Estimating Available Trading Volume Using Interpolation in SQL-like Scalar Functions
SQL-like Scalar Function to Calculate Available Volume
Problem Statement
Given a time series of trading volumes for a specific security, calculate the available volume between two specified times using interpolation.
Solution
get_available_volume Function
import pandas as pd
def get_available_volume(start, end, security_name, volume_info):
"""
Interpolate the volume of start trading and end trading time based on the volume information.
Returns the difference as the available volume.
Parameters:
- start (datetime): Start time for availability calculation.
- end (datetime): End time for availability calculation.
- security_name (str): Name of the security for which to calculate availability.
- volume_info (DataFrame): DataFrame containing trading volumes for different securities.
Returns:
- float: Available volume between start and end times.
"""
stage = volume_info[volume_info['SecurityName'] == security_name]
# Ensure datetimes are in a compatible format
if isinstance(start, pd.DatetimeIndex):
start = start.values[0]
if isinstance(end, pd.DatetimeIndex):
end = end.values[0]
start_n_time = stage[(stage['TradingTimeEST'] >= start) & (stage['TradingTimeEST'] <= end)]['TradingTimeEST'].min()
start_n_value = stage[stage['TradingTimeEST'] == start_n_time]['RemainingVolume'].values[0]
# Interpolate available volume
if pd.to_datetime(start).year != pd.to_datetime(stage['StartTradingTimeEST']).iloc[0].year:
raise ValueError("Start time is not within the trading period.")
if pd.to_datetime(end).year != pd.to_datetime(stage['EndTradingTimeEST']).iloc[-1].year:
raise ValueError("End time is not within the trading period.")
start_interpolate_value = stage[(stage['StartTradingTimeEST'] <= start) & (stage['EndTradingTimeEST'] >= start)][
'RemainingVolume'].values[0] - stage[(stage['StartTradingTimeEST'] < start) & (stage['EndTradingTimeEST'] > start)][
'RemainingVolume'].values[0]
end_interpolate_value = stage[(stage['StartTradingTimeEST'] <= end) & (stage['EndTradingTimeEST'] >= end)][
'RemainingVolume'].values[0] - stage[(stage['StartTradingTimeEST'] < end) & (stage['EndTradingTimeEST'] > end)][
'RemainingVolume'].values[0]
# Calculate available volume using interpolation
if pd.to_datetime(start).year != pd.to_datetime(stage['StartTradingTimeEST']).iloc[0].year:
raise ValueError("Start time is not within the trading period.")
if pd.to_datetime(end).year != pd.to_datetime(stage['EndTradingTimeEST']).iloc[-1].year:
raise ValueError("End time is not within the trading period.")
available_volume = (end - start) / (pd.to_datetime(stage['EndTradingTimeEST']).iloc[0] - pd.to_datetime(stage['StartTradingTimeEST']).iloc[0]) * (
stage[(stage['StartTradingTimeEST'] <= end) & (stage['EndTradingTimeEST'] >= end)][
'RemainingVolume'].values[0] - start_interpolate_value) + start_interpolate_value
return available_volume
Example Usage
# Define the trading volume dataframes and times
volume_curve = pd.DataFrame({
'SecurityName': ['GOOGL', 'APPL'],
'TradingTimeEST': ['2016-03-22 09:00:00', '2016-03-22 10:00:00'],
'RemainingVolume': [100, 200]
})
trading_time = pd.DataFrame({
'SecurityName': ['GOOGL', 'APPL'],
'EndTradingTimeEST': ['2016-03-22 11:30:00', '2016-03-22 12:30:00'],
'StartTradingTimeEST': ['2016-03-22 09:15:00', '2016-03-22 10:15:00']
})
# Ensure datetimes are in a compatible format
volume_curve['TradingTimeEST'] = pd.to_datetime(volume_curve['TradingTimeEST'])
trading_time['StartTradingTimeEST'] = pd.to_datetime(trading_time['StartTradingTimeEST'])
trading_time['EndTradingTimeEST'] = pd.to_datetime(trading_time['EndTradingTimeEST'])
# Calculate available volume
available_volume_googol = get_available_volume(
start=pd.to_datetime('2016-03-22 09:50'),
end=pd.to_datetime('2016-03-22 11:15'),
security_name=['GOOGL'],
volume_info=volume_curve
)
print(f"Available Volume for Google: {available_volume_googol} barrels")
Important Considerations
- This function assumes that the trading times are linearly interpolated and does not account for any potential discontinuities or gaps in the data.
- It also assumes that the start time is within the trading period, which may raise errors if it’s outside of this range.
Last modified on 2025-04-20