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任务指令
**Name**
Institutional Herding Reversal Effect
**Hypothesis**
When a large number of institutional investors concentrate on buying a particular stock within a short period, it can create a "herding effect," potentially driving the stock price away from its fundamental value. However, such concentrated positioning is often accompanied by diminishing informational advantages and increasing liquidity needs. Once market sentiment reverses or a negative catalyst emerges, institutions might be forced to sell simultaneously, leading to sharp price reversals. Therefore, establishing short positions in stocks with a significant recent surge in institutional concentration and long positions in stocks where institutional ownership has stabilized after a period of disorderly selling may capture the alpha generated by this behavioral finance phenomenon.
**Implementation Plan**
Utilize data on changes in institutional ownership holdings. Calculate the quarterly change rate of institutional ownership and its cross-sectional percentile rank. Employ the `ts_rank` operator to identify stocks with abnormally high growth in institutional ownership (e.g., top 10%). Simultaneously, use the `ts_decay_linear` operator to apply time decay to selling pressure, identifying stocks where ownership has stabilized after a period of selling. Assign negative weights to the former and positive weights to the latter.
**Alpha Factor Optimization Suggestions**
The impact of institutional behavior varies across market cap styles (e.g., persistence might be stronger in large-caps, while reversal effects could be more violent in small-caps). Would it be beneficial to group stocks by market capitalization and calculate the abnormality of institutional behavior within each group to enhance the factor's robustness? Furthermore, incorporating overall market liquidity conditions (e.g., using the `trade_when` operator) to overweight this factor specifically during periods of tightening liquidity might better capture reversal opportunities arising from forced institutional selling.
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以下是错误的组合, 请勿类似的操作:
Operator ts_product does not support event inputs
Operator ts_zscore does not support event inputs
Operator ts_mean does not support event inputs
Operator ts_scale does not support event inputs
Operator add does not support event inputs
Operator sign does not support event inputs
Operator subtract does not support event inputs
Operator ts_delta does not support event inputs
Operator ts_rank does not support event inputs
Operator greater does not support event inputs
Operator ts_av_diff does not support event inputs
Operator ts_quantile does not support event inputs
Operator ts_count_nans does not support event inputs
Operator ts_covariance does not support event inputs
Operator ts_arg_min does not support event inputs
Operator divide does not support event inputs
Operator ts_corr does not support event inputs
Operator multiply does not support event inputs
Operator if_else does not support event inputs
Operator ts_sum does not support event inputs
Operator ts_delay does not support event inputs
Operator group_zscore does not support event inputs
Operator ts_arg_max does not support event inputs
Operator ts_std_dev does not support event inputs
Operator ts_backfill does not support event inputs
以下是我的账号有权限使用的操作符, 请严格按照操作符, 进行生成,组合因子
========================= 操作符开始 =======================================
注意: Operator: 后面的是操作符(是可以使用的),
Description: 此字段后面的是操作符对应的描述或使用说明(禁止使用, 仅供参考), Description字段后面的内容是使用说明, 不是操作符
特别注意!!!! 必须按照操作符字段Operator的使用说明生成 alphaOperator: abs(x)
Description: Absolute value of x
Operator: add(x, y, filter = false)
Description: Add all inputs (at least 2 inputs required). If filter = true, filter all input NaN to 0 before adding
Operator: densify(x)
Description: Converts a grouping field of many buckets into lesser number of only available buckets so as to make working with grouping fields computationally efficient
Operator: divide(x, y)
Description: x / y
Operator: inverse(x)
Description: 1 / x
Operator: log(x)
Description: Natural logarithm. For example: Log(high/low) uses natural logarithm of high/low ratio as stock weights.
Operator: max(x, y, ..)
Description: Maximum value of all inputs. At least 2 inputs are required
Operator: min(x, y ..)
Description: Minimum value of all inputs. At least 2 inputs are required
Operator: multiply(x ,y, ... , filter=false)
Description: Multiply all inputs. At least 2 inputs are required. Filter sets the NaN values to 1
Operator: power(x, y)
Description: x ^ y
Operator: reverse(x)
Description: - x
Operator: sign(x)
Description: if input > 0, return 1; if input < 0, return -1; if input = 0, return 0; if input = NaN, return NaN;
Operator: signed_power(x, y)
Description: x raised to the power of y such that final result preserves sign of x
Operator: sqrt(x)
Description: Square root of x
Operator: subtract(x, y, filter=false)
Description: x-y. If filter = true, filter all input NaN to 0 before subtracting
Operator: and(input1, input2)
Description: Logical AND operator, returns true if both operands are true and returns false otherwise
Operator: if_else(input1, input2, input 3)
Description: If input1 is true then return input2 else return input3.
Operator: input1 < input2
Description: If input1 < input2 return true, else return false
Operator: input1 <= input2
Description: Returns true if input1 <= input2, return false otherwise
Operator: input1 == input2
Description: Returns true if both inputs are same and returns false otherwise
Operator: input1 > input2
Description: Logic comparison operators to compares two inputs
Operator: input1 >= input2
Description: Returns true if input1 >= input2, return false otherwise
Operator: input1!= input2
Description: Returns true if both inputs are NOT the same and returns false otherwise
Operator: is_nan(input)
Description: If (input == NaN) return 1 else return 0
Operator: not(x)
Description: Returns the logical negation of x. If x is true (1), it returns false (0), and if input is false (0), it returns true (1).
Operator: or(input1, input2)
Description: Logical OR operator returns true if either or both inputs are true and returns false otherwise
Operator: days_from_last_change(x)
Description: Amount of days since last change of x
Operator: hump(x, hump = 0.01)
Description: Limits amount and magnitude of changes in input (thus reducing turnover)
Operator: kth_element(x, d, k)
Description: Returns K-th value of input by looking through lookback days. This operator can be used to backfill missing data if k=1
Operator: last_diff_value(x, d)
Description: Returns last x value not equal to current x value from last d days
Operator: ts_arg_max(x, d)
Description: Returns the relative index of the max value in the time series for the past d days. If the current day has the max value for the past d days, it returns 0. If previous day has the max value for the past d days, it returns 1
Operator: ts_arg_min(x, d)
Description: Returns the relative index of the min value in the time series for the past d days; If the current day has the min value for the past d days, it returns 0; If previous day has the min value for the past d days, it returns 1.
Operator: ts_av_diff(x, d)
Description: Returns x - tsmean(x, d), but deals with NaNs carefully. That is NaNs are ignored during mean computation
Operator: ts_backfill(x,lookback = d, k=1, ignore="NAN")
Description: Backfill is the process of replacing the NAN or 0 values by a meaningful value (i.e., a first non-NaN value)
Operator: ts_corr(x, y, d)
Description: Returns correlation of x and y for the past d days
Operator: ts_count_nans(x ,d)
Description: Returns the number of NaN values in x for the past d days
Operator: ts_covariance(y, x, d)
Description: Returns covariance of y and x for the past d days
Operator: ts_decay_linear(x, d, dense = false)
Description: Returns the linear decay on x for the past d days. Dense parameter=false means operator works in sparse mode and we treat NaN as 0. In dense mode we do not.
Operator: ts_delay(x, d)
Description: Returns x value d days ago
Operator: ts_delta(x, d)
Description: Returns x - ts_delay(x, d)
Operator: ts_mean(x, d)
Description: Returns average value of x for the past d days.
Operator: ts_product(x, d)
Description: Returns product of x for the past d days
Operator: ts_quantile(x,d, driver="gaussian" )
Description: It calculates ts_rank and apply to its value an inverse cumulative density function from driver distribution. Possible values of driver (optional ) are "gaussian", "uniform", "cauchy" distribution where "gaussian" is the default.
Operator: ts_rank(x, d, constant = 0)
Description: Rank the values of x for each instrument over the past d days, then return the rank of the current value + constant. If not specified, by default, constant = 0.
Operator: ts_regression(y, x, d, lag = 0, rettype = 0)
Description: Returns various parameters related to regression function
Operator: ts_scale(x, d, constant = 0)
Description: Returns (x - ts_min(x, d)) / (ts_max(x, d) - ts_min(x, d)) + constant. This operator is similar to scale down operator but acts in time series space
Operator: ts_std_dev(x, d)
Description: Returns standard deviation of x for the past d days
Operator: ts_step(1)
Description: Returns days' counter
Operator: ts_sum(x, d)
Description: Sum values of x for the past d days.
Operator: ts_zscore(x, d)
Description: Z-score is a numerical measurement that describes a value's relationship to the mean of a group of values. Z-score is measured in terms of standard deviations from the mean: (x - tsmean(x,d)) / tsstddev(x,d). This operator may help reduce outliers and drawdown.
Operator: normalize(x, useStd = false, limit = 0.0)
Description: Calculates the mean value of all valid alpha values for a certain date, then subtracts that mean from each element
Operator: quantile(x, driver = gaussian, sigma = 1.0)
Description: Rank the raw vector, shift the ranked Alpha vector, apply distribution (gaussian, cauchy, uniform). If driver is uniform, it simply subtract each Alpha value with the mean of all Alpha values in the Alpha vector
Operator: rank(x, rate=2)
Description: Ranks the input among all the instruments and returns an equally distributed number between 0.0 and 1.0. For precise sort, use the rate as 0
Operator: scale(x, scale=1, longscale=1, shortscale=1)
Description: Scales input to booksize. We can also scale the long positions and short positions to separate scales by mentioning additional parameters to the operator
Operator: winsorize(x, std=4)
Description: Winsorizes x to make sure that all values in x are between the lower and upper limits, which are specified as multiple of std.
Operator: zscore(x)
Description: Z-score is a numerical measurement that describes a value's relationship to the mean of a group of values. Z-score is measured in terms of standard deviations from the mean
Operator: vec_avg(x)
Description: Taking mean of the vector field x
Operator: vec_sum(x)
Description: Sum of vector field x
Operator: bucket(rank(x), range="0, 1, 0.1" or buckets = "2,5,6,7,10")
Description: Convert float values into indexes for user-specified buckets. Bucket is useful for creating group values, which can be passed to GROUP as input
Operator: trade_when(x, y, z)
Description: Used in order to change Alpha values only under a specified condition and to hold Alpha values in other cases. It also allows to close Alpha positions (assign NaN values) under a specified condition
Operator: group_backfill(x, group, d, std = 4.0)
Description: If a certain value for a certain date and instrument is NaN, from the set of same group instruments, calculate winsorized mean of all non-NaN values over last d days
Operator: group_mean(x, weight, group)
Description: All elements in group equals to the mean
Operator: group_neutralize(x, group)
Description: Neutralizes Alpha against groups. These groups can be subindustry, industry, sector, country or a constant
Operator: group_rank(x, group)
Description: Each elements in a group is assigned the corresponding rank in this group
Operator: group_scale(x, group)
Description: Normalizes the values in a group to be between 0 and 1. (x - groupmin) / (groupmax - groupmin)
Operator: group_zscore(x, group)
Description: Calculates group Z-score - numerical measurement that describes a value's relationship to the mean of a group of values. Z-score is measured in terms of standard deviations from the mean. zscore = (data - mean) / stddev of x for each instrument within its group.
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注意: data_set_name: 后面的是数据字段(可以使用), description: 此字段后面的是数据字段对应的描述或使用说明(不能使用), description_cn字段后面的内容是中文使用说明(不能使用)
{'data_set_name': '可以使用:forward_price_120', 'description': '不可使用,仅供参考:Forward price at 120 days derived from a synthetic long option with payoff similar to long stock + option dynamics. Combination of long ATM call and short ATM put.'}
{'data_set_name': '可以使用:fnd6_capxv', 'description': '不可使用,仅供参考:Capital Expend Property, Plant and Equipment Schd V'}
{'data_set_name': '可以使用:fnd6_ciother', 'description': '不可使用,仅供参考:Comp. Inc. - Other Adj.'}
{'data_set_name': '可以使用:fnd6_eventv110_gdwlieps12', 'description': '不可使用,仅供参考:Impairment of Goodwill Basic EPS Effect 12MM'}
{'data_set_name': '可以使用:fnd6_eventv110_gdwliepsq', 'description': '不可使用,仅供参考:Impairment of Goodwill Basic EPS Effect'}
{'data_set_name': '可以使用:fnd6_newa2v1300_oiadp', 'description': '不可使用,仅供参考:Operating Income After Depreciation'}
{'data_set_name': '可以使用:fnd6_newqeventv110_gdwliaq', 'description': '不可使用,仅供参考:Impairment of Goodwill After-tax'}
{'data_set_name': '可以使用:fnd6_newqv1300_ciotherq', 'description': '不可使用,仅供参考:Comp Inc - Other Adj'}
{'data_set_name': '可以使用:fnd6_oiadps', 'description': '不可使用,仅供参考:Operating Income after Depreciation'}
{'data_set_name': '可以使用:anl4_netdebt_flag', 'description': '不可使用,仅供参考:Net debt - forecast type (revision/new/...)'}
{'data_set_name': '可以使用:pv13_com_rk_au', 'description': '不可使用,仅供参考:the HITS authority score of competitors'}
{'data_set_name': '可以使用:pv13_h2_min2_1k_sector', 'description': '不可使用,仅供参考:Grouping fields for top 1000'}
{'data_set_name': '可以使用:pv13_h_min22_1000_sector', 'description': '不可使用,仅供参考:Grouping fields for top 1000'}
{'data_set_name': '可以使用:pv13_h_min24_500_sector', 'description': '不可使用,仅供参考:Grouping fields for top 500'}
{'data_set_name': '可以使用:pv13_h_min2_focused_sector', 'description': '不可使用,仅供参考:Grouping fields for top 200'}
{'data_set_name': '可以使用:pv13_h_min52_1k_sector', 'description': '不可使用,仅供参考:Grouping fields for top 1000'}
{'data_set_name': '可以使用:news_max_up_amt', 'description': '不可使用,仅供参考:The after the news high minus the price at the time of the news'}
{'data_set_name': '可以使用:nws18_sse', 'description': '不可使用,仅供参考:Sentiment of phrases impacting the company'}
{'data_set_name': '可以使用:rp_nip_ratings', 'description': '不可使用,仅供参考:News impact projection of analyst ratings-related news'}
{'data_set_name': '可以使用:fn_comp_not_rec_stock_options_a', 'description': '不可使用,仅供参考:Unrecognized cost of unvested stock option awards.'}
{'data_set_name': '可以使用:fn_comp_not_rec_stock_options_q', 'description': '不可使用,仅供参考:Unrecognized cost of unvested stock option awards.'}
{'data_set_name': '可以使用:fn_def_tax_liab_a', 'description': '不可使用,仅供参考:Amount, after deferred tax asset, of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable differences without jurisdictional netting.'}
{'data_set_name': '可以使用:fn_op_lease_min_pay_due_in_2y_a', 'description': '不可使用,仅供参考:Amount of required minimum rental payments for operating leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable lease term in excess of 1 year due in the 2nd fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.'}
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以上数据字段和操作符, 按照Description说明组合, 但是每一个 alpha 组合的使用的数据字段和操作符不要过于集中, 在符合语法的情况下, 多尝试不同的组合