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momentum devandClaude Opus 4.8 9677c79db4 Learning harness + tunable timing knobs (diagnose 'always late')
- learn_params.py: grid-search the strategy timing/threshold knobs over stored
  sessions, ranking by total P&L AND 'entry_min' (minutes after the open the
  entry fires) — a learning method to find params that enter earlier while
  staying green.
- evaluate_setup(min_bars=...) + BacktestEngine(ready_score_pct/criteria/min_bars)
  now tunable; watcher passes WATCHER_MIN_BARS through (was a no-op: evaluator
  hard-coded 10).

Sweep finding: even the earliest params enter ~28-30 min after the open
(baseline ~33) because the first-pullback setup waits for a pullback to FORM.
Cadence/min_bars are not the bottleneck — the setup design is. Genuine earliness
needs a fast opening-breakout trigger + more historical sessions to learn from.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-16 17:07:08 -04:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""learn_params.py — learn strategy parameters that enter EARLIER while staying
profitable, by back-testing a grid of them over the stored historical sessions.
The system is structurally 'late': the default warmup_bars=15 + evaluator
min_bars=10 + eval_every=5 mean it doesn't even look at a name until ~15 minutes
in and only checks every 5 — so small-cap moves that happen in the first 5-15
minutes are already over. This grid-searches those knobs (plus the
ready-score / gap / RVOL thresholds) against the minute bars in Postgres and
ranks param sets by total P&L AND by 'entry_min' (minutes after the 09:30 open
the average entry fires), so you can pick a config that catches more of the move.
PYTHONPATH=. /home/philip/.venvs/momentum/bin/python learn_params.py
NOTE: quality of the 'learning' scales with how many historical RTH sessions are
in the DB. With only a day or two it is illustrative; backfill more days (or let
the live loop accumulate them) for a robust optimum.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import itertools
import pandas as pd
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from config import Config
from research.multi_schema import open_research_db
from research.query import (
query_avg_daily_volume,
query_minute_bars,
query_previous_close,
)
from strategy.backtest.engine import BacktestEngine
from strategy.models import SetupCriteria
load_dotenv()
def load_sessions(con):
"""[(symbol, session_date, rth_bars, prev_close, adv), ...] for stored data."""
rows = con.execute(
"SELECT DISTINCT symbol, session_date FROM minute_bars ORDER BY session_date, symbol"
).fetchall()
out = []
for symbol, sess in rows:
bars = query_minute_bars(con, symbol, sess)
if "is_regular_hours" in bars.columns:
bars = bars[bars["is_regular_hours"] == True].reset_index(drop=True) # noqa: E712
if len(bars) < 20:
continue
out.append((symbol, sess, bars,
query_previous_close(con, symbol, sess),
query_avg_daily_volume(con, symbol, sess)))
return out
def _entry_min(bars, entry_time) -> float:
"""Minutes from the session's first (09:30) bar to the entry. Lower = earlier."""
try:
first = pd.Timestamp(bars["timestamp"].iloc[0])
return max(0.0, (pd.Timestamp(entry_time) - first).total_seconds() / 60.0)
except Exception: # noqa: BLE001
return float("nan")
def run_combo(sessions, *, warmup, min_bars, eval_every, ready, gap_min, rvol_min, target_r=2.0):
eng = BacktestEngine(
Config(), target_r=target_r, warmup_bars=warmup, eval_every=eval_every,
ready_score_pct=ready, min_bars=min_bars,
criteria=SetupCriteria(gap_pct_min=gap_min, relative_volume_min=rvol_min),
)
rs, pnls, ems = [], [], []
for symbol, _sess, bars, pc, adv in sessions:
for t in eng.run(bars, symbol, previous_close=pc, avg_daily_volume=adv).trades:
rs.append(t.r_multiple or 0.0)
pnls.append(t.realized_pnl or 0.0)
ems.append(_entry_min(bars, t.entry_time))
n = len(pnls)
if not n:
return {"trades": 0, "win": 0.0, "pnl": 0.0, "avgR": 0.0, "entry_min": float("nan")}
valid_ems = [e for e in ems if e == e]
return {
"trades": n,
"win": sum(1 for p in pnls if p > 0) / n,
"pnl": sum(pnls),
"avgR": sum(rs) / n,
"entry_min": (sum(valid_ems) / len(valid_ems)) if valid_ems else float("nan"),
}
def main():
con = open_research_db("market")
sessions = load_sessions(con)
days = sorted({s for _, s, _, _, _ in sessions})
print(f"loaded {len(sessions)} symbol-sessions over {len(days)} day(s): {days}")
if len(days) < 3:
print(f"NOTE: only {len(days)} day(s) of data — results are ILLUSTRATIVE. "
"Backfill more RTH sessions for a robust optimum.\n")
grid = {
"warmup": [3, 5, 8, 12],
"min_bars": [3, 5, 8],
"eval_every": [1, 3],
"ready": [50, 60],
"gap_min": [0.05],
"rvol_min": [2.0],
}
keys = list(grid)
combos = [dict(zip(keys, c)) for c in itertools.product(*grid.values())]
combos = [p for p in combos if p["warmup"] >= p["min_bars"]]
print(f"sweeping {len(combos)} param sets over {len(sessions)} sessions...\n")
results = [(p, run_combo(sessions, **p)) for p in combos]
results.sort(key=lambda x: x[1]["pnl"], reverse=True)
hdr = (f"{'warm':>4} {'minb':>4} {'evry':>4} {'rdy':>3} | "
f"{'trades':>6} {'win%':>4} {'pnl':>9} {'avgR':>5} {'entry_min':>9}")
print("=== top 8 by total P&L ===")
print(hdr)
for p, m in results[:8]:
print(f"{p['warmup']:>4} {p['min_bars']:>4} {p['eval_every']:>4} {p['ready']:>3} | "
f"{m['trades']:>6} {m['win']*100:>3.0f}% {m['pnl']:>9.0f} {m['avgR']:>5.2f} {m['entry_min']:>9.1f}")
prof = sorted([(p, m) for p, m in results if m["pnl"] > 0 and m["trades"] >= 3],
key=lambda x: x[1]["entry_min"])
print("\n=== earliest profitable (>=3 trades) — these enter soonest while still green ===")
for p, m in prof[:5]:
print(f" entry@{m['entry_min']:>4.1f}min warmup={p['warmup']} min_bars={p['min_bars']} "
f"eval_every={p['eval_every']} ready={p['ready']} -> "
f"pnl {m['pnl']:.0f}, win {m['win']*100:.0f}%, R {m['avgR']:.2f}, {m['trades']} trades")
base = run_combo(sessions, warmup=15, min_bars=10, eval_every=5, ready=60, gap_min=0.05, rvol_min=2.5)
print("\n=== current default (warmup15 / min10 / evry5 / ready60) ===")
print(f" pnl {base['pnl']:.0f}, win {base['win']*100:.0f}%, R {base['avgR']:.2f}, "
f"{base['trades']} trades, entry@{base['entry_min']:.1f}min")
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()