EwRogersSatchellVol#
Description#
The Rogers-Satchell (1991) range-based volatility estimator. Per-bar variance contribution:
\[
\sigma^2_\text{RS}[t] = \ln\tfrac{H}{C}\ \ln\tfrac{H}{O} + \ln\tfrac{L}{C}\ \ln\tfrac{L}{O}
\]
This expression is averaged with a exponentially-weighted mean to form the estimator. The Vol
variant returns sqrt(Var) (bit-exact via the same internal state).
4-input, 1-output on (open, high, low, close). Slightly less efficient (~6x vs
close-to-close) than Garman-Klass but drift-robust - works correctly when the underlying
drift is non-zero, a much more realistic assumption for trending markets.
NaN handling#
Policy: ignore. A NaN in any input at index t causes the function to skip that step: output at t is NaN and internal state is unchanged. Subsequent finite samples are processed as if step t had not occurred.
Examples#
Usage example#
import numpy as np
import plotly.graph_objects as go
from plotly.subplots import make_subplots
from screamer import EwRogersSatchellVol
np.random.seed(0)
close = 100*np.exp(np.cumsum(np.random.normal(0, 0.01, size=300)))
open_ = np.concatenate([[close[0]], close[:-1]])
wick = np.abs(np.random.normal(0, 0.4, size=300))
high = np.maximum(open_, close) + wick
low = np.minimum(open_, close) - wick
vol = EwRogersSatchellVol(span=20)(open_, high, low, close)
fig = make_subplots(rows=2, cols=1, shared_xaxes=True,
row_heights=[0.55, 0.45], vertical_spacing=0.08)
fig.add_trace(go.Scatter(y=close, name="close"), row=1, col=1)
fig.add_trace(go.Scatter(y=vol, name="EwRogersSatchellVol", line=dict(color="red")), row=2, col=1)
fig.update_layout(title="EW Rogers-Satchell volatility from OHLC bars (EwRogersSatchellVol)",
margin=dict(l=20, r=20, t=60, b=20),
legend=dict(orientation="h", yanchor="bottom", y=1.02, xanchor="right", x=1))
fig.update_yaxes(title_text="price", row=1, col=1)
fig.update_yaxes(title_text="volatility", row=2, col=1)
fig.show()