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## Summary An honest, tiered cross-library benchmark — and the optimization pass it triggered. ### Performance (wickra-core, outputs unchanged) Profiling against the other Rust TA crates exposed real inefficiencies. Each benchmarked indicator is now **5–79% faster** in both streaming and batch: - **SMA, Bollinger**: flat `Box<[f64]>` ring buffers replace `VecDeque` (−69…79%). - **RSI**: `100·ag/(ag+al)` collapses three divisions into one; Wilder smoothing hoists `1/period` out of the hot path (−46%). - **ATR**: reciprocal hoisted (−42%). - **EMA/RSI/ATR**: per-tick `Option<f64>` hot state → bare `f64` + ready flag. Net result vs `kand`: Wickra now wins **RSI, Bollinger and ATR** (streaming), and ties `ta-rs` on SMA — up from losing every indicator 1.5–6× before. ### Benchmark harness New `crates/wickra-bench` (publish=false): a Criterion benchmark comparing Wickra against `kand`, `ta-rs` and `yata` on an identical BTCUSDT candle series, in streaming and batch modes. Peer APIs were verified against their source, not guessed. Wired into the nightly `cross-library-bench` workflow as a separate job. ### Honest README The benchmark section is rewritten into three layered tables (Rust core vs Rust crates; Python vs the Python ecosystem) that **show the losses as well as the wins**. The "only library that combines…" claim is gone; the new framing is breadth + multi-language reach + the deliberate safety trade-off that costs raw speed. Added an origin/why-slower rationale and a star CTA. ### Python benchmark Added `tulipy` runners and expanded per-tick streaming coverage to SMA/EMA/RSI/ MACD/Bollinger. `bench.in`/`bench.txt` now lock `TA-Lib` + `tulipy` (hash-pinned); `pandas-ta` stays out (it requires Python ≥ 3.12, the bench runs on 3.11). ### Notes - TA-Lib/tulipy numbers in the README Python table are marked ⧗ — they are produced by the CI Linux job (C extensions don't build cleanly on every desktop), not measured locally. - The matching `wickra-docs` prose update is committed separately and will be pushed with the release, per the docs-don't-lead-the-registries rule. Verified locally: `cargo fmt`, `cargo test --workspace --all-features` (3413 core + bindings), `cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --all-features -D warnings`, Node build + 498 tests, and pytest all green.
Wickra — Python
Streaming-first technical indicators for Python. pip install wickra — no
system dependencies, no C build tooling.
Wickra is a multi-language technical-analysis library with a Rust core and bindings for Python, Node.js, and WebAssembly. Every indicator is an O(1) streaming state machine, so live trading bots and historical backtests share the exact same implementation. This package is the Python binding (PyO3); it exposes 200+ streaming-first indicators across sixteen families.
Install
pip install wickra
Pre-built wheels ship for Linux, macOS, and Windows — there is nothing to compile and no C library to track down.
Quick start
import numpy as np
import wickra as ta
# Batch: classic TA-Lib-style usage over a whole array.
prices = np.linspace(100, 200, 1000)
rsi = ta.RSI(14)
values = rsi.batch(prices) # numpy array, NaN during warmup
# Streaming: the same indicator, fed tick by tick in O(1).
rsi = ta.RSI(14)
for price in live_feed:
value = rsi.update(price) # no recomputation over history
if value is not None and value > 70:
print("overbought")
batch(prices) and feeding the same prices through update() produce
identical values — the equivalence is enforced by the test suite.
Documentation
The full indicator catalogue, guides, quickstarts, and API reference live in the main repository and documentation site:
- Repository & full indicator list: https://github.com/wickra-lib/wickra
- Docs (quickstarts, cookbook, TA-Lib migration): https://docs.wickra.org
- Runnable examples:
examples/python/
Wickra ships four bindings — Python, Node.js, WebAssembly, and Rust — that all
expose the same indicators from the shared, unsafe-forbidden Rust core.
Disclaimer
Wickra is an indicator toolkit, not a trading system. The values it computes are deterministic transforms of the input data — they are not financial advice and do not predict the market. Any use in a live trading context is at your own risk. The library is provided as is, without warranty of any kind.
License
Licensed under either of Apache-2.0 or MIT at your option.