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HFT High Frequency Order Flow Factor

An entry-level order flow high-frequency alpha factor, which can be used as a reference for the optimal buying and selling pricing distance of the market maker's strategy. The signal is normalized to [-1, 1]. Trend 1…

Author
发明者量化
Complexity
Intermediate · 164 lines
Parameters
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An entry-level order flow high-frequency alpha factor, which can be used as a reference for the optimal buying and selling pricing distance of the market maker's strategy. The signal is normalized to [-1, 1]. Trend 1 represents a buyer's market, and trend -1 is a seller's market. The strategy will draw the factor value and the last transaction price in real time. The strategy uses OKX and Binance Futures websocket interfaces for receiving and calculation. The figure below shows the indicator's effect, which indicates a certain effectiveness, and is publicly shared for quantitative enthusiasts who are beginners in high-frequency trading.

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Parameters

NameDefaultWhat it controls
QSize100QSize

Source JavaScript

let _chart = Chart({
    subtitle: {
        text: "Market Status",
    },
    yAxis: [{
        height: "60%",
        lineWidth: 1,
        title: {
            text: 'Close',
        },
        opposite: true,
        labels: {
            align: "right",
            x: -3,
        }
    }, {
        title: {
            text: 'Alpha',
        },
        top: "60%",
        height: "20%",
        offset: 0,
        lineWidth: 1
    }, {
        title: {
            text: 'Vol',
        },
        top: "80%",
        height: "20%",
        offset: 0,
        lineWidth: 1
    }],

    series: [{
        name: 'Last',
        lineWidth: 1,
        data: [],
        id: 'primary',
        tooltip: {
            xDateFormat: '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
        },
        yAxis: 0
    }, {
        type: 'column',
        lineWidth: 2,
        name: 'Alpha',
        data: [],
        yAxis: 1,
        color: 'green',
        zones: [{
            value: 0,
            color: 'red'
        }]
    }, {
        lineWidth: 1,
        type: 'area',
        color: '#257ed4',
        name: 'Vol',
        data: [],
        yAxis: 2
    }],
})

function calc_alpha(trades) {
    let tick_sell_vol = 0
    let tick_buy_vol = 0
    let last_buy_vol = 0
    let last_sell_vol = 0
    let rightPos = Math.ceil(trades.length * 0.382)
    trades.forEach(function(trade, idx) {
        if (trade.side == 'buy') {
            if (idx >= rightPos) {
                last_buy_vol += trade.qty
            }
            tick_buy_vol += trade.qty
        } else {
            if (idx >= rightPos) {
                last_sell_vol += trade.qty
            }
            tick_sell_vol += trade.qty
        }
    })

    let tanh = function(x) {
        // return [-1, 1]
        return (Math.exp(x) - Math.exp(-x)) / (Math.exp(x) + Math.exp(-x))
    }

    let positive_ratio = last_buy_vol / tick_sell_vol
    let negative_ratio = last_sell_vol / tick_buy_vol
    let trade_ratio = 0
    if (positive_ratio > negative_ratio) {
        trade_ratio = tanh(positive_ratio)
    } else {
        trade_ratio = tanh(-negative_ratio)
    }
    return _N(trade_ratio, 3)
}

let _trades = []
let _vol = 0

function onTick(ctx, event) {
    if (event.trades) {
        event.trades.forEach(function(trade) {
            _vol += trade.qty
            _trades.push(trade)
            if (_trades.length > QSize) {
                _trades.shift()
            }
        })
        if (_trades.length >= QSize) {
            let val = calc_alpha(_trades)
            _chart.add(0, [event.ts, _trades[_trades.length-1].price])
            _chart.add(1, [event.ts, val])
            _chart.add(2, [event.ts, _vol])
            _vol = 0
        }
    }
}

function main() {
    _chart.reset()
    let ct = exchange.SetContractType("swap")
    let debug = false
    let useMargin = false
    let okxAccessKey = ""
    let okxPhrase = ""
    let ctx = $.NewWSS(exchange, function(ws, e) {
        let msg = null
        if (e.GetName() == 'Futures_OKCoin') {
            msg = {
                op: "subscribe",
                args: []
            }
            let instId = ct.InstrumentID
            msg.args.push({
                channel: "books5",
                instId: instId
            })
            msg.args.push({
                channel: "trades",
                instId: instId
            })
        } else {
            msg = {
                method: "SUBSCRIBE",
                params: [],
                id: "1"
            }
            let symbol = e.GetCurrency().replace('_', '').toLowerCase()
            msg.params.push(symbol + "@aggTrade")
            msg.params.push(symbol + "@depth20@100ms")
        }
        ws.write(JSON.stringify(msg))
        Log("subscribe", msg, "channel")
        LogStatus("Ready")
    }, onTick, debug, useMargin, okxAccessKey, okxPhrase)

    while (true) {
        ctx.poll()
        EventLoop(1000)
    }
}

Published by 发明者量化 on the FMZ strategy square · last modified 2023-03-24. Collected in the Quant Trading Vault. Unvalidated research: re-test with your own data and costs before trusting it.

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