).sum();
self.updates_since_recompute = 0;
}
self.current()
}
fn reset(&mut self) {
self.window.clear();
self.sum = 0.0;
self.sum_sq = 0.0;
self.updates_since_recompute = 0;
}
fn warmup_period(&self) -> usize {
self.period
}
fn is_ready(&self) -> bool {
self.window.len() == self.period
}
fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
"BollingerBands"
}
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
use crate::traits::BatchExt;
use approx::assert_relative_eq;
fn naive(prices: &[f64], period: usize, mult: f64) -> Option<BollingerOutput> {
if prices.len() < period {
return None;
}
let w = &prices[prices.len() - period..];
let mean = w.iter().sum::<f64>() / period as f64;
let var = w.iter().map(|x| (x - mean).powi(2)).sum::<f64>() / period as f64;
let s = var.sqrt();
Some(BollingerOutput {
upper: mean + mult * s,
middle: mean,
lower: mean - mult * s,
stddev: s,
})
}
#[test]
fn rejects_zero_period() {
assert!(matches!(
BollingerBands::new(0, 2.0),
Err(Error::PeriodZero)
));
}
#[test]
fn rejects_non_positive_multiplier() {
assert!(matches!(
BollingerBands::new(20, 0.0),
Err(Error::NonPositiveMultiplier)
));
assert!(matches!(
BollingerBands::new(20, -1.0),
Err(Error::NonPositiveMultiplier)
));
assert!(matches!(
BollingerBands::new(20, f64::NAN),
Err(Error::NonPositiveMultiplier)
));
}
#[test]
fn warmup_returns_none() {
let mut bb = BollingerBands::new(5, 2.0).unwrap();
for v in [1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0] {
assert!(bb.update(v).is_none());
}
assert!(bb.update(5.0).is_some());
}
#[test]
fn constant_series_yields_zero_stddev() {
let mut bb = BollingerBands::new(10, 2.0).unwrap();
let out = bb.batch(&[5.0_f64; 30]);
let last = out.iter().rev().flatten().next().unwrap();
assert_relative_eq!(last.middle, 5.0, epsilon = 1e-12);
assert_relative_eq!(last.stddev, 0.0, epsilon = 1e-12);
assert_relative_eq!(last.upper, 5.0, epsilon = 1e-12);
assert_relative_eq!(last.lower, 5.0, epsilon = 1e-12);
}
#[test]
fn matches_naive_definition() {
let prices: Vec<f64> = (1..=60)
.map(|i| (f64::from(i) * 0.3).sin() * 10.0 + 50.0)
.collect();
let mut bb = BollingerBands::new(20, 2.0).unwrap();
let out = bb.batch(&prices);
for i in 19..prices.len() {
let got = out[i].unwrap();
let want = naive(&prices[..=i], 20, 2.0).unwrap();
assert_relative_eq!(got.middle, want.middle, epsilon = 1e-9);
assert_relative_eq!(got.stddev, want.stddev, epsilon = 1e-9);
assert_relative_eq!(got.upper, want.upper, epsilon = 1e-9);
assert_relative_eq!(got.lower, want.lower, epsilon = 1e-9);
}
}
#[test]
fn upper_above_middle_above_lower() {
let prices: Vec<f64> = (1..=100).map(f64::from).collect();
let mut bb = BollingerBands::new(20, 2.0).unwrap();
for o in bb.batch(&prices).into_iter().flatten() {
assert!(o.upper >= o.middle);
assert!(o.middle >= o.lower);
}
}
#[test]
fn batch_equals_streaming() {
let prices: Vec<f64> = (1..=50).map(|i| f64::from(i) * 0.7).collect();
let mut a = BollingerBands::new(10, 2.0).unwrap();
let mut b = BollingerBands::new(10, 2.0).unwrap();
assert_eq!(
a.batch(&prices),
prices.iter().map(|p| b.update(*p)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
);
}
#[test]
fn reset_clears_state() {
let mut bb = BollingerBands::new(5, 2.0).unwrap();
bb.batch(&[1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0]);
assert!(bb.is_ready());
bb.reset();
assert!(!bb.is_ready());
}
/// Long-running stability check. After several recompute cycles the
/// reported Bollinger bands must still equal a fresh from-scratch
/// computation over the live window — even on inputs designed to cause
/// catastrophic cancellation in the `sum_sq` accumulator (alternating
/// between two very different magnitudes).
#[test]
fn long_stream_drift_stays_bounded() {
let period = 20;
let mult = 2.0;
let mut bb = BollingerBands::new(period, mult).unwrap();
let mut window: VecDeque<f64> = VecDeque::with_capacity(period);
// Forces the periodic reseed to fire 5+ times.
let n_updates = 16 * period * 5;
let mut last = None;
for i in 0..n_updates {
let v = if i.is_multiple_of(2) { 1e6 } else { 1.0 };
last = bb.update(v);
if window.len() == period {
window.pop_front();
}
window.push_back(v);
}
let scratch =
naive(&window.iter().copied().collect::<Vec<_>>(), period, mult).expect("warmed up");
let got = last.expect("warmed up");
assert!(
(got.middle - scratch.middle).abs() < 1e-3,
"middle drift: got={}, scratch={}",
got.middle,
scratch.middle,
);
assert!(
(got.stddev - scratch.stddev).abs() < 1e-3,
"stddev drift: got={}, scratch={}",
got.stddev,
scratch.stddev,
);
}
#[test]
fn ignores_non_finite_input() {
let mut bb = BollingerBands::new(5, 2.0).unwrap();
let ready = bb.batch(&[1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0]);
let last = ready.last().unwrap().unwrap();
// Non-finite inputs return the current bands without mutating the window.
assert_eq!(bb.update(f64::NAN).unwrap(), last);
assert_eq!(bb.update(f64::INFINITY).unwrap(), last);
// The window still holds 1..=5, so a real input slides it to 2..=6.
let after = bb.update(6.0).unwrap();
assert_relative_eq!(
after.middle,
(2.0 + 3.0 + 4.0 + 5.0 + 6.0) / 5.0,
epsilon = 1e-12
);
}
}