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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:
| 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** | **clean** | **yes** | **Python+Node+WASM+Rust** | **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 7950X3D, 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.
| 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).
| 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
71 streaming-first indicators across eight families. Every one passes the
`batch == streaming` equivalence test, reference-value tests, and reset
semantics tests.
| Moving Averages | SMA, EMA, WMA, DEMA, TEMA, HMA, KAMA, SMMA, TRIMA, ZLEMA, T3, VWMA |
| Momentum Oscillators | RSI (Wilder), Stochastic, CCI, ROC, Williams %R, MFI, Awesome Oscillator, MOM, CMO, TSI, PMO, StochRSI, Ultimate Oscillator |
| 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 |
| 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
| 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 71 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.
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