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foxhunt/crates/ml/src/feature_cache.rs
jgrusewski abd7e533bc fix(architectural): volume_bar_size in cache key + OFI front-month filter
## Two architectural cleanups, both surfaced by the wgdc8 experiment

### Part 1: volume_bar_size in cache key

Mirrors the imbalance_bar_threshold/ewma_alpha fix from `f7718b376`. The
volume bar size constant (100 contracts/bar) was previously hardcoded and
not in the fxcache key. Tuning it would have hit the same fossilization
bug as imbalance_bar_threshold did pre-fix.

Changes:
- `Hyperparams.volume_bar_size: u64` field added (default 100, matches
  `DEFAULT_VOLUME_BAR_SIZE` for backwards compat).
- TrainingProfile loader reads `volume_bar_size` TOML key.
- `calculate_dbn_cache_key_full` signature 7 → 8 args. Hashed via
  `to_le_bytes()`. Test `test_cache_key_includes_volume_bar_size`
  added; passes alongside the 5 existing tests.
- 4 callers updated atomically (per `feedback_no_partial_refactor`):
  `discover_and_load`, `data_loading.rs:146`, `train_baseline_rl.rs:599`,
  `precompute_features.rs:259,720`.
- `data_loading.rs:279` now passes `self.hyperparams.volume_bar_size`
  to `build_volume_bars` instead of the hardcoded `DEFAULT_VOLUME_BAR_SIZE`.
- New `--volume-bar-size` CLI arg on both binaries (default 100).
- New Argo workflow params `volume-bar-size` (default "100") and
  `data-source` (default "mbp10") on both `train-template.yaml` and
  `train-multi-seed-template.yaml`. Threaded into precompute + trainer
  invocations.
- `scripts/argo-train.sh` exposes `--volume-bar-size <n>` and
  `--data-source <s>` for ad-hoc overrides.

### Part 2: OFI front-month filter (latent bug fix)

`crates/ml/examples/precompute_features.rs:539-557` (the OFI/VPIN/Kyle's
Lambda computation branch when MBP-10 + trades data is available) was
loading trades unfiltered for per-bar microstructure feature computation.
The volume bar formation path filters front-month per-file (line 354), but
the OFI path did not.

Effect pre-fix: during contract rollover windows (e.g., ESZ24 → ESH25),
OFI per-bar microstructure features included trades from BOTH contracts
simultaneously, distorting VPIN, Kyle's Lambda, and trade imbalance
signals. Severity in production: small (front-month dominates ES.FUT
volume by 10-100×) but real and present in every prior MBP-10+trades
production run.

Fix: mirror the per-file `filter_front_month` call from the volume bar
path. Volume bar formation and OFI computation now both see the same
in-month trade tape. Added log line shows raw vs filtered count per file
for transparency.

## Why bundled

Both fixes touch trade-data plumbing in `precompute_features.rs` and the
fxcache key contract. Per `feedback_no_partial_refactor`, related
architectural cleanups land atomically. Both surfaced from the same
wgdc8 audit; bundling avoids two cache-key-invalidating commits in
sequence (each would force full fxcache regen).

## Compatibility

- `volume_bar_size` defaults to 100 → existing wgdc7-equivalent runs
  reproduce, but with a *new* fxcache key (the f7718b376-era cache file
  is unreachable; harmless, can GC manually).
- OFI fix is strictly more correct; no opt-out needed. Existing models
  trained on contaminated OFI features may show slight feature
  distribution drift on first cache regen — expected, not a regression.
- `data_source = "ohlcv"` Argo param now possible; routes precompute
  through volume bar branch directly. wgdc8 experiment uses this to test
  bar resolution sensitivity at volume_bar_size=500 (5× DEFAULT).

Tests: 6/6 feature_cache tests pass. Workspace + examples compile clean.
Audit-doc: `docs/dqn-wire-up-audit.md` updated.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-09 22:55:33 +02:00

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//! Feature Cache Key Utilities
//!
//! Provides cache key generation for `.fxcache` auto-discovery.
//! The flat-binary `.fxcache` format is the only cache path; Parquet
//! and old binary caches have been removed.
use anyhow::{Context, Result};
use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
/// Calculate a cache key for a DBN data directory.
///
/// Hashes every `.dbn` and `.dbn.zst` file found recursively under `data_dir`
/// by (canonical path, size, mtime). Any change to the directory contents
/// (add / remove / modify) produces a different key.
///
/// Production defaults for the bar-formation params (matches `dqn-production.toml`):
/// `imbalance_bar_threshold = 0.5`, `imbalance_bar_ewma_alpha = 0.1`,
/// `volume_bar_size = 100` (matches `DEFAULT_VOLUME_BAR_SIZE`).
pub fn calculate_dbn_cache_key(data_dir: &Path) -> Result<String> {
calculate_dbn_cache_key_full(data_dir, None, None, "ES.FUT", "mbp10", 0.5, 0.1, 100)
}
/// Extended cache key that includes MBP-10 and trades directories AND bar
/// formation parameters. The cache is invalidated when ANY data source
/// changes — OHLCV, MBP-10, trades — OR when bar-formation params change.
///
/// Bar-formation params (`imbalance_bar_threshold`, `imbalance_bar_ewma_alpha`,
/// `volume_bar_size`) are hashed in regardless of `data_source` because:
/// (a) they uniquely identify the bar stream the cache contains, (b) downstream
/// features (e.g. log-returns, targets) depend on bar boundaries, and
/// (c) without this, two runs configured with different params will silently
/// share the same cache file (canonical 2026-05-09 audit: 14 prior production
/// runs all collided on `a3f933aa...` / `c07c960a...` keys regardless of TOML
/// threshold value because the bar params were not in the hash).
pub fn calculate_dbn_cache_key_full(
data_dir: &Path,
mbp10_dir: Option<&Path>,
trades_dir: Option<&Path>,
symbol: &str,
data_source: &str,
imbalance_bar_threshold: f64,
imbalance_bar_ewma_alpha: f64,
volume_bar_size: u64,
) -> Result<String> {
let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
// Include symbol and data_source in hash — different instruments/modes get different keys
hasher.update(symbol.as_bytes());
hasher.update(b"|");
hasher.update(data_source.as_bytes());
hasher.update(b"|");
// Include bar-formation params — different bar streams get different keys
hasher.update(&imbalance_bar_threshold.to_le_bytes());
hasher.update(b"|");
hasher.update(&imbalance_bar_ewma_alpha.to_le_bytes());
hasher.update(b"|");
hasher.update(&volume_bar_size.to_le_bytes());
hasher.update(b"|");
// Hash only file contents (size + mtime), not paths.
// This makes the key independent of CWD, relative/absolute paths,
// and directory naming — only actual data changes invalidate it.
let mut files: Vec<_> = collect_dbn_files_for_hash(data_dir);
if let Some(dir) = mbp10_dir {
files.extend(collect_dbn_files_for_hash(dir));
}
if let Some(dir) = trades_dir {
files.extend(collect_dbn_files_for_hash(dir));
}
// Sort by filename only (strip parent dirs) for deterministic ordering
files.sort_by(|a, b| {
a.file_name().cmp(&b.file_name())
});
if files.is_empty() {
return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
"No .dbn or .dbn.zst files found in {:?} — cannot build cache key",
data_dir
));
}
for path in &files {
// Hash filename (not full path) + size.
// NOT mtime: PVC remounts and node reboots change file timestamps
// without changing data, causing cache misses on every new pod.
if let Some(name) = path.file_name() {
hasher.update(name.to_string_lossy().as_bytes());
}
let meta = path
.metadata()
.with_context(|| format!("Failed to stat {:?}", path))?;
hasher.update(&meta.len().to_le_bytes());
}
Ok(format!("{:x}", hasher.finalize()))
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
#[test]
fn test_cache_key_includes_symbol() {
let dir = Path::new("test_data/futures-baseline");
if !dir.exists() { return; }
let key_es = calculate_dbn_cache_key_full(dir, None, None, "ES.FUT", "mbp10", 0.5, 0.1, 100).unwrap();
let key_nq = calculate_dbn_cache_key_full(dir, None, None, "NQ.FUT", "mbp10", 0.5, 0.1, 100).unwrap();
assert_ne!(key_es, key_nq, "Different symbols must produce different cache keys");
}
#[test]
fn test_cache_key_includes_data_source() {
let dir = Path::new("test_data/futures-baseline");
if !dir.exists() { return; }
let key_ohlcv = calculate_dbn_cache_key_full(dir, None, None, "ES.FUT", "ohlcv", 0.5, 0.1, 100).unwrap();
let key_mbp10 = calculate_dbn_cache_key_full(dir, None, None, "ES.FUT", "mbp10", 0.5, 0.1, 100).unwrap();
assert_ne!(key_ohlcv, key_mbp10, "Different data sources must produce different cache keys");
}
#[test]
fn test_cache_key_includes_bar_threshold() {
let dir = Path::new("test_data/futures-baseline");
if !dir.exists() { return; }
let key_a = calculate_dbn_cache_key_full(dir, None, None, "ES.FUT", "mbp10", 0.5, 0.1, 100).unwrap();
let key_b = calculate_dbn_cache_key_full(dir, None, None, "ES.FUT", "mbp10", 2.5, 0.1, 100).unwrap();
assert_ne!(key_a, key_b, "Different imbalance_bar_threshold must produce different cache keys");
}
#[test]
fn test_cache_key_includes_bar_alpha() {
let dir = Path::new("test_data/futures-baseline");
if !dir.exists() { return; }
let key_a = calculate_dbn_cache_key_full(dir, None, None, "ES.FUT", "mbp10", 0.5, 0.1, 100).unwrap();
let key_b = calculate_dbn_cache_key_full(dir, None, None, "ES.FUT", "mbp10", 0.5, 1.0, 100).unwrap();
assert_ne!(key_a, key_b, "Different imbalance_bar_ewma_alpha must produce different cache keys");
}
#[test]
fn test_cache_key_includes_volume_bar_size() {
let dir = Path::new("test_data/futures-baseline");
if !dir.exists() { return; }
let key_a = calculate_dbn_cache_key_full(dir, None, None, "ES.FUT", "ohlcv", 0.5, 0.1, 100).unwrap();
let key_b = calculate_dbn_cache_key_full(dir, None, None, "ES.FUT", "ohlcv", 0.5, 0.1, 500).unwrap();
assert_ne!(key_a, key_b, "Different volume_bar_size must produce different cache keys");
}
#[test]
fn test_cache_key_stable() {
let dir = Path::new("test_data/futures-baseline");
if !dir.exists() { return; }
let key1 = calculate_dbn_cache_key_full(dir, None, None, "ES.FUT", "mbp10", 0.5, 0.1, 100).unwrap();
let key2 = calculate_dbn_cache_key_full(dir, None, None, "ES.FUT", "mbp10", 0.5, 0.1, 100).unwrap();
assert_eq!(key1, key2, "Same inputs must produce same key");
}
}
/// Collect all .dbn and .dbn.zst paths recursively (for hashing purposes).
fn collect_dbn_files_for_hash(dir: &Path) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
let mut out = Vec::new();
if let Ok(entries) = std::fs::read_dir(dir) {
for entry in entries.flatten() {
let path = entry.path();
if path.is_dir() {
out.extend(collect_dbn_files_for_hash(&path));
} else if path.extension().and_then(|s| s.to_str()) == Some("dbn")
|| path.to_string_lossy().ends_with(".dbn.zst")
{
out.push(path);
}
}
}
out
}