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//! Kyle's Lambda — rolling price impact per unit of signed order flow.
use std::collections::VecDeque;
use crate::error::{Error, Result};
use crate::microstructure::TradeQuote;
use crate::traits::Indicator;
/// Kyle's Lambda — the rolling ordinary-least-squares slope of mid-price changes
/// on signed trade volume, the canonical measure of market depth / price
/// impact.
///
/// Each `update` receives a [`TradeQuote`] — a trade plus the mid prevailing at
/// execution. Internally the indicator forms, per trade, the mid change since
/// the previous trade (`Δmid = midₜ − midₜ₋₁`) and the signed volume
/// (`q = size · D`, with `D` the aggressor sign), then runs a rolling OLS
/// regression of `Δmid` on `q` over the trailing window of `window` trades:
///
/// ```text
/// cov = (1/n) · Σ q·Δmid − q̄·Δ̄mid
/// var = (1/n) · Σ q² − q̄²
/// λ = cov / var
/// ```
///
/// `λ` is the estimated price move per unit of signed volume: a deep, liquid
/// book absorbs flow with little movement and reads a small `λ`; a thin book
/// moves sharply per unit traded and reads a large `λ`. It is a direct,
/// model-light proxy for the slope of the demand curve in Kyle's microstructure
/// model.
///
/// Each `update` is O(1): four running sums (`Σq`, `ΣΔmid`, `Σq²`, `Σq·Δmid`)
/// are maintained as the window slides. A window of constant signed volume has
/// zero variance and `λ` is undefined; the indicator returns `0` in that case
/// rather than producing `NaN`.
///
/// `Input = TradeQuote`, `Output = f64`. It warms up for `window + 1`
/// trade-quotes: one to seed the previous mid, then `window` paired
/// observations.
///
/// # Example
///
/// ```
/// use wickra_core::{Indicator, KylesLambda, Side, Trade, TradeQuote};
///
/// // A book where each trade moves the mid by exactly 0.5 per unit of signed
/// // volume gives λ = 0.5.
/// let mut lambda = KylesLambda::new(8).unwrap();
/// let mut mid = 100.0;
/// let mut last = None;
/// for i in 0..20 {
/// let side = if i % 2 == 0 { Side::Buy } else { Side::Sell };
/// let size = 1.0 + f64::from(i % 3);
/// let signed = size * side.sign();
/// mid += 0.5 * signed;
/// let trade = Trade::new(mid, size, side, 0).unwrap();
/// last = lambda.update(TradeQuote::new(trade, mid).unwrap());
/// }
/// assert!((last.unwrap() - 0.5).abs() < 1e-9);
/// ```
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
pub struct KylesLambda {
window: usize,
prev_mid: Option<f64>,
pairs: VecDeque<(f64, f64)>,
sum_q: f64,
sum_dm: f64,
sum_qq: f64,
sum_qdm: f64,
}
impl KylesLambda {
/// Construct a rolling Kyle's lambda over `window` paired observations.
///
/// # Errors
///
/// Returns [`Error::InvalidPeriod`] if `window < 2` (the regression
/// variance needs at least two observations).
pub fn new(window: usize) -> Result<Self> {
if window < 2 {
return Err(Error::InvalidPeriod {
message: "kyle's lambda needs window >= 2",
});
}
Ok(Self {
window,
prev_mid: None,
pairs: VecDeque::with_capacity(window),
sum_q: 0.0,
sum_dm: 0.0,
sum_qq: 0.0,
sum_qdm: 0.0,
})
}
/// The configured window length, in paired observations.
pub const fn window(&self) -> usize {
self.window
}
fn push_pair(&mut self, signed_vol: f64, delta_mid: f64) -> Option<f64> {
if self.pairs.len() == self.window {
let (old_q, old_dm) = self.pairs.pop_front().expect("non-empty");
self.sum_q -= old_q;
self.sum_dm -= old_dm;
self.sum_qq -= old_q * old_q;
self.sum_qdm -= old_q * old_dm;
}
self.pairs.push_back((signed_vol, delta_mid));
self.sum_q += signed_vol;
self.sum_dm += delta_mid;
self.sum_qq += signed_vol * signed_vol;
self.sum_qdm += signed_vol * delta_mid;
if self.pairs.len() < self.window {
return None;
}
let n = self.window as f64;
let mean_q = self.sum_q / n;
let mean_dm = self.sum_dm / n;
let var_q = (self.sum_qq / n - mean_q * mean_q).max(0.0);
let cov = self.sum_qdm / n - mean_q * mean_dm;
if var_q == 0.0 {
// Constant signed-volume window has no defined slope.
return Some(0.0);
}
Some(cov / var_q)
}
}
impl Indicator for KylesLambda {
type Input = TradeQuote;
type Output = f64;
fn update(&mut self, quote: TradeQuote) -> Option<f64> {
let mid = quote.mid;
let signed_vol = quote.trade.size * quote.trade.side.sign();
let Some(prev) = self.prev_mid else {
self.prev_mid = Some(mid);
return None;
};
self.prev_mid = Some(mid);
self.push_pair(signed_vol, mid - prev)
}
fn reset(&mut self) {
self.prev_mid = None;
self.pairs.clear();
self.sum_q = 0.0;
self.sum_dm = 0.0;
self.sum_qq = 0.0;
self.sum_qdm = 0.0;
}
fn warmup_period(&self) -> usize {
self.window + 1
}
fn is_ready(&self) -> bool {
self.pairs.len() == self.window
}
fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
"KylesLambda"
}
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
use crate::microstructure::{Side, Trade};
use crate::traits::BatchExt;
use approx::assert_relative_eq;
fn quotes_with_impact(n: usize, impact: f64) -> Vec<TradeQuote> {
let mut mid = 100.0;
(0..n)
.map(|i| {
let side = if i % 2 == 0 { Side::Buy } else { Side::Sell };
let size = 1.0 + (i % 3) as f64;
let signed = size * side.sign();
mid += impact * signed;
let trade = Trade::new(mid, size, side, 0).unwrap();
TradeQuote::new(trade, mid).unwrap()
})
.collect()
}
#[test]
fn rejects_window_below_two() {
assert!(KylesLambda::new(0).is_err());
assert!(KylesLambda::new(1).is_err());
assert!(KylesLambda::new(2).is_ok());
}
#[test]
fn accessors_and_metadata() {
let kl = KylesLambda::new(14).unwrap();
assert_eq!(kl.name(), "KylesLambda");
assert_eq!(kl.window(), 14);
assert_eq!(kl.warmup_period(), 15);
assert!(!kl.is_ready());
}
#[test]
fn recovers_constant_impact_slope() {
// mid moves exactly 0.5 per unit signed volume -> lambda = 0.5.
let last = KylesLambda::new(6)
.unwrap()
.batch("es_with_impact(20, 0.5))
.into_iter()
.flatten()
.last()
.unwrap();
assert_relative_eq!(last, 0.5, epsilon = 1e-9);
}
#[test]
fn negative_impact_reads_negative() {
let last = KylesLambda::new(6)
.unwrap()
.batch("es_with_impact(20, -0.3))
.into_iter()
.flatten()
.last()
.unwrap();
assert_relative_eq!(last, -0.3, epsilon = 1e-9);
}
#[test]
fn constant_signed_volume_is_zero() {
// Every trade is a buy of size 1: signed volume is constant -> var 0 -> 0.
let mut mid = 100.0;
let quotes: Vec<TradeQuote> = (0..10)
.map(|_| {
mid += 0.01;
let trade = Trade::new(mid, 1.0, Side::Buy, 0).unwrap();
TradeQuote::new(trade, mid).unwrap()
})
.collect();
let last = KylesLambda::new(5)
.unwrap()
.batch("es)
.into_iter()
.flatten()
.last()
.unwrap();
assert_relative_eq!(last, 0.0, epsilon = 1e-12);
}
#[test]
fn warms_up_after_window_plus_one() {
let mut kl = KylesLambda::new(3).unwrap();
let quotes = quotes_with_impact(4, 0.2);
assert_eq!(kl.update(quotes[0]), None); // seeds prev mid
assert_eq!(kl.update(quotes[1]), None);
assert_eq!(kl.update(quotes[2]), None);
assert!(!kl.is_ready());
assert!(kl.update(quotes[3]).is_some());
assert!(kl.is_ready());
}
#[test]
fn batch_equals_streaming() {
let quotes = quotes_with_impact(40, 0.15);
let batch = KylesLambda::new(10).unwrap().batch("es);
let mut kl = KylesLambda::new(10).unwrap();
let streamed: Vec<_> = quotes.iter().map(|q| kl.update(*q)).collect();
assert_eq!(batch, streamed);
}
#[test]
fn reset_clears_state() {
let mut kl = KylesLambda::new(3).unwrap();
for q in quotes_with_impact(6, 0.2) {
kl.update(q);
}
assert!(kl.is_ready());
kl.reset();
assert!(!kl.is_ready());
assert_eq!(kl.update(quotes_with_impact(1, 0.2)[0]), None);
}
}