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fin_primitives/signals/indicators/
range_efficiency.rs

1//! Range Efficiency indicator.
2
3use crate::error::FinError;
4use crate::signals::{BarInput, Signal, SignalValue};
5use rust_decimal::Decimal;
6use std::collections::VecDeque;
7
8/// Range Efficiency — ratio of net price displacement to the sum of all bar ranges
9/// over the last `period` bars.
10///
11/// ```text
12/// net_move   = |close_now - close_N_ago|
13/// total_range = sum(high_i - low_i) for i in last N bars
14/// efficiency  = net_move / total_range
15/// ```
16///
17/// - **Near 1.0**: price moved consistently in one direction with tight, efficient bars.
18/// - **Near 0.0**: lots of range used, little net movement — choppy, mean-reverting market.
19/// - Compared to `DirectionalEfficiency` (which uses bar-to-bar returns), this uses raw
20///   bar ranges — it's more sensitive to volatility.
21/// - Returns [`SignalValue::Unavailable`] until `period` bars have been seen.
22/// - Returns [`SignalValue::Unavailable`] if total range is zero.
23///
24/// # Errors
25/// Returns [`FinError::InvalidPeriod`] if `period == 0`.
26///
27/// # Example
28/// ```rust
29/// use fin_primitives::signals::indicators::RangeEfficiency;
30/// use fin_primitives::signals::Signal;
31///
32/// let re = RangeEfficiency::new("re", 10).unwrap();
33/// assert_eq!(re.period(), 10);
34/// ```
35pub struct RangeEfficiency {
36    name: String,
37    period: usize,
38    closes: VecDeque<Decimal>,
39    ranges: VecDeque<Decimal>,
40    range_sum: Decimal,
41}
42
43impl RangeEfficiency {
44    /// Constructs a new `RangeEfficiency`.
45    ///
46    /// # Errors
47    /// Returns [`FinError::InvalidPeriod`] if `period == 0`.
48    pub fn new(name: impl Into<String>, period: usize) -> Result<Self, FinError> {
49        if period == 0 {
50            return Err(FinError::InvalidPeriod(period));
51        }
52        Ok(Self {
53            name: name.into(),
54            period,
55            closes: VecDeque::with_capacity(period + 1),
56            ranges: VecDeque::with_capacity(period),
57            range_sum: Decimal::ZERO,
58        })
59    }
60}
61
62impl Signal for RangeEfficiency {
63    fn name(&self) -> &str { &self.name }
64    fn period(&self) -> usize { self.period }
65    fn is_ready(&self) -> bool { self.ranges.len() >= self.period }
66
67    fn update(&mut self, bar: &BarInput) -> Result<SignalValue, FinError> {
68        let range = bar.range();
69
70        self.closes.push_back(bar.close);
71        if self.closes.len() > self.period + 1 {
72            self.closes.pop_front();
73        }
74
75        self.range_sum += range;
76        self.ranges.push_back(range);
77        if self.ranges.len() > self.period {
78            let removed = self.ranges.pop_front().unwrap();
79            self.range_sum -= removed;
80        }
81
82        if self.ranges.len() < self.period || self.closes.len() <= self.period {
83            return Ok(SignalValue::Unavailable);
84        }
85
86        if self.range_sum.is_zero() {
87            return Ok(SignalValue::Unavailable);
88        }
89
90        let first = *self.closes.front().unwrap();
91        let last = *self.closes.back().unwrap();
92        let net_move = (last - first).abs();
93
94        let efficiency = net_move
95            .checked_div(self.range_sum)
96            .ok_or(FinError::ArithmeticOverflow)?;
97
98        Ok(SignalValue::Scalar(efficiency))
99    }
100
101    fn reset(&mut self) {
102        self.closes.clear();
103        self.ranges.clear();
104        self.range_sum = Decimal::ZERO;
105    }
106}
107
108#[cfg(test)]
109mod tests {
110    use super::*;
111    use crate::ohlcv::OhlcvBar;
112    use crate::signals::Signal;
113    use crate::types::{NanoTimestamp, Price, Quantity, Symbol};
114    use rust_decimal_macros::dec;
115
116    fn bar(h: &str, l: &str, c: &str) -> OhlcvBar {
117        let hp = Price::new(h.parse().unwrap()).unwrap();
118        let lp = Price::new(l.parse().unwrap()).unwrap();
119        let cp = Price::new(c.parse().unwrap()).unwrap();
120        OhlcvBar {
121            symbol: Symbol::new("X").unwrap(),
122            open: lp, high: hp, low: lp, close: cp,
123            volume: Quantity::zero(),
124            ts_open: NanoTimestamp::new(0),
125            ts_close: NanoTimestamp::new(1),
126            tick_count: 1,
127        }
128    }
129
130    #[test]
131    fn test_re_invalid_period() {
132        assert!(RangeEfficiency::new("re", 0).is_err());
133    }
134
135    #[test]
136    fn test_re_unavailable_during_warmup() {
137        let mut re = RangeEfficiency::new("re", 3).unwrap();
138        for _ in 0..2 {
139            assert_eq!(re.update_bar(&bar("110", "90", "100")).unwrap(), SignalValue::Unavailable);
140        }
141        assert!(!re.is_ready());
142    }
143
144    #[test]
145    fn test_re_monotonic_trend() {
146        // Bars: close 90, 100, 110, 120 — each bar high=close, low=prev_close
147        // range per bar = 10, net_move = |120-90| = 30, total_range = 30 → eff = 1
148        let mut re = RangeEfficiency::new("re", 3).unwrap();
149        re.update_bar(&bar("90", "90", "90")).unwrap();   // seed
150        re.update_bar(&bar("100", "90", "100")).unwrap();  // range=10, close=100
151        re.update_bar(&bar("110", "100", "110")).unwrap(); // range=10, close=110
152        let result = re.update_bar(&bar("120", "110", "120")).unwrap(); // range=10, close=120
153        assert_eq!(result, SignalValue::Scalar(dec!(1)));
154    }
155
156    #[test]
157    fn test_re_flat_is_unavailable() {
158        let mut re = RangeEfficiency::new("re", 3).unwrap();
159        for _ in 0..4 {
160            let r = re.update_bar(&bar("100", "100", "100")).unwrap();
161            if re.is_ready() {
162                assert_eq!(r, SignalValue::Unavailable, "zero range → Unavailable");
163            }
164        }
165    }
166
167    #[test]
168    fn test_re_reset() {
169        let mut re = RangeEfficiency::new("re", 3).unwrap();
170        for i in 0u32..4 {
171            let c = (100 + i * 10).to_string();
172            re.update_bar(&bar(&(100 + i * 10 + 5).to_string(), &c, &c)).unwrap();
173        }
174        assert!(re.is_ready());
175        re.reset();
176        assert!(!re.is_ready());
177    }
178}