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kingchencandGitHub d9d3ad18aa feat: Family 03 MACD & Price Oscillators — APO / AO-Hist / CFO / Zero-Lag MACD / Elder Impulse / STC (#41)
* feat(apo): add Absolute Price Oscillator

EMA(close, fast) - EMA(close, slow). Like MACD without the signal EMA.
Defaults to (fast = 12, slow = 26); fast must be strictly less than
slow.

Touchpoints: apo.rs + mod.rs + lib.rs re-export, PyApo + __init__.py
+ test_new_indicators SCALAR + test_known_values flat reference,
ApoNode + index.d.ts/index.js + indicators.test.js factory + reference,
WasmApo via scalar macro, scalar-fuzz target, README + CHANGELOG.

* fix(apo): add PyApo + ApoNode + WasmApo bindings missed from ec269d8

The previous APO commit (ec269d8) only registered APO in the Python
__init__.py / Node index.js / Node index.d.ts / fuzz / tests / docs.
The actual PyApo pyclass, ApoNode napi class, and WasmApo wasm class
edits silently no-op'd because the underlying lib.rs files had been
touched by a branch switch between Read and Edit. The bindings were
therefore advertising APO from the Python module / Node package /
WASM module but not actually exposing it.

Fix: insert PyApo block + add_class call in bindings/python/src/lib.rs,
ApoNode block in bindings/node/src/lib.rs, WasmApo macro line in
bindings/wasm/src/lib.rs. cargo test workspace stays at 615 (no new
tests added; the existing test_known_values + indicators.test.js
references would have failed at import once the bindings rebuilt
without these classes).

* feat(ao-histogram): add Awesome Oscillator Histogram

AO - SMA(AO, sma_period). A configurable variant of the existing
AcceleratorOscillator (which fixes fast=5, slow=34, sma=5).
Three parameters; defaults match Bill Williams' Accelerator.

Touchpoints: awesome_oscillator_histogram.rs + mod.rs + lib.rs
re-export, PyAoHist + __init__.py + test_new_indicators CANDLE_SCALAR
+ test_known_values flat reference, AwesomeOscillatorHistogramNode +
index.d.ts/index.js + indicators.test.js factory + reference,
WasmAoHist, candle-fuzz target, README + CHANGELOG.

* feat(cfo): add Chande Forecast Oscillator

100 * (close - LinReg(close, period)) / close. Positive when close
overshoots the linear forecast, negative when it undershoots. Holds
the previous value if the close is zero (percentage form undefined).
Single param period (default 14).

Touchpoints: cfo.rs + mod.rs + lib.rs re-export, PyCfo + __init__.py
+ test_new_indicators SCALAR + test_known_values linear reference,
CfoNode + index.d.ts/index.js + indicators.test.js factory + reference,
WasmCfo via scalar macro, scalar-fuzz target, README + CHANGELOG.

* fix(cfo): add WasmCfo binding missed from 733afd9

* feat(zero-lag-macd): add Zero-Lag MACD

Classic MACD topology with ZLEMA substituted for EMA everywhere:
faster reaction to trend changes at the cost of slightly noisier
readings. Multi-output ZeroLagMacdOutput { macd, signal, histogram }.
Three parameters (fast = 12, slow = 26, signal = 9); fast must be
strictly less than slow.

Touchpoints: zero_lag_macd.rs + mod.rs + lib.rs re-export, PyZeroLagMacd
+ __init__.py + test_new_indicators MULTI + test_known_values flat
reference, ZeroLagMacdNode + ZeroLagMacdValue + index.d.ts/index.js +
indicators.test.js multi factory + reference, WasmZeroLagMacd, scalar
fuzz with hand-rolled drive (multi-output bypasses the f64-only
helper), README + CHANGELOG.

* feat(elder-impulse): add Alexander Elder Impulse System

Tri-state momentum gauge: +1 (green/buy) when EMA trend and MACD
histogram both rise, -1 (red/sell) when both fall, 0 (blue/neutral)
on disagreement. Four parameters (ema_period, macd_fast, macd_slow,
macd_signal); defaults (13, 12, 26, 9) match Elder.

Internally feeds both branches on every input so they warm in parallel;
needs one bar past the slowest branch to seed direction state.

Touchpoints: elder_impulse.rs + mod.rs + lib.rs re-export, PyElderImpulse
+ __init__.py + test_new_indicators SCALAR + test_known_values neutral
reference, ElderImpulseNode + index.d.ts/index.js + indicators.test.js
factory + reference, WasmElderImpulse via scalar macro, scalar-fuzz
target, README + CHANGELOG.

* feat(stc): add Schaff Trend Cycle

Doug Schaff's doubly-Stochastic-smoothed MACD. Bounded [0, 100]
reading that reacts faster than MACD by extracting the percentile of
MACD within a recent window, half-EMA-smoothing it, and re-stochasing
the smoothed series. Four parameters (fast = 23, slow = 50,
schaff_period = 10, factor = 0.5); fast must be strictly less than
slow and factor must lie in (0, 1].

Output clamped to [0, 100] to absorb floating-point rounding. The
stochastic stages clamp to 0 when their rolling range collapses (flat
input or perfectly monotone trend), so a flat series settles
deterministically at 0 after warmup.

Touchpoints: stc.rs + mod.rs + lib.rs re-export, PyStc + __init__.py
+ test_new_indicators SCALAR + test_known_values flat reference,
StcNode + index.d.ts/index.js + indicators.test.js factory + reference,
WasmStc via scalar macro, scalar-fuzz target, README + CHANGELOG.

* fix(stc): rename last_stc -> last_value to satisfy clippy

* ci: Retry setup-node and setup-python on CDN flakes

Setup-node on Windows runners and setup-python across all OSes
occasionally fail with a silent hang or 5xx mid-download ("Attempting
to download 18..." → fail in <1s) — pure upstream CDN flake. The fix
ran on this branch's previous merge commit (24e723f) had to be
re-triggered manually via `gh run rerun --failed`.

Wrap both setup actions with continue-on-error and a follow-up retry
step that waits 30s and re-runs the same setup. The retry only fires
when the first attempt failed (steps.<id>.outcome == 'failure'), so a
green setup costs nothing extra. The retry uses the identical pinned
SHA so we still get supply-chain verification on both attempts.

Applied to ci.yml (Python matrix and Node matrix). release.yml has
the same setup-node / setup-python steps but is rarely re-run, so
the existing manual rerun pattern stays sufficient for now.

* test(zero-lag-macd): Fix MULTI dict shape mismatch + cover warmup_period

ZeroLagMACD was registered in the Python MULTI dict (which asserts a
(n, 2) batch shape) but actually emits (n, 3) — macd, signal,
histogram — like MACD. Moved out into its own standalone test
test_zero_lag_macd_streaming_matches_batch (3-tuple shape), and
included in the lifecycle sweep. Mirrors the existing Alligator
pattern for 3-output candle indicators.

Also adds a unit test for ZeroLagMacd::warmup_period that pins both
the (12, 26, 9) classic case and a small-period config — these four
lines were the codecov/patch miss on PR 41.
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# Wickra
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**Streaming-first technical indicators. Install with `pip install wickra` — no system dependencies.**
Wickra is a multi-language technical-analysis library with a Rust core and
bindings for Python, Node.js, and WebAssembly. Every indicator is a state
machine that updates in O(1) per new data point, so live trading bots and
historical backtests share the exact same implementation.
```python
import numpy as np
import wickra as ta
# Batch: classic TA-Lib-style usage
prices = np.linspace(100, 200, 1000)
rsi = ta.RSI(14)
values = rsi.batch(prices) # numpy array, NaN during warmup
# Streaming: same indicator, fed tick by tick
rsi = ta.RSI(14)
for price in live_feed:
value = rsi.update(price) # O(1) — no recomputation over history
if value is not None and value > 70:
print("overbought")
```
## Why Wickra exists
The Python TA ecosystem has plenty of libraries — TA-Lib, pandas-ta, finta,
talipp, tulipy — and every one of them shares the same blind spot:
| Library | Install pain | Streaming | Multi-language | Active |
|------------------------|-----------------|-----------|----------------|--------|
| **★&nbsp;Wickra** | **clean** | **yes** | **Python + Node + WASM + Rust** | **yes** |
| TA-Lib (Python) | yes (C deps) | no | no | barely |
| pandas-ta | clean | no | no | slow |
| finta | clean | no | no | stale |
| ta-lib-python | yes (C deps) | no | no | barely |
| talipp | clean | yes | no | yes |
| Tulip Indicators | yes (C deps) | no | partial | stale |
| ooples (C#) | clean | no | C# only | yes |
Wickra is the only library that combines all of: clean install, streaming,
multi-language reach, and active maintenance.
## Benchmark: how much faster is "streaming-first"?
The numbers below were measured on a single developer workstation and are not
guaranteed to reproduce identically on different hardware — absolute µs values
depend on CPU, memory clock and OS scheduler. Read them as **relative
speedups** between libraries on identical input, not as a universal
performance contract.
- **Reproduced on:** Windows 11 Pro 26200, AMD Ryzen 9 9950X, 64 GB DDR5,
Rust 1.92 (release profile, `lto = "fat"`, `codegen-units = 1`),
Python 3.12, Node 20.
- **Reproduce yourself:** `pip install -e bindings/python[bench]` then
`python -m benchmarks.compare_libraries`. The script auto-detects every
installed peer library and runs them on the same generated inputs as
Wickra. The CI job `cross-library-bench` runs the same script on every
push and uploads the raw report as a build artefact.
Lower µs/op = faster. Wickra wins every batch category outright, and the
streaming gap widens linearly with how much history a batch-only library has
to recompute on every tick.
### Batch — single full pass over a 20 000-bar series
Reading the table: each cell shows that library's runtime, plus how many times
slower it is than Wickra in parentheses. **★** marks the winner per row.
| Indicator | **★&nbsp;Wickra** | finta | talipp |
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
| SMA(20) | **95.6 µs ★** | 343.5 µs (3.6× slower) | 7 640.6 µs (79.9× slower) |
| EMA(20) | **64.6 µs ★** | 223.1 µs (3.5× slower) | 12 160.9 µs (188.2× slower) |
| RSI(14) | **126.2 µs ★** | 1 107.1 µs (8.8× slower) | 15 792.2 µs (125.1× slower) |
| MACD(12, 26, 9) | **119.0 µs ★** | 531.8 µs (4.5× slower) | 49 788.1 µs (418.2× slower) |
| Bollinger(20, 2.0) | **105.3 µs ★** | 812.0 µs (7.7× slower) | 130 938.3 µs (1 243.7× slower)|
| ATR(14) | **123.5 µs ★** | 5 144.8 µs (41.7× slower) | 28 816.0 µs (233.4× slower) |
### Streaming — per-tick latency after seeding with 5 000 historical bars
A batch-only library has to re-run its full indicator over the entire history on
every new tick; Wickra updates state in O(1).
| Indicator | **★&nbsp;Wickra (per tick)** | talipp (per tick) |
|-----------|---------------------|---------------------------|
| RSI(14) | **0.119 µs ★** | 1.644 µs (13.8× slower) |
> TA-Lib and pandas-ta are not included here because both fail to install
> cleanly on Windows without C build tooling — which is precisely the install
> pain Wickra was built to remove. The benchmark script auto-detects every
> peer library it can find and runs them on the same inputs as Wickra; install
> them in your environment to see those rows light up too.
Run the suite yourself:
```bash
pip install -e bindings/python[bench]
python -m benchmarks.compare_libraries
```
## Indicators
91 streaming-first indicators across eight families. Every one passes the
`batch == streaming` equivalence test, reference-value tests, and reset
semantics tests.
| Family | Indicators |
|--------|-----------|
| Moving Averages | SMA, EMA, WMA, DEMA, TEMA, HMA, KAMA, SMMA, TRIMA, ZLEMA, T3, VWMA, ALMA, McGinley Dynamic, FRAMA, VIDYA, JMA, Alligator, EVWMA |
| Momentum Oscillators | RSI (Wilder), Stochastic, CCI, ROC, Williams %R, MFI, Awesome Oscillator, MOM, CMO, TSI, PMO, StochRSI, Ultimate Oscillator, RVI, PGO, KST, SMI, Laguerre RSI, Connors RSI, Inertia |
| Trend & Directional | MACD, ADX (+DI/-DI), Aroon, TRIX, Aroon Oscillator, Vortex, Mass Index, Choppiness Index, Vertical Horizontal Filter |
| Price Oscillators | PPO, DPO, Coppock, Accelerator Oscillator, Balance of Power, APO, AO Histogram, CFO, Zero-Lag MACD, Elder Impulse, STC |
| Volatility & Bands | ATR, Bollinger Bands, Keltner Channels, Donchian Channels, NATR, StdDev, Ulcer Index, Historical Volatility, Bollinger Bandwidth, %B, True Range, Chaikin Volatility |
| Trailing Stops | Parabolic SAR, SuperTrend, Chandelier Exit, Chande Kroll Stop, ATR Trailing Stop |
| Volume | OBV, VWAP (cumulative + rolling), ADL, Volume-Price Trend, Chaikin Money Flow, Chaikin Oscillator, Force Index, Ease of Movement |
| Price Statistics | Typical Price, Median Price, Weighted Close, Linear Regression, Linear Regression Slope, Z-Score, Linear Regression Angle |
Adding a new indicator means implementing one trait in Rust; all four bindings
inherit it automatically.
## Languages
| Binding | Install | Example |
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------|
| Python (PyO3) | `pip install wickra` | `examples/python/backtest.py` |
| Node.js (napi-rs) | `npm install wickra` | `examples/node/backtest.js` |
| Browser / WASM | `npm install wickra-wasm` | `examples/wasm/index.html` |
| Rust | `cargo add wickra` | `examples/rust/src/bin/backtest.rs` |
Each binding ships several runnable examples (streaming, backtest, live feed);
[`examples/README.md`](examples/README.md) is the full cross-language index.
The wickra-core crate is `unsafe`-forbidden, so every binding inherits a
memory-safe implementation.
## Rust API
```rust
use wickra::{Indicator, BatchExt, Chain, Ema, Rsi, Sma};
// Streaming or batch — same trait, same code.
let mut sma = Sma::new(14)?;
let out: Vec<Option<f64>> = sma.batch(&[1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0]);
let mut rsi = Rsi::new(14)?;
for price in live_feed {
if let Some(v) = rsi.update(price) {
println!("RSI = {v}");
}
}
// Compose indicators: RSI(7) on top of EMA(14).
let mut chain = Chain::new(Ema::new(14)?, Rsi::new(7)?);
chain.update(price);
```
## Live data sources
`wickra-data` (separate crate, opt-in) ships:
- A streaming OHLCV **CSV reader**.
- A **tick-to-candle aggregator** with arbitrary timeframes.
- A **candle resampler** for multi-timeframe analysis (1m → 5m → 1h on the fly).
- A **Binance Spot WebSocket** kline adapter (feature `live-binance`).
```rust
use wickra::{Indicator, Rsi};
use wickra_data::live::binance::{BinanceKlineStream, Interval};
let mut stream = BinanceKlineStream::connect(&["BTCUSDT".into()], Interval::OneMinute).await?;
let mut rsi = Rsi::new(14)?;
while let Some(event) = stream.next_event().await? {
if event.is_closed {
if let Some(v) = rsi.update(event.candle.close) {
println!("RSI = {v:.2}");
}
}
}
```
A Python live-trading example using the public `websockets` package lives at
`examples/python/live_trading.py`.
## Project layout
```
wickra/
├── crates/
│ ├── wickra-core/ core engine + all 85 indicators
│ ├── wickra/ top-level facade crate (publishes on crates.io) + benches/
│ └── wickra-data/ CSV reader, tick aggregator, live exchange feeds
├── bindings/
│ ├── python/ PyO3 + maturin (publishes on PyPI)
│ ├── node/ napi-rs (publishes on npm)
│ └── wasm/ wasm-bindgen (browsers, bundlers, Node)
├── examples/ examples/README.md indexes every language
│ ├── data/ real BTCUSDT OHLCV datasets, one per timeframe
│ ├── rust/ Rust workspace member (`wickra-examples`)
│ ├── python/ backtest, live trading, parallel assets, multi-tf
│ ├── node/ streaming, backtest, live trading (load `wickra`)
│ └── wasm/ browser demo for `wickra-wasm`
└── .github/workflows/ CI and release pipelines
```
Rust benchmarks live in `crates/wickra/benches/`; runnable Rust examples live
in the workspace member crate at `examples/rust/`. There is no top-level
`benches/` directory.
## Building everything from source
```bash
# Rust core + tests
cargo test --workspace
cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
cargo bench -p wickra
# Python binding (requires Rust toolchain + maturin)
cd bindings/python
maturin develop --release
pytest
# WASM binding (requires wasm-pack + wasm32-unknown-unknown target)
wasm-pack build bindings/wasm --target web --release --features panic-hook
# Node binding (requires @napi-rs/cli)
cd bindings/node && npm install && npm run build && npm test
```
## Testing
Every layer is covered; run the suites with the commands in
[Building everything from source](#building-everything-from-source).
- `wickra-core`: unit tests per indicator — textbook reference values
(Wilder RSI, Bollinger Bands, MACD, ATR, Stochastic), `batch == streaming`
equivalence, `reset` semantics, NaN/Inf handling, and property tests.
- `wickra-data`: unit tests for CSV decoding, the tick aggregator, the
resampler, and the Binance payload parser.
- `bindings/python`: pytest covering smoke checks, streaming/batch
equivalence, reference values, lifecycle, input validation, and
dict/tuple candle inputs.
- `bindings/node`: `node --test` cases for batch, streaming, and reference
values across all indicators.
- `bindings/wasm`: `wasm-bindgen-test` cases for constructors, equivalence,
and reference values.
## Contributing
Contributions are very welcome — issues, bug reports, ideas, and pull requests
all land in the same place: <https://github.com/kingchenc/wickra>.
A short orientation for first-time contributors:
- **Adding an indicator.** Implement the `Indicator` trait in
`crates/wickra-core/src/indicators/<name>.rs`, wire it into
`indicators/mod.rs` and the crate root, and add reference-value tests,
a `batch == streaming` equivalence test, and (where it makes sense) a
proptest. The four bindings inherit your indicator automatically once
you expose it in the language wrappers.
- **Fixing a numeric bug.** Add a failing test that pins the textbook value
first, then fix the math. Property tests in `crates/wickra-core` catch
most regressions; please don't disable them.
- **Improving a binding.** Each binding lives under `bindings/<lang>` with
its own tests; please keep the `batch == streaming` invariant.
- **Style.** `cargo fmt --all` + `cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings`
are CI gates; running them locally before pushing keeps reviews short.
For larger architectural changes, open an issue first so we can sketch the
shape together before you invest the time.
## License
Licensed under the **PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0**. See [LICENSE](LICENSE).
In plain English: use it, fork it, modify it, redistribute it, file issues, send
pull requests — all welcome. Personal projects, research, education, non-profits,
government, hobby trading bots: all fine. The one thing that's not allowed is
commercial sale of the software or of services built around it. If you want to
use Wickra commercially, get in touch about a license.
## Disclaimer
Wickra is an indicator toolkit, not a trading system. Values it computes are
deterministic transforms of the input data — they are not financial advice and
they do not predict the market. Any use of this library in a production
trading context is at your own risk.
The library is provided **as is**, without warranty of any kind; see
[LICENSE](LICENSE) for the full terms.
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