منجمد نمونے سے باہر تخصیصات کے ساتھ پورٹ فولیو آپٹمائزرز کا موازنہ
خلاصہ
یہ نوٹ بک ایک ہی ETF ریٹرن پینل استعمال کرتے ہوئے PyPortfolioOpt، Riskfolio-Lib، اور skfolio کی پورٹ فولیو تخصیصات کا موازنہ کرتی ہے۔ یہ تربیتی مدت میں تخصیص کنندگان کو فِٹ کرتی ہے، جانچتی ہے کہ مساوی مقاصد اور ہم آہنگ وزن سولور کی رواداری کی حدود میں متفق ہیں، اور بعد کے مشاہدات پر منجمد تخصیصات کا جائزہ لیتی ہے۔ موازنے میں اوسط-رسک طریقے، درجہ وار رسک برابری، دُم کے خطرے کے مقاصد، اور پورٹ فولیو ٹرن اوور یا مرتکز وزنوں پر جرمانے شامل ہیں۔ یہ ہرفنڈال ارتکاز کا پیمانہ بھی استعمال کرتی ہے اور تربیتی مدت تک محدود واک فارورڈ جائزہ پیش کرتی ہے۔
نوٹ بک دکھاتی ہے کہ لائبریری انٹرفیس اور طے شدہ اختیارات تحقیقی ورک فلو کو کیسے شکل دیتے ہیں، اور واضح کرتی ہے کہ جرمانے اصلاح کا مقصد بدلتے ہیں اور اس لیے نتیجے کے وزن بھی بدلتے ہیں۔ ایک تخصیص کو ایگزیکیوشن انجن سے بھی گزارا جاتا ہے تاکہ دکھایا جا سکے کہ وقت، فلز اور اخراجات حقیقی ایکسپوژرز کو ویکٹرائزڈ پورٹ فولیو حسابات سے کیسے مختلف بنا سکتے ہیں۔ شواہد ایک مقررہ ETF کائنات اور ایک ٹرین ٹیسٹ تقسیم سے آتے ہیں؛ کائنات کو وقت کے مطابق دوبارہ تشکیل نہیں دیا گیا، صرف ایک پورٹ فولیو کو ایگزیکیوشن سے آگاہ طریقے سے جانچا گیا، اور ٹیسٹ مدت کی رینکنگ مستحکم فاتح کا ثبوت نہیں بلکہ وضاحتی ہے۔
اہم خیالات
- ہر تخصیص کنندہ کو ایک ہی تربیتی ریٹرنز پر فٹ کریں اور نتائج کے موازنے سے پہلے وزن اثاثوں کے مطابق ہم آہنگ کریں۔
- یکساں مقاصد سے سولور کی برداشت کے اندر ملتی جلتی تخصیصات اور مقصدی قدریں حاصل ہونی چاہییں۔
- پورٹ فولیو کی خرید و فروخت اور L2 کے جرمانے ماڈلنگ کے ایسے انتخاب ہیں جو پورٹ فولیو کے وزن اور ارتکاز کو بدل سکتے ہیں۔
- ایگزیکیوشن کا وقت، فلز اور اخراجات انجن کے نتائج کو ویکٹرائزڈ پورٹ فولیو حسابات سے مختلف بنا سکتے ہیں۔
- ایک منجمد ٹیسٹ مدت یہ ثابت نہیں کر سکتی کہ دیگر تقسیموں میں کوئی تخصیص کنندہ بہترین رہے گا۔
ٹیگز
مکمل متن
# 08_library_comparison.py
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# %% [markdown]
# # Portfolio Optimization Library Comparison
#
# **Docker image**: `ml4t`
#
# This notebook compares PyPortfolioOpt, Riskfolio-Lib, and skfolio on one training
# panel, then evaluates their frozen allocations on later observations.
#
# **Learning Objectives**:
# - Fit comparable mean-risk allocators through three library APIs
# - Keep walk-forward model assessment inside the training window
# - Compare frozen test-period risk, return, and concentration
# - Reconcile a vectorized allocation with execution-aware daily targets
#
# **Book Reference**: Chapter 17, Section 17.7 (Comparing allocator performance)
#
# **Prerequisites**: `02_mean_variance_optimization`, `03_robust_optimization`
# %% [markdown]
# ## Library Overview
#
# | Library | Role in this notebook | Interface used |
# |---------|-----------------------|----------------|
# | **PyPortfolioOpt** | Classical, tail-risk, HRP, and penalized allocations | Optimizer objects |
# | **Riskfolio-Lib** | Multiple risk measures and risk parity | Portfolio object |
# | **skfolio** | Mean-risk, HRP, and walk-forward assessment | sklearn-style estimators |
#
# The comparison concerns the versions pinned by the `ml4t` image. Package breadth and
# release cadence can change independently of the methods demonstrated here.
# %% [markdown]
# ## Imports & Settings
# %% [markdown]
# ### cvxpy Compatibility Check
#
# Riskfolio-Lib relies on a small set of cvxpy internals. Surface a clear error early
# if the installed cvxpy is incompatible, rather than failing deep inside an optimizer.
# %%
"""Compare three portfolio libraries with train-only fitting and later evaluation."""
import warnings
from contextlib import contextmanager
from unittest.mock import patch
import cvxpy as cp
import cvxpy.reductions.matrix_stuffing as cvxpy_matrix_stuffing
from cvxpy.problems.problem import Problem as _CvxpyProblem
missing_cvxpy_symbols = [
name
for name in ("extract_lower_bounds", "extract_upper_bounds")
if not hasattr(cvxpy_matrix_stuffing, name)
]
if not hasattr(_CvxpyProblem, "_supports_cpp"):
missing_cvxpy_symbols.append("Problem._supports_cpp")
if missing_cvxpy_symbols:
raise RuntimeError(
"Incompatible cvxpy runtime for the Riskfolio-Lib comparison notebook. "
"Install the supported cvxpy stack instead of patching site-packages at runtime. "
f"Missing symbols: {missing_cvxpy_symbols}"
)
# %% [markdown]
# ### Third-Party Imports
# %%
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import plotly.graph_objects as go
import polars as pl
import riskfolio as rp
from IPython.display import Markdown, display
from ml4t.backtest import (
BacktestConfig,
CommissionType,
DataFeed,
Engine,
ExecutionMode,
Strategy,
)
from ml4t.backtest.config import SlippageType
from ml4t.backtest.execution.rebalancer import RebalanceConfig, TargetWeightExecutor
from ml4t.diagnostic.evaluation import PortfolioAnalysis
from plotly.subplots import make_subplots
from pypfopt import (
EfficientCVaR,
EfficientFrontier,
HRPOpt,
objective_functions,
risk_models,
)
from scipy.optimize import linprog, minimize
from skfolio import RiskMeasure
from skfolio.cluster import HierarchicalClustering, LinkageMethod
from skfolio.distance import PearsonDistance
from skfolio.model_selection import WalkForward
from skfolio.moments import EmpiricalCovariance, EmpiricalMu
from skfolio.optimization import HierarchicalRiskParity, MeanRisk, ObjectiveFunction
from skfolio.prior import EmpiricalPrior
from sklearn.base import clone
from data import load_etfs
from utils.reproducibility import set_global_seeds
from utils.style import COLORS, ml4t_palette, show_plotly_with_alt
# %% tags=["parameters"]
# Production defaults - Papermill overrides for CI testing
MAX_SYMBOLS = 0 # 0 = all
SEED = 42
TRAIN_END = "2021-12-31"
TRADING_DAYS = 252
RISK_FREE_RATE = 0.04
CVAR_CONFIDENCE = 0.95
FRONTIER_POINTS = 50
COMMISSION_RATE = 0.0005
SLIPPAGE_RATE = 0.0005
TRANSACTION_COST_PENALTY = 0.01
L2_GAMMA = 0.5
ACTIVE_WEIGHT_THRESHOLD = 0.001
WEIGHT_TOLERANCE = 1e-5
COMMON_WEIGHT_TOLERANCE = 5e-4
COMMON_OBJECTIVE_TOLERANCE = 1e-7
MAX_SHARPE_EXCESS_TOLERANCE = 1e-12
INFEASIBLE_MAX_SHARPE_POLICY = "cash"
# All common moments are arithmetic daily estimates. Dividing the annual hurdle by
# the annualization factor preserves exactly the same linear excess-return objective.
RISK_FREE_RATE_DAILY = RISK_FREE_RATE / TRADING_DAYS
# %%
set_global_seeds(SEED)
# %% [markdown]
# ## Load Data
#
# All three libraries are fitted on the same training rows and scored on the same later ones,
# so any difference between them is the method or its defaults rather than the data.
# %% [markdown]
# ### The universe, and where the training window ends
# %%
# Fixed teaching universe diversified across asset classes
_FULL_UNIVERSE = [
"SPY",
"QQQ",
"IWM",
"EFA",
"EEM", # Equities
"AGG",
"TLT",
"LQD", # Fixed Income
"GLD",
"VNQ",
"DBC", # Alternatives
]
# Configuration
SYMBOLS = _FULL_UNIVERSE[:MAX_SYMBOLS] if MAX_SYMBOLS else _FULL_UNIVERSE
START_DATE = "2018-01-01"
END_DATE = "2024-12-01"
# %% [markdown]
# ### Reading the panel
# %%
etf_data = load_etfs(symbols=SYMBOLS, start_date=START_DATE, end_date=END_DATE).sort(
["timestamp", "symbol"]
)
print(f"Loaded {etf_data.height:,} rows for {len(SYMBOLS)} fixed teaching ETFs")
# %% [markdown]
# ### One column per fund, one row per session
#
# Every library takes its inputs in this shape: an asset-by-time matrix of returns, from which
# the moments are estimated. Getting there is the last step the three have in common.
# %%
# Prepare the canonical panel in Polars before crossing into pandas-native optimizer APIs.
prices_wide = (
etf_data.select(["timestamp", "symbol", "close"])
.pivot(on="symbol", index="timestamp", values="close")
.sort("timestamp")
.fill_null(strategy="forward")
.drop_nulls()
)
prices = prices_wide.to_pandas().set_index("timestamp")
returns = prices.pct_change().dropna()
tickers = prices.columns.tolist()
num_stocks = len(tickers)
train_prices = prices.loc[:TRAIN_END]
train_returns = returns.loc[:TRAIN_END]
test_returns = returns.loc[returns.index > TRAIN_END]
if train_returns.empty or test_returns.empty:
raise RuntimeError("The declared training and test windows must both contain returns.")
print(
f"Training: {train_returns.index.min().date()} to {train_returns.index.max().date()} "
f"({len(train_returns):,} returns)"
)
print(
f"Test: {test_returns.index.min().date()} to {test_returns.index.max().date()} "
f"({len(test_returns):,} returns)"
)
# %% [markdown]
# The fixed list is a teaching universe, not a point-in-time index reconstruction. Every
# allocator sees the same training rows, arithmetic sample moments, and economic hurdle.
# %%
display(
Markdown(
f"All Max-Sharpe optimizers use an annual risk-free hurdle of "
f"**{RISK_FREE_RATE:.1%}**. The daily APIs receive "
f"**{RISK_FREE_RATE_DAILY:.6%}** under the same arithmetic annualization contract."
)
)
# %% [markdown]
# ## Part 1: PyPortfolioOpt
#
# PyPortfolioOpt is the most accessible library with good defaults.
# %% [markdown]
# Every library returns weights in a different container. Aligning them by symbol before
# evaluation prevents silent column-order errors and makes the allocation contract explicit.
# %%
def align_weights(weights, name: str) -> pd.Series:
"""Align a library weight result to the canonical symbol order and validate it."""
if isinstance(weights, pd.Series):
aligned = weights.reindex(tickers).fillna(0.0).astype(float)
elif isinstance(weights, dict):
aligned = pd.Series(weights, dtype=float).reindex(tickers).fillna(0.0)
else:
aligned = pd.Series(np.asarray(weights, dtype=float), index=tickers)
if not np.isfinite(aligned).all():
raise RuntimeError(f"{name} returned non-finite weights.")
if (aligned < -WEIGHT_TOLERANCE).any():
raise RuntimeError(f"{name} violates the declared long-only bounds.")
if not np.isclose(aligned.sum(), 1.0, atol=WEIGHT_TOLERANCE):
raise RuntimeError(f"{name} weights sum to {aligned.sum():.8f}, not one.")
return aligned
# %% [markdown]
# Solver wrappers keep diagnostics visible. Only the two pinned-library warnings named below are
# scoped to their responsible calls; exposed optimizer problems must report exact optimal status.
# %%
def assert_optimal_status(problem: cp.Problem, name: str) -> None:
"""Require an exact optimal status from an exposed cvxpy problem."""
if problem.status != cp.OPTIMAL:
raise RuntimeError(f"{name} solver status is {problem.status!r}, not {cp.OPTIMAL!r}.")
CVXPY_STAR_WARNING_PATTERN = (
r"(?s)\A\s*This use of ``\*`` has resulted in matrix multiplication\.\n"
r"Using ``\*`` for matrix multiplication has been deprecated since CVXPY 1\.1\.\n"
r" Use ``\*`` for matrix-scalar and vector-scalar multiplication\.\n"
r" Use ``@`` for matrix-matrix and matrix-vector multiplication\.\n"
r" Use ``multiply`` for elementwise multiplication\.\n"
r"This code path has been hit [0-9]+ times so far\.\s*\Z"
)
PPO_MAX_SHARPE_WARNING = (
"max_sharpe transforms the optimization problem so additional objectives may not work "
"as expected."
)
PPO_MAX_SHARPE_WARNING_PATTERN = (
r"\Amax_sharpe transforms the optimization problem so additional objectives may not work "
r"as expected\.\Z"
)
# %%
@contextmanager
def suppress_riskfolio_cvxpy_star_warning():
"""Suppress only Riskfolio's pinned cvxpy star-multiplication warning."""
with warnings.catch_warnings():
warnings.filterwarnings(
"ignore",
message=CVXPY_STAR_WARNING_PATTERN,
category=UserWarning,
module=r"\Acvxpy\.expressions\.expression\Z",
)
yield
@contextmanager
def suppress_ppo_max_sharpe_objective_warning():
"""Suppress only PPO's warning for the intentional regularized Max-Sharpe call."""
with warnings.catch_warnings():
warnings.filterwarnings(
"ignore",
message=PPO_MAX_SHARPE_WARNING_PATTERN,
category=UserWarning,
module=r"\Apypfopt\.efficient_frontier\.efficient_frontier\Z",
)
yield
# %%
def run_riskfolio(operation, name: str):
"""Run Riskfolio with scoped warnings and observable cvxpy statuses."""
solver_statuses = []
original_solve = cp.Problem.solve
def solve_and_capture(problem, *args, **kwargs):
value = original_solve(problem, *args, **kwargs)
solver_statuses.append(problem.status)
return value
with (
suppress_riskfolio_cvxpy_star_warning(),
patch.object(cp.Problem, "solve", solve_and_capture),
):
result = operation()
if not solver_statuses:
raise RuntimeError(f"Riskfolio exposed no solver status for {name}.")
if any(status != cp.OPTIMAL for status in solver_statuses):
raise RuntimeError(f"Riskfolio solver statuses for {name}: {solver_statuses}.")
if result is None or result.empty:
raise RuntimeError(f"Riskfolio returned no solution for {name}.")
return result
# %% [markdown]
# Each filter names a message, a category and the module that raises it, so it cannot grow to
# cover a warning it was not written for. A convergence failure or a numerical warning from
# anywhere else still reaches the page, which is the reason to scope a filter this narrowly
# rather than turning warnings off around the call.
# %% [markdown]
# skfolio receives explicit empirical estimators so its moment contract does not depend on defaults.
# %%
def common_empirical_prior() -> EmpiricalPrior:
"""Return skfolio's explicit arithmetic sample-moment estimators."""
return EmpiricalPrior(
mu_estimator=EmpiricalMu(),
covariance_estimator=EmpiricalCovariance(ddof=1, nearest=False),
)
# %% [markdown]
# ### Expected Returns & Covariance
# %% [markdown]
# The three libraries disagree about units: PyPortfolioOpt expects annualized moments, while
# Riskfolio-Lib and skfolio are given the daily moments and a daily hurdle and optimize in daily
# units - the annualization of frontier statistics and evaluation metrics is done separately below,
# by this notebook, not inside them. Estimating once
# in daily units and converting at each boundary is what makes the comparison one problem rather
# than three - otherwise a difference in results could be a difference in what was estimated.
# %%
common_mean_daily = train_returns.mean()
common_cov_daily = train_returns.cov(ddof=1)
mu = common_mean_daily * TRADING_DAYS
S = common_cov_daily * TRADING_DAYS
print(f"Expected returns range: [{mu.min():.2%}, {mu.max():.2%}]")
print(f"Covariance matrix shape: {S.shape}")
# %% [markdown]
# A long-only Max-Sharpe risky portfolio requires at least one positive expected excess return.
# When that precondition fails, every library receives the same decision before its API boundary:
# allocate the whole portfolio to cash at the declared hurdle and report `cash_precheck` instead
# of invoking a ratio solver. This is an economic policy, not a fallback to a different risky
# objective.
# %%
def max_sharpe_regime(expected_returns: pd.Series, risk_free_rate: float) -> str:
"""Choose the predeclared risky-optimization or cash regime."""
best_excess_return = float((expected_returns - risk_free_rate).max())
if best_excess_return <= MAX_SHARPE_EXCESS_TOLERANCE:
return INFEASIBLE_MAX_SHARPE_POLICY
return "optimize"
# %%
full_training_regime = max_sharpe_regime(common_mean_daily, RISK_FREE_RATE_DAILY)
if full_training_regime != "optimize":
raise RuntimeError("The full training window requires the predeclared all-cash policy.")
print(f"Full-training Max-Sharpe regime: {full_training_regime}")
# %% [markdown]
# PyPortfolioOpt is easiest to read because it exposes the classical MVO inputs
# directly. That simplicity is valuable for teaching, but it also means the user
# has to be explicit about robustness choices like shrinkage and regularization.
# %% [markdown]
# ### Max Sharpe Portfolio
# %%
ef = EfficientFrontier(mu, S)
weights_sharpe = ef.max_sharpe(risk_free_rate=RISK_FREE_RATE)
assert_optimal_status(ef._opt, "PPO Max Sharpe")
weights_pypfopt_sharpe = align_weights(weights_sharpe, "PPO: Max Sharpe")
# %% [markdown]
# ### Min Volatility Portfolio
# %%
ef = EfficientFrontier(mu, S)
weights_minvol = ef.min_volatility()
assert_optimal_status(ef._opt, "PPO minimum volatility")
weights_pypfopt_minvol = align_weights(weights_minvol, "PPO: Min Vol")
# %% [markdown]
# ### CVaR Optimization
# %%
cvar = EfficientCVaR(
mu,
train_returns,
beta=CVAR_CONFIDENCE,
weight_bounds=(0.0, 1.0),
)
weights_cvar = cvar.min_cvar()
assert_optimal_status(cvar._opt, "PPO minimum CVaR")
weights_pypfopt_cvar = align_weights(weights_cvar, "PPO: Min CVaR")
# %% [markdown]
# ### Hierarchical Risk Parity (HRP)
# %%
hrp = HRPOpt(train_returns)
hrp.optimize(linkage_method="ward")
weights_pypfopt_hrp = align_weights(hrp.clean_weights(), "PPO: HRP")
# %% [markdown]
# ### Covariance Shrinkage (Ledoit-Wolf)
# %%
# Shrinkage estimator for more robust covariance
S_shrunk = risk_models.CovarianceShrinkage(train_prices).ledoit_wolf()
ef_shrunk = EfficientFrontier(mu, S_shrunk)
weights_shrunk = ef_shrunk.max_sharpe(risk_free_rate=RISK_FREE_RATE)
assert_optimal_status(ef_shrunk._opt, "PPO shrinkage Max Sharpe")
weights_pypfopt_shrunk = align_weights(weights_shrunk, "PPO: Shrinkage")
# %% [markdown]
# ## Part 2: Riskfolio-Lib
#
# Riskfolio-Lib exposes several risk families through one portfolio object.
# %%
# Create the portfolio object and pass the already-defined sample moments explicitly.
port = rp.Portfolio(returns=train_returns)
port.mu = common_mean_daily.to_frame().T
port.cov = common_cov_daily
port.alpha = 1 - CVAR_CONFIDENCE
port.sht = False
port.budget = 1.0
port.solvers = ["CLARABEL"]
if not np.allclose(port.mu.to_numpy().ravel(), common_mean_daily.to_numpy()):
raise RuntimeError("Riskfolio expected returns drifted from the common daily estimator.")
if not np.allclose(port.cov.to_numpy(), common_cov_daily.to_numpy()):
raise RuntimeError("Riskfolio covariance drifted from the common daily estimator.")
# %% [markdown]
# ### Available Risk Measures
#
# The pinned Riskfolio runtime includes multiple risk families. This notebook uses:
# - **Deviation-based**: MV, MAD, MSV, GMD, KT, SKT
# - **Quantile-based**: CVaR, EVaR, RLVaR, WR
# - **Drawdown-based**: MDD, ADD, CDaR, EDaR, RLDaR, UCI
#
# Standard deviation, maximum drawdown, and CDaR appear as ratio objectives. CVaR is
# handled separately as the same minimum-risk task used by the other two libraries.
# %% [markdown]
# ### Max Sharpe with Different Risk Measures
# %%
risk_measures = {
"MV": "Standard Deviation",
"MDD": "Max Drawdown",
"CDaR": "Conditional DaR",
}
riskfolio_weights = {}
for rm, name in risk_measures.items():
result = run_riskfolio(
lambda rm=rm: port.optimization(
model="Classic",
rm=rm,
obj="Sharpe",
rf=RISK_FREE_RATE_DAILY,
hist=True,
),
f"Max Sharpe with {name}",
)
weights = align_weights(result["weights"], f"RF: {name}")
riskfolio_weights[name] = weights
n_pos = int((weights > ACTIVE_WEIGHT_THRESHOLD).sum())
print(f"{name}: {n_pos} positions")
# Match PyPortfolioOpt and skfolio: long-only, fully invested, minimum empirical CVaR.
result_cvar = run_riskfolio(
lambda: port.optimization(
model="Classic",
rm="CVaR",
obj="MinRisk",
rf=RISK_FREE_RATE_DAILY,
hist=True,
),
"minimum CVaR",
)
riskfolio_weights["Minimum CVaR"] = align_weights(result_cvar["weights"], "RF: Min CVaR")
print(
"Minimum CVaR: "
f"{int((riskfolio_weights['Minimum CVaR'] > ACTIVE_WEIGHT_THRESHOLD).sum())} positions"
)
# %% [markdown]
# ### Risk Parity
# %%
# Risk parity: equal risk contribution from each asset
weights_rp = run_riskfolio(
lambda: port.rp_optimization(
model="Classic",
rm="MV",
rf=RISK_FREE_RATE_DAILY,
b=None, # Equal risk contribution
hist=True,
),
"risk parity",
)
riskfolio_weights["Risk Parity"] = align_weights(weights_rp["weights"], "RF: Risk Parity")
n_pos = int((riskfolio_weights["Risk Parity"] > ACTIVE_WEIGHT_THRESHOLD).sum())
print(f"Risk Parity: {n_pos} positions")
# %% [markdown]
# ### Efficient Frontier Comparison
# %%
# Compute efficient frontiers for different risk measures
frontier_mv = run_riskfolio(
lambda: port.efficient_frontier(
model="Classic",
rm="MV",
points=FRONTIER_POINTS,
rf=RISK_FREE_RATE_DAILY,
hist=True,
),
"mean-variance frontier",
)
frontier_cvar = run_riskfolio(
lambda: port.efficient_frontier(
model="Classic",
rm="CVaR",
points=FRONTIER_POINTS,
rf=RISK_FREE_RATE_DAILY,
hist=True,
),
"CVaR frontier",
)
# Convert to plottable format
def frontier_to_df(frontier, mean_returns, covariance, name):
"""Convert riskfolio frontier to DataFrame with risk-return."""
results = []
mean_flat = mean_returns.values.flatten()
for col in frontier.columns:
w = frontier[col].values
ret = (w @ mean_flat) * TRADING_DAYS
vol = np.sqrt(w @ covariance @ w) * np.sqrt(TRADING_DAYS)
results.append({"return": ret, "volatility": vol, "frontier": name})
return pd.DataFrame(results)
cov_np = port.cov.values
ef_mv = frontier_to_df(frontier_mv, port.mu, cov_np, "Mean-Variance")
ef_cvar = frontier_to_df(frontier_cvar, port.mu, cov_np, "CVaR")
# %%
# Plot both efficient frontiers
fig = go.Figure()
fig.add_scatter(
x=ef_mv["volatility"],
y=ef_mv["return"],
mode="lines",
name="Mean-Variance",
line=dict(color=COLORS["blue"], width=3),
)
fig.add_scatter(
x=ef_cvar["volatility"],
y=ef_cvar["return"],
mode="lines",
name="CVaR",
line=dict(color=COLORS["amber"], width=2, dash="dash"),
)
fig.update_layout(
title="Mean-variance and CVaR efficient frontiers on the training window",
xaxis_title="Annualized volatility",
yaxis_title="Annualized expected return",
xaxis_tickformat=".0%",
yaxis_tickformat=".0%",
height=500,
)
show_plotly_with_alt(
fig,
"Two efficient frontiers over the training window, mean-variance and CVaR, annualized volatility against annualized expected return, tracing similar but not identical curves.",
)
# %% [markdown]
# The two curves are training diagnostics, not test performance. They show which allocations
# each risk definition considers efficient before any later return is observed.
# %% [markdown]
# ## Part 3: skfolio
#
# skfolio is the newest of the three libraries surveyed here; it exposes a sklearn-style
# fit/predict API with built-in cross-validation and hyperparameter tuning.
# %% [markdown]
# ### Mean-Risk Optimization
#
# skfolio uses sklearn-compatible estimators that can be used in pipelines.
# %%
# Max Sharpe with skfolio
model_sharpe = MeanRisk(
objective_function=ObjectiveFunction.MAXIMIZE_RATIO,
risk_measure=RiskMeasure.VARIANCE,
prior_estimator=common_empirical_prior(),
min_weights=0.0,
max_weights=1.0,
budget=1.0,
risk_free_rate=RISK_FREE_RATE_DAILY,
solver="CLARABEL",
save_problem=True,
raise_on_failure=True,
)
model_sharpe.fit(train_returns)
assert_optimal_status(model_sharpe.problem_, "skfolio Max Sharpe")
skfolio_distribution = model_sharpe.prior_estimator_.return_distribution_
if not np.allclose(skfolio_distribution.mu, common_mean_daily.to_numpy()):
raise RuntimeError("skfolio expected returns drifted from the common daily estimator.")
if not np.allclose(skfolio_distribution.covariance, common_cov_daily.to_numpy()):
raise RuntimeError("skfolio covariance drifted from the common daily estimator.")
print(f"skfolio Max Sharpe - Fitted {len(model_sharpe.weights_)} assets")
weights_skfolio_sharpe = align_weights(model_sharpe.weights_, "SKF: Max Sharpe")
# %%
# Min Variance with skfolio
model_minvar = MeanRisk(
objective_function=ObjectiveFunction.MINIMIZE_RISK,
risk_measure=RiskMeasure.VARIANCE,
prior_estimator=common_empirical_prior(),
min_weights=0.0,
max_weights=1.0,
budget=1.0,
solver="CLARABEL",
save_problem=True,
raise_on_failure=True,
)
model_minvar.fit(train_returns)
assert_optimal_status(model_minvar.problem_, "skfolio minimum variance")
weights_skfolio_minvar = align_weights(model_minvar.weights_, "SKF: Min Var")
# %%
# CVaR optimization
model_cvar = MeanRisk(
objective_function=ObjectiveFunction.MINIMIZE_RISK,
risk_measure=RiskMeasure.CVAR,
prior_estimator=common_empirical_prior(),
min_weights=0.0,
max_weights=1.0,
budget=1.0,
cvar_beta=CVAR_CONFIDENCE,
solver="CLARABEL",
save_problem=True,
raise_on_failure=True,
)
model_cvar.fit(train_returns)
assert_optimal_status(model_cvar.problem_, "skfolio minimum CVaR")
weights_skfolio_cvar = align_weights(model_cvar.weights_, "SKF: Min CVaR")
# %% [markdown]
# ### Independent Common-Objective Checks
#
# The libraries use different parameter units and solver wrappers. These independent
# optimizations verify that the boundaries still represent one economic problem.
# %%
def negative_common_sharpe(weights: np.ndarray) -> float:
"""Evaluate the shared daily arithmetic excess-return-to-volatility objective."""
excess_return = weights @ common_mean_daily.to_numpy() - RISK_FREE_RATE_DAILY
volatility = np.sqrt(weights @ common_cov_daily.to_numpy() @ weights)
return -float(excess_return / volatility)
common_sharpe_oracle = minimize(
negative_common_sharpe,
np.full(num_stocks, 1 / num_stocks),
method="SLSQP",
bounds=[(0.0, 1.0)] * num_stocks,
constraints={"type": "eq", "fun": lambda weights: weights.sum() - 1.0},
options={"ftol": 1e-13, "maxiter": 2_000},
)
if not common_sharpe_oracle.success:
raise RuntimeError(f"Independent Max-Sharpe oracle failed: {common_sharpe_oracle.message}")
common_sharpe_weights = {
"PPO": weights_pypfopt_sharpe,
"Riskfolio": riskfolio_weights["Standard Deviation"],
"skfolio": weights_skfolio_sharpe,
}
for library, weights in common_sharpe_weights.items():
weight_difference = float(np.max(np.abs(weights.to_numpy() - common_sharpe_oracle.x)))
if weight_difference > COMMON_WEIGHT_TOLERANCE:
raise RuntimeError(
f"{library} Max-Sharpe weights differ from the common oracle by "
f"{weight_difference:.8f}."
)
print(f"{library} Max-Sharpe vs independent oracle: {weight_difference:.2e}")
# %% [markdown]
# The matching CVaR task minimizes the historical loss tail at the declared confidence level -
# `CVAR_CONFIDENCE` in the settings cell - with long-only weights that sum to one and no return
# target or ratio objective.
# %%
# Minimum empirical CVaR is a linear program over weights, the VaR threshold, and tail slacks.
training_scenarios = train_returns.to_numpy()
n_scenarios = len(training_scenarios)
tail_coefficient = 1 / ((1 - CVAR_CONFIDENCE) * n_scenarios)
cvar_objective = np.r_[
np.zeros(num_stocks),
1.0,
np.full(n_scenarios, tail_coefficient),
]
cvar_inequality = np.hstack(
[
-training_scenarios,
-np.ones((n_scenarios, 1)),
-np.eye(n_scenarios),
]
)
cvar_oracle = linprog(
cvar_objective,
A_ub=cvar_inequality,
b_ub=np.zeros(n_scenarios),
A_eq=np.r_[np.ones(num_stocks), np.zeros(1 + n_scenarios)][None, :],
b_eq=np.array([1.0]),
bounds=[(0.0, 1.0)] * num_stocks + [(None, None)] + [(0.0, None)] * n_scenarios,
method="highs",
)
if not cvar_oracle.success:
raise RuntimeError(f"Independent minimum-CVaR oracle failed: {cvar_oracle.message}")
# %%
def empirical_cvar(weights: pd.Series) -> float:
"""Evaluate the same historical-loss CVaR minimized by the independent LP."""
losses = -(training_scenarios @ weights.to_numpy())
threshold = np.quantile(losses, CVAR_CONFIDENCE, method="lower")
return float(threshold + tail_coefficient * np.maximum(losses - threshold, 0).sum())
common_cvar_weights = {
"PPO": weights_pypfopt_cvar,
"Riskfolio": riskfolio_weights["Minimum CVaR"],
"skfolio": weights_skfolio_cvar,
}
for library, weights in common_cvar_weights.items():
objective_gap = empirical_cvar(weights) - cvar_oracle.fun
if objective_gap > COMMON_OBJECTIVE_TOLERANCE:
raise RuntimeError(
f"{library} minimum-CVaR objective exceeds the common oracle by {objective_gap:.8e}."
)
print(f"{library} minimum-CVaR objective gap: {objective_gap:.2e}")
# %% [markdown]
# ### Hierarchical Risk Parity
# %%
# HRP with skfolio
model_hrp = HierarchicalRiskParity(
risk_measure=RiskMeasure.VARIANCE,
distance_estimator=PearsonDistance(),
hierarchical_clustering_estimator=HierarchicalClustering(linkage_method=LinkageMethod.WARD),
)
model_hrp.fit(train_returns)
weights_skfolio_hrp = align_weights(model_hrp.weights_, "SKF: HRP")
# %% [markdown]
# ### sklearn Integration: Walk-Forward Cross-Validation
#
# One of skfolio's key advantages is native sklearn compatibility,
# including built-in walk-forward and combinatorial purged cross-validation.
# Here we apply the same Max-Sharpe feasibility policy before every fold fit.
# %%
# Walk-forward cross-validation: one trading year for fitting, then one quarter for validation.
CV_TRAIN_SIZE = 252
CV_TEST_SIZE = 63
cv = WalkForward(train_size=CV_TRAIN_SIZE, test_size=CV_TEST_SIZE)
n_splits = cv.get_n_splits(train_returns)
print(
f"Training-only walk-forward CV: {n_splits} splits "
f"({CV_TRAIN_SIZE}d fit / {CV_TEST_SIZE}d validation)"
)
fold_records = []
# %% [markdown]
# Feasible folds invoke the unchanged Max-Sharpe estimator and require an exact solver status.
# Infeasible folds hold cash at the declared hurdle without calling a ratio solver; the rate
# is the one printed in the settings block.
# %%
for fold, (train_indices, test_indices) in enumerate(cv.split(train_returns)):
fold_train = train_returns.iloc[train_indices]
fold_test = train_returns.iloc[test_indices]
regime = max_sharpe_regime(fold_train.mean(), RISK_FREE_RATE_DAILY)
if regime == "cash":
fold_returns = np.full(len(fold_test), RISK_FREE_RATE_DAILY)
solver_status = "cash_precheck"
active_positions = 0
else:
fold_model = clone(model_sharpe).fit(fold_train)
assert_optimal_status(fold_model.problem_, f"skfolio fold {fold} Max Sharpe")
fold_returns = fold_test.to_numpy() @ fold_model.weights_
solver_status = fold_model.problem_.status
active_positions = int((np.abs(fold_model.weights_) > ACTIVE_WEIGHT_THRESHOLD).sum())
fold_volatility = float(np.std(fold_returns, ddof=1))
fold_sharpe = (
None
if fold_volatility <= np.finfo(float).eps
else float(
np.mean(fold_returns - RISK_FREE_RATE_DAILY) / fold_volatility * np.sqrt(TRADING_DAYS)
)
)
fold_records.append(
{
"fold": fold,
"regime": regime,
"solver_status": solver_status,
"active_positions": active_positions,
"annual_return": float(np.mean(fold_returns) * TRADING_DAYS),
"annual_sharpe": fold_sharpe,
}
)
# %%
fold_summary = pl.DataFrame(fold_records)
cash_folds = fold_summary.filter(pl.col("regime") == "cash").height
if cash_folds == 0:
raise RuntimeError("The walk-forward oracle did not exercise the predeclared cash policy.")
print(f"\nWalk-forward regimes: {n_splits - cash_folds} optimized, {cash_folds} cash")
fold_summary
# %% [markdown]
# This demonstration stays inside the training window. Cash rows are explicit feasibility
# decisions at the declared hurdle, while optimized rows expose the solver status and breadth.
# %%
portfolios_skf = {
"Max Sharpe": weights_skfolio_sharpe,
"Min Variance": weights_skfolio_minvar,
"Min CVaR": weights_skfolio_cvar,
"HRP": weights_skfolio_hrp,
}
skfolio_summary = pl.DataFrame(
[
{
"portfolio": name,
"positions": int((weights.abs() > ACTIVE_WEIGHT_THRESHOLD).sum()),
"max_weight": float(weights.max()),
}
for name, weights in portfolios_skf.items()
]
)
skfolio_summary
# %% [markdown]
# These summary lines are a quick implementation check: if one model keeps producing
# extremely concentrated portfolios, it may be using the same objective as the others
# but with very different practical behavior.
# %% [markdown]
# ## Part 4: The fourteen allocations and the equal-weight benchmark on the test window
#
# Every allocation above was fitted on the training panel and is now frozen. Scoring them all
# on the same later returns is what separates a difference in objective from a difference in
# API: two libraries solving the same problem should land in the same place, and where they do
# not, the reason is a different default rather than a different method.
# %%
# Collect all portfolio weights
all_portfolios = {
# PyPortfolioOpt
"PPO: Max Sharpe": weights_pypfopt_sharpe,
"PPO: Min Vol": weights_pypfopt_minvol,
"PPO: Min CVaR": weights_pypfopt_cvar,
"PPO: HRP": weights_pypfopt_hrp,
"PPO: Shrinkage": weights_pypfopt_shrunk,
# Riskfolio-Lib
"RF: Std Dev": riskfolio_weights["Standard Deviation"],
"RF: Min CVaR": riskfolio_weights["Minimum CVaR"],
"RF: Max DD": riskfolio_weights["Max Drawdown"],
"RF: Conditional DaR": riskfolio_weights["Conditional DaR"],
"RF: Risk Parity": riskfolio_weights["Risk Parity"],
# skfolio
"SKF: Max Sharpe": weights_skfolio_sharpe,
"SKF: Min Var": weights_skfolio_minvar,
"SKF: Min CVaR": weights_skfolio_cvar,
"SKF: HRP": weights_skfolio_hrp,
# Benchmark
"Equal Weight": pd.Series(1 / num_stocks, index=tickers),
}
# %%
# Compute portfolio returns for each strategy
test_returns_np = test_returns.values
test_dates = test_returns.index.tolist()
portfolio_returns = {}
for name, weights in all_portfolios.items():
portfolio_returns[name] = test_returns_np @ weights.reindex(tickers).values
# %% [markdown]
# ### Risk and return over the test window
# %%
# Comprehensive evaluation using PortfolioAnalysis
evaluation_results = []
for name, pf_returns in portfolio_returns.items():
pa = PortfolioAnalysis(
returns=pl.Series("returns", pf_returns),
dates=pl.Series("timestamp", test_dates),
risk_free=RISK_FREE_RATE,
periods_per_year=TRADING_DAYS,
)
metrics = pa.compute_summary_stats()
evaluation_results.append(
{
"portfolio": name,
"library": name.split(":", maxsplit=1)[0] if ":" in name else "Benchmark",
"annual_return": metrics.annual_return,
"annual_volatility": metrics.annual_volatility,
"sharpe": metrics.sharpe_ratio,
"sortino": metrics.sortino_ratio,
"calmar": metrics.calmar_ratio,
"max_drawdown": metrics.max_drawdown,
"var_95": metrics.var_95,
"cvar_95": metrics.cvar_95,
"win_rate": metrics.win_rate,
}
)
eval_df = pl.DataFrame(evaluation_results).sort("sharpe", descending=True)
eval_df
# %% [markdown]
# These metrics describe frozen allocations on later returns. They support comparison of
# implementations, and one historical test is not grounds for choosing an implementation
# permanently.
# %% [markdown]
# ### What one of them costs to hold
#
# Vectorized matrix multiplication is useful for comparing optimizers under identical assumptions.
# To connect this to deployable execution, replay one optimized portfolio through Engine.
# %% [markdown]
# The bridge strategy restores the same frozen target each day. The engine then adds
# next-bar timing, slippage, and commissions without changing the allocation policy.
# %%
class DailyTargetWeightStrategy(Strategy):
def __init__(self, target_weights: dict[str, float], allow_short: bool):
self.target_weights = target_weights
self.executor = TargetWeightExecutor(
config=RebalanceConfig(
min_trade_value=0.0,
min_weight_change=0.0,
allow_fractional=True,
allow_short=allow_short,
)
)
def on_data(self, timestamp, data, context, broker):
targets = {asset: weight for asset, weight in self.target_weights.items() if asset in data}
if targets:
self.executor.execute(targets, data, broker)
# %%
# Build engine inputs from the selected library portfolio and the price panel.
bridge_name = "PPO: Max Sharpe"
engine_target_weights = {
ticker: float(weight)
for ticker, weight in all_portfolios[bridge_name].items()
if abs(float(weight)) > 1e-8
}
allow_short_engine = any(weight < 0 for weight in engine_target_weights.values())
test_prices_long = (
etf_data.filter(pl.col("timestamp") > pl.lit(TRAIN_END).str.to_date())
.select(["timestamp", "symbol", "open", "high", "low", "close", "volume"])
.drop_nulls()
.with_columns(pl.col("timestamp").cast(pl.Datetime("us")))
.sort(["timestamp", "symbol"])
)
# %%
# Run the execution-aware simulation and collect daily returns.
engine = Engine(
feed=DataFeed(prices_df=test_prices_long),
strategy=DailyTargetWeightStrategy(engine_target_weights, allow_short=allow_short_engine),
config=BacktestConfig(
initial_cash=100_000.0,
execution_mode=ExecutionMode.NEXT_BAR,
commission_type=CommissionType.PERCENTAGE,
commission_rate=COMMISSION_RATE,
slippage_type=SlippageType.PERCENTAGE,
slippage_rate=SLIPPAGE_RATE,
allow_short_selling=allow_short_engine,
),
)
engine_daily = (
engine.run()
.to_daily_pnl()
.select(
pl.col("date").cast(pl.Datetime("us")).alias("timestamp"),
pl.col("return_pct").alias("engine_return"),
)
)
# NEXT_BAR cannot hold the target during the first test return. Exclude that warm-up
# observation from both paths, then require an identical one-to-one scored date set.
warmup_timestamp = pl.Series("timestamp", [test_dates[0]]).cast(pl.Datetime("us")).item()
vectorized_daily = pl.DataFrame(
{
"timestamp": pl.Series(test_dates[1:]).cast(pl.Datetime("us")),
"vectorized_return": portfolio_returns[bridge_name][1:],
}
)
engine_scored = engine_daily.filter(pl.col("timestamp") > warmup_timestamp).sort("timestamp")
if engine_scored["timestamp"].to_list() != vectorized_daily["timestamp"].to_list():
raise RuntimeError("Engine and vectorized bridge do not contain identical scored bars.")
# %%
# Compare vectorized and engine results on the asserted common date set.
bridge = (
vectorized_daily.join(engine_scored, on="timestamp", how="inner", validate="1:1")
.drop_nulls(["vectorized_return", "engine_return"])
.sort("timestamp")
)
if bridge.height != len(test_dates) - 1:
raise RuntimeError("Execution bridge lost rows after the matched-bar assertion.")
vec_pa = PortfolioAnalysis(
returns=bridge["vectorized_return"],
dates=bridge["timestamp"],
risk_free=RISK_FREE_RATE,
periods_per_year=TRADING_DAYS,
)
eng_pa = PortfolioAnalysis(
returns=bridge["engine_return"],
dates=bridge["timestamp"],
risk_free=RISK_FREE_RATE,
periods_per_year=TRADING_DAYS,
)
vec_stats = vec_pa.compute_summary_stats()
eng_stats = eng_pa.compute_summary_stats()
print(f"Execution bridge ({bridge_name}):")
print(
f" Matched bars={bridge.height}, "
f"window={bridge['timestamp'].min().date()} to {bridge['timestamp'].max().date()}"
)
print(
f" Vectorized Sharpe={vec_stats.sharpe_ratio:.3f}, Engine Sharpe={eng_stats.sharpe_ratio:.3f}"
)
print(f" Vectorized MaxDD={vec_stats.max_drawdown:.2%}, Engine MaxDD={eng_stats.max_drawdown:.2%}")
# %% [markdown]
# The first test return is an explicit NEXT_BAR warm-up and is absent from both scored paths.
# Every reported bridge observation therefore has prior target exposure in the vectorized and
# Engine paths; any remaining gap reflects fills and declared costs on identical bars.
# %% [markdown]
# ### Growth paths of the comparable implementations
#
# The growth chart focuses on the comparable Max-Sharpe implementations and an equal-weight
# benchmark. Showing four lines preserves the cross-library comparison without a fifteen-line
# legend obscuring the evidence.
# %%
growth_methods = ["PPO: Max Sharpe", "RF: Std Dev", "SKF: Max Sharpe", "Equal Weight"]
growth_colors = {
"PPO: Max Sharpe": COLORS["blue"],
"RF: Std Dev": COLORS["amber"],
"SKF: Max Sharpe": COLORS["copper"],
"Equal Weight": COLORS["neutral"],
}
cumulative_growth = {name: np.cumprod(1 + portfolio_returns[name]) for name in growth_methods}
fig = go.Figure()
for name in growth_methods:
fig.add_scatter(
# datetime64 rather than the index's pandas Timestamps: the static-image writer that
# renders this figure alongside the interactive one cannot serialize a Timestamp.
x=np.asarray(test_dates, dtype="datetime64[ns]"),
y=cumulative_growth[name],
mode="lines",
name=name,
line=dict(
color=growth_colors[name],
# The benchmark is drawn as context, so it is the dashed neutral line and the
# three optimized paths are weighted alike - none of them is the subject.
width=2,
dash="dash" if name == "Equal Weight" else "solid",
),
)
fig.update_layout(
title="Three libraries solving one problem, against equal weight",
xaxis_title="Test timestamp",
yaxis_title="Growth of $1 (multiple)",
height=500,
legend=dict(orientation="h", yanchor="bottom", y=1.02, xanchor="left", x=0),
)
show_plotly_with_alt(
fig,
"Four growth-of-one-dollar paths over the test window: the three libraries' "
"maximum-Sharpe allocations lie on top of one another so only the last drawn is "
"visible, and the dashed equal-weight benchmark runs above them for most of the window.",
)
# %% [markdown]
# The risk-return map retains every configuration but uses color only for library identity.
# Hover labels carry the optimizer name, avoiding a fifteen-color legend.
# %%
eval_pd = eval_df.to_pandas()
library_order = ["PPO", "RF", "SKF", "Benchmark"]
library_colors = dict(zip(library_order, ml4t_palette(4, categorical=True), strict=True))
top_row = eval_df.row(0, named=True)
print(
f"Highest test Sharpe: {top_row['portfolio']} at {top_row['sharpe']:.3f}, "
f"annualized return {top_row['annual_return']:.1%} at {top_row['annual_volatility']:.1%} "
"volatility"
)
fig = go.Figure()
for library in library_order:
subset = eval_pd.loc[eval_pd["library"] == library]
fig.add_scatter(
x=subset["annual_volatility"],
y=subset["annual_return"],
mode="markers",
name=library,
text=subset["portfolio"],
customdata=subset[["sharpe", "max_drawdown"]],
marker=dict(color=library_colors[library], size=11, line=dict(width=1)),
hovertemplate=(
"%{text}<br>Annual return=%{y:.1%}<br>Annual volatility=%{x:.1%}"
"<br>Sharpe=%{customdata[0]:.2f}<br>Max drawdown=%{customdata[1]:.1%}<extra></extra>"
),
)
fig.update_layout(
title="Risk and return by library, fourteen allocations and the benchmark",
xaxis_title="Annualized volatility",
yaxis_title="Annualized return",
xaxis_tickformat=".0%",
yaxis_tickformat=".0%",
height=500,
)
show_plotly_with_alt(
fig,
"Scatter of fourteen frozen allocations plus the equal-weight benchmark, annualized volatility against annualized return, coloured by library, with several points from different libraries falling on top of each other.",
)
# %% [markdown]
# Overlapping points reveal when API choice matters less than objective choice. The chart reports
# a historical test, while the training-only walk-forward exercise provides the stability context.
# %% [markdown]
# A rank heatmap compares unlike metrics without pretending their raw scales are commensurate.
# Higher ranks are better for every displayed column, including less-negative loss measures.
# %%
metrics_cols = ["sharpe", "sortino", "calmar", "max_drawdown", "var_95"]
metric_labels = ["Sharpe", "Sortino", "Calmar", "Max drawdown", "VaR 95%"]
heatmap_data = eval_pd.set_index("portfolio")[metrics_cols]
ranked = heatmap_data.rank(axis=0)
mean_rank = ranked.mean(axis=1).sort_values(ascending=False)
print("Highest and lowest mean rank across the five metrics:")
print(f" {mean_rank.index[0]}: {mean_rank.iloc[0]:.1f}")
print(f" {mean_rank.index[-1]}: {mean_rank.iloc[-1]:.1f}")
fig = go.Figure(
data=go.Heatmap(
z=ranked.values,
x=metric_labels,
y=ranked.index,
text=np.rint(ranked.values).astype(int),
texttemplate="%{text}",
colorscale=[
[0, COLORS["bg_light"]],
[0.5, COLORS["blue_light"]],
[1, COLORS["blue"]],
],
zmin=1,
zmax=len(ranked),
colorbar=dict(title="Rank<br>(higher is better)"),
hovertemplate="%{y}<br>%{x}: rank %{z:.0f}<extra></extra>",
)
)
fig.update_layout(
title="Ranks across five test metrics, one row per allocation",
xaxis_title="Test metric",
height=620,
margin=dict(l=150, r=80, t=90, b=60),
)
show_plotly_with_alt(
fig,
"Heatmap of rank across five test metrics, one row per allocation and one column per metric, each cell labelled with its rank and shaded so higher ranks are darker.",
)
# %% [markdown]
# An allocation ranking mid-table on every column is a different thing from one ranking first
# on a single column and last elsewhere, and the heatmap is where that shows. It remains a
# diagnostic of this test period rather than a second selection stage.
# %% [markdown]
# ### Weight Distribution Comparison
# %%
concentration_stats = []
for name, weights in all_portfolios.items():
values = weights.reindex(tickers).to_numpy()
n_positions = int((np.abs(values) > ACTIVE_WEIGHT_THRESHOLD).sum())
max_weight = float(np.max(values))
top5_weight = float(np.sort(values)[-5:].sum())
hhi = float((values**2).sum())
concentration_stats.append(
{
"portfolio": name,
"positions": n_positions,
"max_weight": max_weight,
"top5_weight": top5_weight,
"hhi": hhi,
}
)
conc_df = pl.DataFrame(concentration_stats).sort("hhi", descending=True)
conc_df
# %% [markdown]
# HHI turns visual concentration into a comparable statistic. A value near the equal-weight
# reference indicates broad diversification; larger values expose greater single-name dependence.
# %% [markdown]
# ### How much each allocation depends on one name
# %%
fig = make_subplots(
rows=1,
cols=2,
shared_yaxes=True,
horizontal_spacing=0.08,
subplot_titles=["Active positions", "Herfindahl-Hirschman index"],
)
portfolios = conc_df["portfolio"].to_list()
equal_weight_hhi = 1 / num_stocks
least_concentrated = (
conc_df.filter(pl.col("portfolio") != "Equal Weight").sort("hhi").row(0, named=True)
)
print(
f"Across {num_stocks} funds, no long-only fully-invested portfolio can have an HHI below "
f"equal weight's {equal_weight_hhi:.3f}. The least concentrated optimized allocation is "
f"{least_concentrated['portfolio']} at {least_concentrated['hhi']:.3f}, holding "
f"{least_concentrated['positions']} positions."
)
# %% [markdown]
# Horizontal bars keep all portfolio labels readable. The second panel adds the equal-weight
# HHI as a reference rather than treating the benchmark as another optimized method.
# %%
fig.add_bar(
x=conc_df["positions"].to_list(),
y=portfolios,
orientation="h",
name="Positions",
marker_color=COLORS["blue"],
row=1,
col=1,
)
fig.add_bar(
x=conc_df["hhi"].to_list(),
y=portfolios,
orientation="h",
name="HHI",
marker_color=COLORS["amber"],
row=1,
col=2,
)
fig.add_vline(
x=equal_weight_hhi,
line_dash="dash",
line_color=COLORS["neutral"],
annotation_text=f"EW reference {equal_weight_hhi:.3f}",
annotation_position="bottom right",
row=1,
col=2,
)
fig.update_layout(
title="Position count and concentration, against the equal-weight reference",
height=600,
showlegend=False,
margin=dict(l=150, r=40, t=100, b=60),
)
fig.update_xaxes(title_text="Count", row=1, col=1, rangemode="tozero")
fig.update_xaxes(title_text="HHI (0 to 1)", row=1, col=2, rangemode="tozero")
show_plotly_with_alt(
fig,
"Two horizontal-bar panels, one row per allocation: active position count on the left and the Herfindahl-Hirschman index on the right, with a dashed line marking the equal-weight index.",
)
# %% [markdown]
# ## Part 5: Practical Considerations
#
# PyPortfolioOpt exposes objective penalties directly. Comparing two matched pairs shows how a
# turnover penalty changes trading distance and how L2 regularization changes Max-Sharpe breadth.
# The library warns that this deliberate objective combination uses its transformed formulation;
# only that exact warning is scoped to the regularized call below.
# %%
ef = EfficientFrontier(mu, S)
initial_weights = np.full(num_stocks, 1 / num_stocks)
ef.add_objective(
objective_functions.transaction_cost,
w_prev=initial_weights,
k=TRANSACTION_COST_PENALTY,
)
weights_with_cost = align_weights(ef.min_volatility(), "PPO: Min Vol with turnover penalty")
assert_optimal_status(ef._opt, "PPO minimum volatility with turnover penalty")
ef_no_cost = EfficientFrontier(mu, S)
weights_no_cost = align_weights(ef_no_cost.min_volatility(), "PPO: Min Vol without penalty")
assert_optimal_status(ef_no_cost._opt, "PPO minimum volatility without penalty")
turnover_with = np.abs(weights_with_cost.values - initial_weights).sum()
turnover_without = np.abs(weights_no_cost.values - initial_weights).sum()
turnover_reduction = 1 - turnover_with / turnover_without
ef_sharpe_unregularized = EfficientFrontier(mu, S)
weights_sharpe_unregularized = align_weights(
ef_sharpe_unregularized.max_sharpe(risk_free_rate=RISK_FREE_RATE),
"PPO: Unregularized Max Sharpe",
)
assert_optimal_status(ef_sharpe_unregularized._opt, "PPO unregularized Max Sharpe")
ef_reg = EfficientFrontier(mu, S)
ef_reg.add_objective(objective_functions.L2_reg, gamma=L2_GAMMA)
with suppress_ppo_max_sharpe_objective_warning():
weights_regularized = align_weights(
ef_reg.max_sharpe(risk_free_rate=RISK_FREE_RATE),
"PPO: Regularized Max Sharpe",
)
assert_optimal_status(ef_reg._opt, "PPO regularized Max Sharpe")
unregularized_positions = int((weights_sharpe_unregularized > ACTIVE_WEIGHT_THRESHOLD).sum())
regularized_positions = int((weights_regularized > ACTIVE_WEIGHT_THRESHOLD).sum())
# %%
fig = make_subplots(
rows=1,
cols=2,
subplot_titles=["Turnover from equal weight", "Active Max-Sharpe positions"],
)
fig.add_bar(
x=["No penalty", "Turnover penalty"],
y=[turnover_without, turnover_with],
marker_color=[COLORS["neutral"], COLORS["blue"]],
showlegend=False,
row=1,
col=1,
)
fig.add_bar(
x=["Unregularized", "L2 regularized"],
y=[unregularized_positions, regularized_positions],
marker_color=[COLORS["neutral"], COLORS["amber"]],
showlegend=False,
row=1,
col=2,
)
fig.update_layout(
title="What the turnover penalty and the L2 penalty each change",
height=430,
)
fig.update_yaxes(title_text="One-way turnover", tickformat=".0%", rangemode="tozero", row=1, col=1)
fig.update_yaxes(
title_text=f"Positions above {ACTIVE_WEIGHT_THRESHOLD:.1%}",
rangemode="tozero",
row=1,
col=2,
)
show_plotly_with_alt(
fig,
"Two bar panels: one-way turnover from equal weight with and without the turnover penalty, and the active position count of the maximum-Sharpe solution with and without L2 regularization.",
)
# %% [markdown]
# ## API Ergonomics Comparison
#
# Using all three libraries on the same training and test windows reveals different workflow
# strengths without treating a one-period ranking as permanent:
#
# **PyPortfolioOpt** has the most intuitive API for standard tasks. Creating an
# `EfficientFrontier`, calling `max_sharpe()`, and inspecting `portfolio_performance()`
# requires minimal boilerplate. Its built-in objective penalties make turnover and
# regularization experiments explicit.
#
# **Riskfolio-Lib** exposes multiple risk families through a single `Portfolio` object.
# The `optimization()` method
# accepts string codes for risk measures (`"MV"`, `"CVaR"`, `"MDD"`), making it easy
# to sweep across objectives programmatically and compare training frontiers.
#
# **skfolio** stands out for ML integration. Models are sklearn estimators with `fit()` /
# `predict()` semantics, meaning they slot into `Pipeline`, `GridSearchCV`, and
# walk-forward cross-validation without adapters. This is a decisive advantage when
# portfolio construction is one stage in a larger ML workflow.
#
# | Criterion | PyPortfolioOpt | Riskfolio-Lib | skfolio |
# |-----------|----------------|---------------|---------|
# | Optimizer-object workflow | Native | Portfolio object | Estimator object |
# | Multiple risk families | Selected classes | Unified interface | Selected estimators |
# | ML pipeline integration | Manual | Manual | Native sklearn style |
# | Cross-validation | Manual | Manual | Built-in (WalkForward, CPCV) |
# | Objective penalties | Native | Via model settings | Via constraints/settings |
# %% [markdown]
# ## What the four comparisons produced
#
# Four numbers close the notebook, and each one answers a question the sections above set up.
# %%
ppo_test_sharpe = float(eval_df.filter(pl.col("portfolio") == "PPO: Max Sharpe")["sharpe"].item())
skfolio_test_sharpe = float(
eval_df.filter(pl.col("portfolio") == "SKF: Max Sharpe")["sharpe"].item()
)
max_sharpe_test_gap = abs(ppo_test_sharpe - skfolio_test_sharpe)
print("Two libraries, one Max-Sharpe problem, frozen test window:")
print(f" PyPortfolioOpt {ppo_test_sharpe:.6f} skfolio {skfolio_test_sharpe:.6f}")
print(f" absolute gap {max_sharpe_test_gap:.6f}")
print("\nThe same allocation, vectorized and through the engine:")
print(
f" Sharpe {vec_stats.sharpe_ratio:.3f} -> {eng_stats.sharpe_ratio:.3f} at "
f"{COMMISSION_RATE * 1e4:.0f} bp commission and {SLIPPAGE_RATE * 1e4:.0f} bp slippage"
)
print("\nWhat the two declared penalties change:")
print(f" turnover penalty: one-way trading distance {turnover_without:.1%} -> {turnover_with:.1%}")
print(
f" L2 penalty of {L2_GAMMA:.1f}: active positions "
f"{unregularized_positions} -> {regularized_positions}"
)
# %%
display(
Markdown(
"PyPortfolioOpt and skfolio, given the same moments, the same hurdle and the same "
"long-only budget constraint, land within "
f"**{max_sharpe_test_gap:.6f}** of each other on the test Sharpe ratio."
)
)
# %% [markdown] tags=["results"]
# The first pair is the one the notebook is built to produce, and the gap between the two
# libraries is agreement to solver tolerance rather than to the digit. That is the point: the API
# is not the method, and where two of these libraries differ materially on a problem, it is
# because a default differs, not because the mathematics does.
#
# The other three are about what the comparison leaves out. Routing one allocation through an
# execution engine moves its Sharpe ratio, and the move is execution timing, fills and costs
# together: the engine fills on the next bar, so matching the scored dates does not make its
# exposures identical to the vectorized calculation. Isolating the declared commission and slippage
# would take two otherwise identical engine runs, one at zero cost. The turnover penalty cuts
# trading distance, and the L2 penalty widens the number of positions held - both are objective
# terms, so both are choices a reader makes rather than properties of a library.
# %% [markdown]
# ## Key takeaways
#
# 1. **The same objective solved by three APIs is one problem, and the check is arithmetic.**
# Estimate the moments once, convert at each library's boundary, and matched objectives agree
# to solver tolerance. A gap larger than that is a difference in defaults worth finding.
# 2. **What differs between these libraries is workflow, not answers.** Optimizer objects, a
# single portfolio object spanning many risk measures, and sklearn estimators that drop into a
# pipeline solve different research problems. Which fits depends on what surrounds the
# allocation step.
# 3. **A penalty is part of the objective, and changes the answer.** Turnover and L2
# regularization change the answer, and a library that exposes them makes an explicit choice
# out of what would otherwise be an implicit one.
# 4. **Concentration needs a number.** The Herfindahl index turns "this looks concentrated" into
# something comparable across fourteen allocations and against an equal-weight reference.
# 5. **A ranking on one test window is a description of that window.** Every allocation here is
# frozen and scored once; nothing was re-tuned against the result, and nothing here estimates
# how the ordering would change on a different split.
#
# ### Known limitations
#
# - One training window, one test window, one fixed universe assembled from funds that exist
# today. A different split date would refit all fourteen allocations.
# - The library versions are the ones pinned in the `ml4t` image. Breadth and defaults change
# between releases, and the workflow comparison is the part of this that ages best.
# - Only one of the fourteen allocations is put through the execution engine. The others are
# compared gross of costs, so the table ranks paper portfolios.
# - The walk-forward cross-validation runs inside the training window as a stability
# demonstration. Each fold's validation observations are held out from that fold's own fit, but
# they are not an additional independent test set: every one of them sits inside the training
# window, and the test window below was never touched by it.
#
# **Next**: [`09_allocator_comparison`](09_allocator_comparison.ipynb) extends the comparison
# with explicit estimation-risk controls.
#
# **Book**: Section 17.7 develops the controlled allocator comparison framework.
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