//! `.fxcache` file reader (Arrow IPC, FXCACHE_VERSION=10). //! //! Decoupled from `crates/ml/src/fxcache.rs` to keep `ml-alpha`'s dependency //! footprint tight, but uses the **same Apache Arrow IPC wire format** as the //! production writer in `ml::fxcache::write_fxcache`. Schema/version/dim //! validation happens against the Arrow schema metadata embedded in the file — //! no compile-time constant matching needed, no off-by-N alignment risk. //! //! ## File layout //! //! Arrow IPC `.arrow` file with two columns and metadata: //! //! ```text //! Schema: //! ts_ns: Int64 (nullable=false) //! record: FixedSizeBinary(N) (nullable=false) //! where N = 4 × (feat_dim + target_dim + ofi_dim) //! //! Schema metadata (all String values): //! fxcache_version: "10" //! feat_dim: "42" //! target_dim: "6" //! ofi_dim: "32" //! has_ofi: "true" | "false" //! cache_key_hex: 64-char hex of the 32-byte SHA256 key //! feature_schema_hash: 16-char hex of the FNV-1a feature-schema hash //! //! Row blob layout (the FixedSizeBinary bytes for each bar): //! [feat_dim × f32 LE][target_dim × f32 LE][ofi_dim × f32 LE] //! ``` //! //! ## Why we materialize at `open()` rather than mmap //! //! V9 (custom binary) used `memmap2` for zero-copy slice views. Alpha (Arrow IPC) //! reads all batches into memory at `open()`. At our scale (175k bars × 80 //! f32 ≈ 56 MB), the time difference vs. mmap is <100 ms, well below the GPU //! upload cost. The trade-off buys us: schema-in-file, multi-language tooling //! (Python/polars can read directly), and elimination of the off-by-N //! alignment bugs that plagued the custom-binary format. use std::fs::File; use std::path::Path; use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Context, Result}; use arrow::array::{Array, FixedSizeBinaryArray, Int64Array}; use arrow::ipc::reader::FileReader; /// Alpha Arrow IPC format version. Mirrors `ml::fxcache::FXCACHE_VERSION`. pub const FXCACHE_VERSION: u16 = 10; /// Alpha feature block dimensionality. Mirrors `ml::fxcache::ALPHA_FEATURE_DIM`. /// Files with the `alpha_feature_dim` schema-metadata key contain a third Arrow /// column (`alpha_features: FixedSizeBinary(ALPHA_FEATURE_DIM × 4)`) with the /// FoxhuntQ-Δ Phase 1c modern microstructure features. pub const ALPHA_FEATURE_DIM: usize = 134; /// Feature dimension (per-bar). Mirrors `ml::fxcache::FEAT_DIM`. pub const FEAT_DIM: usize = 42; /// Target dimension (per-bar). Includes `preproc_close[0]`, `preproc_next[1]`, /// `raw_close[2]`, `raw_next[3]`, `raw_open[4]`, `mid_open[5]`. pub const TARGET_DIM: usize = 6; /// OFI dimension (per-bar) — order-flow imbalance microstructure features. pub const OFI_DIM: usize = 32; /// Total f32 values per record. pub const RECORD_F32_COUNT: usize = FEAT_DIM + TARGET_DIM + OFI_DIM; /// Column index of `preproc_close` within the target slice. Used for label /// generation (binary direction prediction at horizon H). pub const COL_PREPROC_CLOSE: usize = FEAT_DIM; /// Column index of `raw_close` within the target slice. Used for honest P&L /// signal calculation (preproc is log-return normalized which loses sign info /// in some configurations). pub const COL_RAW_CLOSE: usize = FEAT_DIM + 2; /// Parsed fxcache header metadata, derived from the Arrow schema's /// `metadata: HashMap`. #[derive(Debug, Clone)] pub struct FxCacheMetadata { pub version: u16, pub bar_count: usize, pub feat_dim: usize, pub target_dim: usize, pub ofi_dim: usize, pub cache_key_hex: String, pub feature_schema_hash: u64, pub has_ofi: bool, } /// One fxcache record (zero-copy slice views into the reader's cached f32 /// buffer). Cheap to construct. #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)] pub struct FxCacheRecord<'a> { /// Feature vector (42-dim base OHLCV + technical features). pub features: &'a [f32], /// Target slice (6 columns: preproc_close, preproc_next, raw_close, /// raw_next, raw_open, mid_open). pub targets: &'a [f32], /// Order-flow imbalance microstructure features (32-dim). pub ofi: &'a [f32], } /// fxcache reader — owns the materialized f32 + timestamp arrays. /// /// `record(i)` returns slice views into the owned buffer; the reader must /// outlive any record borrow. Same observed API as the previous mmap-based /// reader (callers don't need to change). /// /// When the file contains the optional alpha_features column, the reader /// additionally exposes `alpha_features(i)` for the Phase 1c modern feature /// set. pub struct FxCacheReader { metadata: FxCacheMetadata, /// Flat f32 storage: `bar_count × RECORD_F32_COUNT`, row-major. f32_data: Vec, timestamps: Vec, /// Optional flat alpha storage: `bar_count × alpha_dim`, row-major. /// `None` for files without the alpha column. alpha_data: Option>, /// Detected alpha-feature width per row (from `alpha_feature_dim` metadata). /// `None` iff `alpha_data` is `None`. The fxcache schema carries the /// variable-width 134-dim bar-level stack or the 81-dim per-snapshot /// stack via the same column with this metadata-declared dim. alpha_dim: Option, } impl FxCacheReader { /// Open and validate an fxcache file (Arrow IPC format). pub fn open>(path: P) -> Result { let path_ref = path.as_ref(); let file = File::open(path_ref) .with_context(|| format!("opening fxcache: {}", path_ref.display()))?; let mut reader = FileReader::try_new(file, None) .with_context(|| format!("Arrow IPC reader init for {}", path_ref.display()))?; let schema = reader.schema(); let meta_map = schema.metadata(); // ── Validate schema metadata against current ml-alpha constants ── let version: u16 = meta_map .get("fxcache_version") .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("fxcache: missing schema metadata 'fxcache_version'"))? .parse() .context("parse fxcache_version")?; if version != FXCACHE_VERSION { bail!( "fxcache version mismatch: file={}, ml-alpha expects {}", version, FXCACHE_VERSION ); } let feat_dim: usize = meta_map .get("feat_dim") .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("missing 'feat_dim'"))? .parse() .context("parse feat_dim")?; let target_dim: usize = meta_map .get("target_dim") .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("missing 'target_dim'"))? .parse() .context("parse target_dim")?; let ofi_dim: usize = meta_map .get("ofi_dim") .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("missing 'ofi_dim'"))? .parse() .context("parse ofi_dim")?; let has_ofi: bool = meta_map .get("has_ofi") .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("missing 'has_ofi'"))? .parse() .context("parse has_ofi")?; let feature_schema_hash = u64::from_str_radix( meta_map .get("feature_schema_hash") .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("missing 'feature_schema_hash'"))?, 16, ) .context("parse feature_schema_hash hex")?; let cache_key_hex = meta_map .get("cache_key_hex") .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("missing 'cache_key_hex'"))? .clone(); if feat_dim != FEAT_DIM || target_dim != TARGET_DIM || ofi_dim != OFI_DIM { bail!( "fxcache dim mismatch: schema(feat={feat_dim}, target={target_dim}, ofi={ofi_dim}) \ vs ml-alpha consts ({FEAT_DIM}, {TARGET_DIM}, {OFI_DIM})" ); } // Detect optional alpha_features column (FoxhuntQ-Δ Phase 1c). The // dim is variable: 134 for the bar-level alpha stack, 81 for the // snapshot stack, or anything else the writer chose. The reader // honors whatever the file declares; downstream consumers // (training.rs) read `reader.alpha_feature_dim()` to size their // model accordingly. let alpha_dim: Option = if meta_map.contains_key("alpha_feature_dim") { let declared: usize = meta_map .get("alpha_feature_dim") .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("alpha_feature_dim metadata key absent during guard race"))? .parse() .context("parse alpha_feature_dim")?; if declared == 0 { bail!("fxcache declares alpha_feature_dim = 0 (degenerate)"); } Some(declared) } else { None }; let has_alpha = alpha_dim.is_some(); // ── Materialize all batches into flat f32 buffer ── let expected_blob_size = RECORD_F32_COUNT * 4; let expected_alpha_blob_size = alpha_dim.map(|d| d * 4).unwrap_or(0); let mut timestamps: Vec = Vec::new(); let mut f32_data: Vec = Vec::new(); let mut alpha_data: Option> = if has_alpha { Some(Vec::new()) } else { None }; for batch_result in reader.by_ref() { let batch = batch_result.context("read Arrow batch")?; let ts_arr = batch .column(0) .as_any() .downcast_ref::() .ok_or_else(|| { anyhow!( "fxcache column 0 should be Int64, got {:?}", batch.column(0).data_type() ) })?; let blob_arr = batch .column(1) .as_any() .downcast_ref::() .ok_or_else(|| { anyhow!( "fxcache column 1 should be FixedSizeBinary, got {:?}", batch.column(1).data_type() ) })?; let alpha_arr_opt = if has_alpha { if batch.num_columns() < 3 { bail!( "fxcache claims alpha_feature_dim but has {} columns (expected 3)", batch.num_columns() ); } Some( batch .column(2) .as_any() .downcast_ref::() .ok_or_else(|| { anyhow!( "fxcache alpha column should be FixedSizeBinary, got {:?}", batch.column(2).data_type() ) })?, ) } else { None }; for i in 0..batch.num_rows() { timestamps.push(ts_arr.value(i)); let blob: &[u8] = blob_arr.value(i); if blob.len() != expected_blob_size { bail!( "fxcache row blob size {} != expected {} (RECORD_F32_COUNT * 4)", blob.len(), expected_blob_size ); } // Decode RECORD_F32_COUNT little-endian f32 values into the flat buffer. for j in 0..RECORD_F32_COUNT { let off = j * 4; let value = f32::from_le_bytes([ blob[off], blob[off + 1], blob[off + 2], blob[off + 3], ]); f32_data.push(value); } if let (Some(alpha_arr), Some(dst), Some(dim)) = (alpha_arr_opt, alpha_data.as_mut(), alpha_dim) { let alpha_blob: &[u8] = alpha_arr.value(i); if alpha_blob.len() != expected_alpha_blob_size { bail!( "fxcache alpha row blob size {} != expected {} (alpha_feature_dim × 4)", alpha_blob.len(), expected_alpha_blob_size ); } for j in 0..dim { let off = j * 4; dst.push(f32::from_le_bytes([ alpha_blob[off], alpha_blob[off + 1], alpha_blob[off + 2], alpha_blob[off + 3], ])); } } } } let bar_count = timestamps.len(); if bar_count == 0 { bail!("fxcache is empty: 0 bars"); } let metadata = FxCacheMetadata { version, bar_count, feat_dim, target_dim, ofi_dim, cache_key_hex, feature_schema_hash, has_ofi, }; Ok(Self { metadata, f32_data, timestamps, alpha_data, alpha_dim, }) } /// Whether the file contains the alpha_features column. pub fn has_alpha_features(&self) -> bool { self.alpha_data.is_some() } /// Width of the alpha-features row stored in the file. `None` if the /// fxcache was written without the alpha column. Variable across files: /// 134 for the bar-level stack, 81 for the per-snapshot stack. pub fn alpha_feature_dim(&self) -> Option { self.alpha_dim } /// Alpha feature row for bar `i`, if the file contains the alpha column. /// Returns `None` if the file is alpha-without-alphafeatures (legacy write). /// Panics if `i >= bar_count`. pub fn alpha_features(&self, i: usize) -> Option<&[f32]> { assert!( i < self.metadata.bar_count, "alpha_features({i}) >= bar_count({})", self.metadata.bar_count ); let dim = self.alpha_dim?; self.alpha_data.as_ref().map(|buf| { let start = i * dim; &buf[start..start + dim] }) } /// Borrow header metadata. pub fn metadata(&self) -> &FxCacheMetadata { &self.metadata } /// Number of bars (records) in the file. pub fn bar_count(&self) -> usize { self.metadata.bar_count } /// Return the timestamp (nanoseconds since Unix epoch, signed) for record /// `i`. Panics if `i >= bar_count`. pub fn record_timestamp(&self, i: usize) -> i64 { assert!( i < self.metadata.bar_count, "record_timestamp({i}) >= bar_count({})", self.metadata.bar_count ); self.timestamps[i] } /// Return zero-copy slice views of record `i`. Panics if `i >= bar_count`. /// /// # Performance /// /// O(1) — slice indexing into the owned `f32_data` buffer. The buffer /// was materialized once at `open()`. pub fn record(&self, i: usize) -> FxCacheRecord<'_> { assert!( i < self.metadata.bar_count, "record({i}) >= bar_count({})", self.metadata.bar_count ); let start = i * RECORD_F32_COUNT; let row = &self.f32_data[start..start + RECORD_F32_COUNT]; FxCacheRecord { features: &row[..FEAT_DIM], targets: &row[FEAT_DIM..FEAT_DIM + TARGET_DIM], ofi: &row[FEAT_DIM + TARGET_DIM..], } } } #[cfg(test)] mod tests { use super::*; /// Smoke test: open the local Phase 1a test fxcache and verify metadata /// + that the timestamp + feature values look plausible. Ignored by /// default because it depends on the local test_data symlink AND the /// file must be in alpha Arrow IPC format (regenerate via /// `crates/ml/examples/precompute_features.rs` after the format change). /// Run with: `cargo test -p ml-alpha --lib -- --ignored fxcache_local_smoke`. #[test] #[ignore] fn fxcache_local_smoke() { let path = "/home/jgrusewski/Work/foxhunt/test_data/feature-cache/13c0b086a975cc7e2384377a2cd0e97738c9410292fcfecb5807c29bf885cb48.fxcache"; let reader = FxCacheReader::open(path).expect("local fxcache should open"); let m = reader.metadata(); assert_eq!(m.version, FXCACHE_VERSION); assert_eq!(m.feat_dim, FEAT_DIM); assert_eq!(m.target_dim, TARGET_DIM); assert_eq!(m.ofi_dim, OFI_DIM); assert!(m.has_ofi); assert!(m.bar_count > 0); // Bounds check: first + last record readable. let first = reader.record(0); assert_eq!(first.features.len(), FEAT_DIM); assert_eq!(first.targets.len(), TARGET_DIM); assert_eq!(first.ofi.len(), OFI_DIM); let last = reader.record(m.bar_count - 1); assert_eq!(last.features.len(), FEAT_DIM); // Timestamps should be plausible (post-2020 nanoseconds since epoch: // between ~1.6e18 and ~2.0e18) AND monotonically non-decreasing. let t0 = reader.record_timestamp(0); let t_last = reader.record_timestamp(m.bar_count - 1); assert!( t0 > 1_500_000_000_000_000_000 && t0 < 2_500_000_000_000_000_000, "first timestamp {t0} ns is implausible" ); assert!( t_last >= t0, "timestamps not monotonic: t_last={t_last} < t0={t0}" ); // raw_close (target column 2) should be a plausible price magnitude // (futures contracts: O(10) to O(1e5), never NaN/Inf or O(1e30)). let raw_close_first = first.targets[2]; assert!( raw_close_first.is_finite() && raw_close_first.abs() < 1.0e6, "first raw_close {raw_close_first} looks broken (sentinel-magnitude?)" ); } }