Cross Market Strategy

When to Use

When the user requests a backtest with codes from different markets — e.g. ["000001.SZ", "BTC-USDT"], ["TD.TO", "PNG.V"], or ["AAPL.US", "EUR/USD", "600519.SH"].

The CompositeEngine handles calendar alignment, shared capital, and market rules automatically. The strategy only needs to output per-symbol signals.

Key Concepts

1. Market Classification in generate()

Group symbols by market type and apply market-specific indicator parameters:

def generate(self, data_map):
    groups = {}
    for code, df in data_map.items():
        market = self._detect_market(code)
        groups.setdefault(market, {})[code] = df

    signals = {}
    for market, market_data in groups.items():
        params = MARKET_PARAMS[market]
        for code, df in market_data.items():
            signals[code] = self._market_signal(df, params)
    return signals

2. Per-Market Parameter Tables

Different markets have very different dynamics. Using the same parameters everywhere produces poor results.

3. Volatility-Adjusted Weights (Critical)

BTC daily vol ~ 5%, A-share daily vol ~ 1.5%. Without vol-adjustment, crypto eats the entire risk budget.

def _vol_adjust(self, signals, data_map):
    vols = {}
    for code, df in data_map.items():
        ret = df["close"].pct_change(fill_method=None).dropna()
        vols[code] = ret.rolling(20).std().iloc[-1] if len(ret) > 20 else ret.std()

    inv_vols = {c: 1.0 / (v + 1e-10) for c, v in vols.items()}
    total_inv = sum(inv_vols.values())

    adjusted = {}
    for code, sig in signals.items():
        weight = inv_vols[code] / total_inv * len(signals)
        adjusted[code] = (sig * weight).clip(-1.0, 1.0)
    return adjusted

4. Cross-Market Signal Patterns

1. Momentum spillover: BTC 7-day momentum as overlay for A-share tech sectors
2. Risk-on/Risk-off: USD/CNH rate + VIX proxy to reduce equity exposure
3. Hedging: Long A-shares + short crypto delta as tail hedge
4. Correlation regime: When rolling correlation > 0.6, reduce to single-market exposure; when < 0.2, maximize diversification

5. What the Engine Handles (Don't Worry About)

• Trading calendar alignment: signals are shifted on each symbol's own calendar, then ffill'd to unified dates
• Market rules: T+1 for A-shares, funding fees for crypto, swap for forex — all per-symbol
• Capital allocation: shared pool, strategy just sets target weights via signals
• Commission/slippage: dispatched to correct sub-engine per symbol

config.json for Cross-Market

{
  "source": "auto",
  "codes": ["000001.SZ", "BTC-USDT"],
  "start_date": "2024-01-01",
  "end_date": "2025-03-31",
  "interval": "1D",
  "initial_cash": 1000000,
  "engine": "daily"
}

• source must be "auto" for cross-market (routes each symbol to its loader)
• extra_fields should be null (not all markets support fundamentals)
• leverage defaults to 1.0 (CompositeEngine inherits from config)

Market Detection Heuristics

Supporting Files

• example_signal_engine.py — complete cross-market strategy example