import time, datetime
from matplotlib.numerix import *
from matplotlib.dates import date2num
def load_quotes(fname, maxq=None):
"""
Load quotes from the representative data files vineet sent If any
of the values are missing I force all missing. Quotes are sorted
in increasing time. Return value is a list of tuples
(epoch, open, high, low, close, volume )
"""
quotes = []
for i, line in enumerate(file(fname)):
if maxq is not None and i>maxq: break
ts,o,h,l,c,v = line.split(',')
dt = datetime.datetime(*time.strptime(ts.strip('"'), '%Y%m%d%H%M%S')[:6]) # convert to float days
d = date2num(dt)
o,h,l,c,v = [float(val) for val in o,h,l,c,v]
if o==-1 or h==-1 or l==-1 or c==-1 or v==-1:
o,h,l,c,v = -1, -1, -1, -1,-1
quotes.append((d,o,h,l,c,v))
quotes.sort() # increasing time
return quotes
def movavg(s, n):
"""
returns an n period moving average for the time series s
s is a list ordered from oldest (index 0) to most recent (index -1)
n is an integer
returns a numeric array of the moving average
"""
s = array(s)
c = cumsum(s)
return (c[n-1:] - c[:-n+1]) / float(n-1)
def fill_over(ax, x, y, val, color, over=True):
"""
Plot filled x,y for all y over val
if over = False, fill all areas < val
"""
ybase = asarray(y)-val
crossings = nonzero(less(ybase[:-1] * ybase[1:],0))
if ybase[0]>=0: fillon = over
else: fillon = not over
indLast = 0
for ind in crossings:
if fillon:
thisX = x[indLast:ind+1]
thisY = y[indLast:ind+1]
thisY[0] = val
thisY[-1] = val
ax.fill(thisX, thisY, color)
fillon = not fillon
indLast = ind
def random_signal(N, tau):
'generate a length N random signal with time constant tau'
t = arange(float(N))
filter = exp(-t/tau)
return convolve( randn(N), filter, mode=2)[:len(t)]
