Replace fragile level rank with a declared economic distance grid and preserve zero-depth gaps.
The decision this tutorial makes visible
Two books can have the same total quantity but place it very differently relative to the touch. A distance profile exposes that geometry.
The precise question is: How is visible quantity distributed by same-side tick distance from each best quote?
This matters to two readers at once. A practitioner needs to know what the diagnostic does and does not justify. A builder needs a contract that can be reproduced from the same ordered inputs in Python, TypeScript, a visual, and a browser lab. This tutorial supplies both views and keeps the selected single-venue convention visible throughout.
Intuition before notation
Both sides begin at distance zero at their own best quote; missing tick distances remain explicit zero-depth buckets.
The diagnostic is not a free-floating signal. Its meaning depends on the declared book or lifecycle scope, the event or snapshot clock, equality handling, the included price window, and the treatment of unavailable state. If any of those change, the result is a different estimand or engine rule even when the final field name looks similar.
Scope and nearby methods
The canonical profile measures bid prices below the best bid and ask prices above the best ask in integer ticks. It is not midpoint-relative bps.
| Variant | Definition | Best use | Main limitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Same-side tick distance | Anchor bids at best bid and asks at best ask | Discrete venue-book geometry | Sides have separate origins |
| Midpoint-relative bps | Measure all levels from midpoint | Cross-instrument comparison | Tick geometry becomes indirect |
| Absolute-price grid | Keep fixed price buckets through time | Persistent price-wall maps | Market drift moves the useful region |
What is sourced, selected, synthetic, and derived
| Role | Material claim | Evidence | Boundary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sourced fact | Authoritative sources establish only the feed, message, formula-history, or empirical context recorded for this topic. | S1, S2 | They do not validate the synthetic fixture, future availability, prediction, or profitability. |
| Implementation choice | The canonical profile measures bid prices below the best bid and ask prices above the best ask in integer ticks. It is not midpoint-relative bps. | Frozen package definition | Nearby venue, provider, consolidated, hidden, or event-flow variants are not silently substituted. |
| Synthetic teaching input | The canonical and playground inputs are repository-authored teaching states. | datasets/canonical-input.json and datasets/scenario-results.json | They are not observed exchange snapshots and carry no redistribution claim. |
| Author-derived calculation | At distances zero through four, the canonical profile includes all five levels: 3,600 bid shares and 3,300 ask shares. | Formula, canonical fixture, Python/TypeScript parity, and independent arithmetic | Definition fidelity does not establish causal, predictive, or trading value. |
The authoritative sources define feed capabilities, protocol vocabulary, venue-specific rules, or published empirical context. They do not certify the synthetic numbers in this tutorial. The repository fixture is deliberately invented for auditability, and the displayed output is author-derived from that fixture under the selected implementation choice.
Formula, symbols, and numerical policy
d_bid=(best_bid-p)/tick; d_ask=(p-best_ask)/tick; profile_side(d)=Σq at distance d
| Symbol | Meaning | Unit | Policy |
|---|---|---|---|
| d | same-side distance from the best quote | ticks | nonnegative integer |
| q_s(d) | visible quantity assigned to side s at distance d | shares | zero when the included grid point is absent |
| D_max | inclusive maximum distance | ticks | nonnegative integer |
| τ | tick size used to convert price distance | price | prices must be exactly grid aligned |
- Convert price distance to ticks only after validating alignment within numerical tolerance.
- Distance zero is the same-side best quote; the cutoff D_max is inclusive.
- Zero-filled buckets mean absent displayed depth, not missing source data.
Read the formula in the same order as the algorithm. Validate identity, ordering, units, and supported state first. Apply the selected equality and window rules second. Calculate with unrounded numeric values. Round only at the declared presentation boundary, and preserve null as a diagnostic rather than coercing it to zero.
Build the algorithm
- Validate tick alignment
- Anchor each side at its own best quote
- Map every level to an integer distance
- Emit zero for unpopulated distances
- Calculate quantity shares and cumulative depth
Production-minded operational checklist
- Freeze tick size and same-side origin for the snapshot.
- Reject off-grid or negative tick distances.
- Emit every bucket from zero through D_max.
- Reconcile included bucket sums with included side depth.
- Do not compare profiles from incompatible tick regimes without normalization.
The checklist is intentionally stricter than a charting demo. A plausible number from stale, incomplete, off-grid, misordered, or unsupported state is more dangerous than an explicit rejection.
Worked synthetic example
The canonical fixture is synthetic teaching data, not an observed venue
snapshot or private order record. Its primary author-derived output,
included_bid_depth, is 3600.0. The complete input and output
are in datasets/canonical-input.json and datasets/expected-output.json.
At distances zero through four, the canonical profile includes all five levels: 3,600 bid shares and 3,300 ask shares.
The structured result retains state and diagnostics in addition to the primary number. That makes the calculation independently reviewable and prevents a partial, null, rejected, or venue-bounded outcome from being mistaken for an unqualified value.
Boundary and counterexample workbook
The playground computes every scenario at 61 deterministic parameter states.
The table shows the midpoint used for prose review; the full state ledger is in
datasets/scenario-results.json.
| Scenario | Purpose | State | Primary output | Diagnostic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical sweep | Move one declared driver around the canonical visible book. | bid-profile-heavier | 300.0 shares | cutoff 4 ticks |
| Balanced comparison | Compare a deliberately symmetric or neutral state. | profile-balanced | 0.0 shares | cutoff 4 ticks |
| Bid-heavy boundary | Increase visible bid-side pressure within the declared window. | bid-profile-heavier | 2400.0 shares | cutoff 4 ticks |
| Ask-heavy or partial case | Stress the opposite side or available-depth boundary. | ask-profile-heavier | -1740.0 shares | cutoff 4 ticks |
| Thin or concentrated case | Reduce breadth or concentrate depth to expose failure semantics. | bid-profile-heavier | 817.8 shares | cutoff 4 ticks |
| Equality and null boundary | Land exactly on a classification, price, coverage, or null-producing boundary. | bid-profile-heavier | 200.0 shares | cutoff 0 ticks |
| Adversarial interpretation check | Create a valid but misleading-looking state that must retain its misuse guardrail. | ask-profile-heavier | -1360.0 shares | cutoff 2 ticks |
These rows are not backtest observations. They are controlled counterexamples that expose how one driver changes the state, output, or reason code while the rest of the contract stays fixed.
Visualize the boundary
Open this SVG at full size, or use the guided playground to compare canonical, equality, null, residual, adversarial, and cross-method scenarios.
The Mermaid flow answers where the selected calculation sits in the processing sequence. The SVG keeps the formula, output, decision boundary, and invariant visible together. The lab lets the reader step through the same structured states without changing the underlying definition.
Implementation walkthrough
The Python and TypeScript references begin with the same validation contract. They reject malformed and unsupported state before calculation, preserve best-to-worse or event-sequence ordering, apply the equality policy in the symbol table, and return a structured diagnostic object rather than one context-free number.
The main implementation branches are:
- Price aligns to tick grid — Assign integer distance, because Avoid floating bucket ambiguity.
- A distance has no level — Emit zero quantity, because Sparse structure is information.
- Level lies beyond cutoff — Exclude from included totals, because The profile has a declared finite domain.
Neither reference silently fetches data, mutates caller-owned inputs outside the declared engine behavior, guesses hidden state, or substitutes a provider default. Shared JSON fixtures make value, null, state, and reason-code drift visible across languages.
Testing and validation
Definition tests compare every canonical field, reject malformed state, and exercise the material boundary. Family validation recomputes every playground state from the reference function. Independent arithmetic is recorded beside the fixture rather than inferred only from implementation output.
The audit must preserve these invariants:
- Distance zero is populated on each nonempty side.
- Profile shares sum to one over positive included depth.
- Cumulative depth at the cutoff equals included depth.
- The structured output retains
included_bid_depth, state, and the diagnostics needed to reproduce its branch.
Passing definition and parity checks proves that the implementation matches the selected contract. It does not prove that displayed state remains available, that another venue uses the same rule, or that the diagnostic predicts a later price or fill.
Failure modes and misuse
- Displayed quantity can be cancelled or executed before a real order arrives.
- Hidden, reserve, midpoint, routed, and other-venue liquidity is outside the visible snapshot.
- A deeper book does not by itself establish future price direction or executable capacity.
Debugging order
When a result looks surprising, inspect the state in this order:
- Confirm instrument, venue, session, order type, and side.
- Confirm price, quantity, tick, clock, and sequence units.
- Confirm the included depth window or lifecycle-event boundary.
- Confirm equality, null, residual, and reset policies.
- Recalculate the invariant and midpoint counterexample before changing code.
Evidence and historical boundary
Historical decision: deferred. A named market-depth case would require instrument and venue identity, a sequence-complete licensed feed, clock and correction policy, visible/hidden scope, and redistribution permission. The synthetic case provides stronger public auditability for this build.
The primary sources are NYSE Integrated Feed, Nasdaq TotalView-ITCH 5.0. They support the source roles listed in the research ledger, not a redistributable historical observation, participant-intent claim, venue-conformance certification, profitability claim, or prediction claim.
Summary and next topic
You can now construct a sparse, side-aware distance profile. The learning flow is: Top-N Depth Imbalance → Depth-at-Distance Profile → Expected Market-Order Fill Price. Carry the result forward only with its scope, clock, state, and evidence label.
Rendered from the canonical Mermaid sources linked by this article.
Depth-at-Distance Profile calculation flow
This flow identifies the selected calculation stages and the structured output.
Takeaway: Distance buckets expose where depth sits; level rank alone cannot show price gaps.
ReferencesPrimary sources and evidence notesExpand the source trail, evidence role, and limitations behind the engineering choices.
Expand the source trail, evidence role, and limitations behind the engineering choices.
S1 — NYSE Integrated Feed
- Organization or authors: New York Stock Exchange
- Source type: Official exchange data-product description
- Publication or effective date: Current page accessed 2026-07-30
- Version: Current web version
- URL or DOI: https://www.nyse.com/data-products/catalog/integrated-feed
- Accessed: 2026-07-30
- Jurisdiction: United States equities; NYSE Group venues
- Supports: Order-by-order events, depth, trades, imbalances, security status, and sequence integration are available in an official depth feed.
- Limitations: Does not define the package formulas, provide public redistributable observations, or reveal hidden liquidity.
S2 — Nasdaq TotalView-ITCH 5.0 Specification
- Organization or authors: Nasdaq
- Source type: Official exchange technical specification
- Publication or effective date: Specification current at access
- Version: 5.0
- URL or DOI: https://nasdaqtrader.com/content/technicalsupport/specifications/dataproducts/NQTVITCHSpecification.pdf
- Accessed: 2026-07-30
- Jurisdiction: United States equities; Nasdaq
- Supports: Add, execute, cancel, delete, and replace messages needed to reconstruct displayed order state.
- Limitations: Feed messages are venue-specific; the specification does not make displayed depth firm through future latency.
Evidence boundary
The sources establish feed fields, venue rules, protocol states, or published microstructure definitions. They do not verify the repository-authored synthetic fixture, thresholds, empirical usefulness, execution probability, or profitability. The package-selected choices are labeled as implementation choices wherever they are used.
Full dependency-light reference implementations in both supported languages.
export type JsonObject = Record<string, any>;
function numberValue(name: string, value: unknown, options: {positive?: boolean; nonnegative?: boolean} = {}): number {
if (typeof value !== "number" || !Number.isFinite(value)) throw new TypeError(`${name} must be a finite number`);
if (options.positive && value <= 0) throw new RangeError(`${name} must be positive`);
if (options.nonnegative && value < 0) throw new RangeError(`${name} must be nonnegative`);
return value;
}
function integerValue(name: string, value: unknown, positive = false): number {
const result = numberValue(name, value);
if (!Number.isInteger(result)) throw new RangeError(`${name} must be an integer`);
if (positive && result <= 0) throw new RangeError(`${name} must be positive`);
return result;
}
type Level = {price: number; quantity: number};
function levels(raw: unknown, side: "bid" | "ask"): Level[] {
if (!Array.isArray(raw) || raw.length === 0) throw new RangeError(`${side}s must be a non-empty list`);
const seen = new Set<number>();
const result = raw.map((item, index) => {
if (!item || typeof item !== "object") throw new TypeError(`${side}s[${index}] must be an object`);
const row = item as JsonObject;
const price = numberValue(`${side}s[${index}].price`, row.price, {positive: true});
const quantity = numberValue(`${side}s[${index}].quantity`, row.quantity, {positive: true});
if (seen.has(price)) throw new RangeError(`${side} prices must be unique aggregated levels`);
seen.add(price);
return {price, quantity};
});
for (let index = 1; index < result.length; index += 1) {
if (side === "bid" && result[index - 1].price <= result[index].price) throw new RangeError("bids must be strictly descending from best price");
if (side === "ask" && result[index - 1].price >= result[index].price) throw new RangeError("asks must be strictly ascending from best price");
}
return result;
}
function book(bidsRaw: unknown, asksRaw: unknown): [Level[], Level[]] {
const bids = levels(bidsRaw, "bid"), asks = levels(asksRaw, "ask");
if (bids[0].price >= asks[0].price) throw new RangeError("visible book must be uncrossed");
return [bids, asks];
}
function tickDistance(price: number, best: number, tick: number, side: "bid" | "ask"): number {
const raw = side === "bid" ? (best - price) / tick : (price - best) / tick;
const rounded = Math.round(raw);
if (Math.abs(raw - rounded) > 1e-7) throw new RangeError("price is not aligned to the declared tick grid");
return rounded;
}
export function cumulativeDepth(bidsRaw: unknown, asksRaw: unknown, tickRaw: unknown): JsonObject {
const [bids, asks] = book(bidsRaw, asksRaw);
const tick = numberValue("tick_size", tickRaw, {positive: true});
const rows = (sideLevels: Level[], side: "bid" | "ask") => {
let cumulative = 0;
const best = sideLevels[0].price;
return sideLevels.map(level => {
cumulative += level.quantity;
return {price: level.price, quantity: level.quantity, distance_ticks: tickDistance(level.price, best, tick, side), cumulative_quantity: cumulative};
});
};
const bidRows = rows(bids, "bid"), askRows = rows(asks, "ask");
const spreadRaw = (asks[0].price - bids[0].price) / tick, spreadTicks = Math.round(spreadRaw);
if (Math.abs(spreadRaw - spreadTicks) > 1e-7) throw new RangeError("spread is not aligned to the declared tick grid");
const bidTotal = bidRows[bidRows.length - 1].cumulative_quantity, askTotal = askRows[askRows.length - 1].cumulative_quantity;
return {model: "visible-cumulative-depth", best_bid: bids[0].price, best_ask: asks[0].price, tick_size: tick, spread_ticks: spreadTicks, bid_levels: bidRows, ask_levels: askRows, total_bid_depth: bidTotal, total_ask_depth: askTotal, state: bidTotal > askTotal ? "bid-deeper" : bidTotal < askTotal ? "ask-deeper" : "balanced"};
}
export function topNDepthImbalance(bidsRaw: unknown, asksRaw: unknown, nRaw: unknown, thresholdRaw: unknown = 0.1): JsonObject {
const [bids, asks] = book(bidsRaw, asksRaw);
const n = integerValue("n", nRaw, true), threshold = numberValue("threshold", thresholdRaw, {nonnegative: true});
if (threshold > 1) throw new RangeError("threshold must not exceed one");
if (bids.length < n || asks.length < n) throw new RangeError("both sides must contain at least n visible levels");
const bidDepth = bids.slice(0, n).reduce((sum, row) => sum + row.quantity, 0);
const askDepth = asks.slice(0, n).reduce((sum, row) => sum + row.quantity, 0);
const total = bidDepth + askDepth, imbalance = (bidDepth - askDepth) / total;
return {model: "top-n-visible-depth-imbalance", n, bid_depth: bidDepth, ask_depth: askDepth, total_depth: total, imbalance, threshold, state: imbalance > threshold ? "bid-heavy" : imbalance < -threshold ? "ask-heavy" : "balanced-band", complete_window: true};
}
export function depthAtDistanceProfile(bidsRaw: unknown, asksRaw: unknown, tickRaw: unknown, maxRaw: unknown): JsonObject {
const [bids, asks] = book(bidsRaw, asksRaw);
const tick = numberValue("tick_size", tickRaw, {positive: true}), maximum = integerValue("max_distance_ticks", maxRaw);
if (maximum < 0) throw new RangeError("max_distance_ticks must be nonnegative");
const profile = (sideLevels: Level[], side: "bid" | "ask") => {
const best = sideLevels[0].price, byDistance = new Map<number, number>();
sideLevels.forEach(level => byDistance.set(tickDistance(level.price, best, tick, side), level.quantity));
let included = 0;
for (let d = 0; d <= maximum; d += 1) included += byDistance.get(d) ?? 0;
let cumulative = 0;
return Array.from({length: maximum + 1}, (_, distance) => {
const quantity = byDistance.get(distance) ?? 0; cumulative += quantity;
return {distance_ticks: distance, quantity, cumulative_quantity: cumulative, depth_share: included ? quantity / included : 0};
});
};
const bidProfile = profile(bids, "bid"), askProfile = profile(asks, "ask");
const bidTotal = bidProfile[bidProfile.length - 1].cumulative_quantity, askTotal = askProfile[askProfile.length - 1].cumulative_quantity;
return {model: "same-side-best-tick-distance-profile", tick_size: tick, max_distance_ticks: maximum, bid_profile: bidProfile, ask_profile: askProfile, included_bid_depth: bidTotal, included_ask_depth: askTotal, state: bidTotal > askTotal ? "bid-profile-heavier" : askTotal > bidTotal ? "ask-profile-heavier" : "profile-balanced"};
}
function sweep(bidsRaw: unknown, asksRaw: unknown, sideRaw: unknown, quantityRaw: unknown, limitRaw: unknown): JsonObject {
const [bids, asks] = book(bidsRaw, asksRaw);
if (sideRaw !== "buy" && sideRaw !== "sell") throw new RangeError("side must be buy or sell");
const side = sideRaw, requested = numberValue("quantity", quantityRaw, {positive: true});
const limit = limitRaw == null ? null : numberValue("limit_price", limitRaw, {positive: true});
const sideLevels = side === "buy" ? asks : bids;
let remaining = requested, notional = 0;
const fills: JsonObject[] = [];
for (let index = 0; index < sideLevels.length && remaining > 1e-12; index += 1) {
const level = sideLevels[index];
if (limit != null && (side === "buy" ? level.price > limit : level.price < limit)) break;
const fillQuantity = Math.min(remaining, level.quantity);
fills.push({level_index: index, price: level.price, quantity: fillQuantity, notional: fillQuantity * level.price});
notional += fillQuantity * level.price; remaining -= fillQuantity;
}
if (remaining <= 1e-12) remaining = 0;
const filled = requested - remaining, partialVwap = filled ? notional / filled : null;
return {side, requested_quantity: requested, filled_quantity: filled, unfilled_quantity: remaining, full_fill: remaining === 0, fills, fill_notional: notional, partial_vwap: partialVwap, worst_fill_price: fills.length ? fills[fills.length - 1].price : null, best_bid: bids[0].price, best_ask: asks[0].price, midpoint: (bids[0].price + asks[0].price) / 2};
}
export function expectedFillPrice(bids: unknown, asks: unknown, side: unknown, quantity: unknown, limitPrice: unknown = null): JsonObject {
const result = sweep(bids, asks, side, quantity, limitPrice);
return {model: "deterministic-visible-book-fill-estimate", ...result, expected_fill_price: result.full_fill ? result.partial_vwap : null, state: result.full_fill ? "full-fill" : result.filled_quantity ? "partial-fill" : "unfilled"};
}
export function sweepCostAndSlippage(bids: unknown, asks: unknown, side: unknown, quantity: unknown, benchmarkRaw: unknown = "midpoint", benchmarkPriceRaw: unknown = null, limitPrice: unknown = null): JsonObject {
const result = sweep(bids, asks, side, quantity, limitPrice);
if (!["midpoint", "best-quote", "explicit"].includes(String(benchmarkRaw))) throw new RangeError("benchmark must be midpoint, best-quote, or explicit");
const benchmark = String(benchmarkRaw);
const reference = benchmark === "midpoint" ? result.midpoint : benchmark === "best-quote" ? (side === "buy" ? result.best_ask : result.best_bid) : numberValue("benchmark_price", benchmarkPriceRaw, {positive: true});
const vwap = result.partial_vwap, direction = side === "buy" ? 1 : -1;
const slippagePrice = vwap == null ? null : direction * (vwap - reference);
const slippageBps = slippagePrice == null ? null : slippagePrice / reference * 10_000;
return {model: "visible-book-sweep-cost", ...result, benchmark, benchmark_price: reference, sweep_vwap: vwap, signed_slippage_price: slippagePrice, signed_slippage_bps: slippageBps, total_slippage_cost: slippagePrice == null ? null : slippagePrice * result.filled_quantity, state: result.full_fill ? "full-sweep" : result.filled_quantity ? "partial-sweep" : "unfilled"};
}
function median(values: number[]): number {
const sorted = [...values].sort((a, b) => a - b), middle = Math.floor(sorted.length / 2);
return sorted.length % 2 ? sorted[middle] : (sorted[middle - 1] + sorted[middle]) / 2;
}
export function liquidityWallConcentration(levelsRaw: unknown, multipleRaw: unknown = 2, minShareRaw: unknown = 0.25, thresholdRaw: unknown = 0.30): JsonObject {
const parsed = levels(levelsRaw, "ask");
const multiple = numberValue("wall_multiple", multipleRaw, {positive: true});
const minShare = numberValue("minimum_share", minShareRaw, {nonnegative: true});
const threshold = numberValue("concentration_threshold", thresholdRaw, {nonnegative: true});
if (minShare > 1 || threshold > 1) throw new RangeError("share thresholds must not exceed one");
const quantities = parsed.map(row => row.quantity), total = quantities.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0), med = median(quantities);
const shares = quantities.map(value => value / total), hhi = shares.reduce((sum, value) => sum + value * value, 0);
const walls = parsed.map((level, index) => ({level_index: index, price: level.price, quantity: level.quantity, depth_share: shares[index], median_multiple: level.quantity / med})).filter(row => row.quantity >= multiple * med && row.depth_share >= minShare);
let largestIndex = 0; quantities.forEach((value, index) => { if (value > quantities[largestIndex]) largestIndex = index; });
return {model: "level-share-concentration-and-wall-screen", level_count: parsed.length, total_depth: total, median_level_quantity: med, hhi_fraction: hhi, effective_level_count: 1 / hhi, largest_level_index: largestIndex, largest_level_share: shares[largestIndex], walls, wall_multiple: multiple, minimum_share: minShare, concentration_threshold: threshold, state: walls.length ? "wall-detected" : hhi >= threshold ? "concentrated" : "distributed"};
}
export function depthDepletionReplenishment(seriesRaw: unknown): JsonObject {
if (!Array.isArray(seriesRaw) || seriesRaw.length < 2) throw new RangeError("series must contain at least two snapshots");
const parsed = seriesRaw.map((item, index) => {
if (!item || typeof item !== "object") throw new TypeError(`series[${index}] must be an object`);
const row = item as JsonObject;
return {timestamp_seconds: numberValue(`series[${index}].timestamp_seconds`, row.timestamp_seconds, {nonnegative: true}), quantity: numberValue(`series[${index}].quantity`, row.quantity, {nonnegative: true})};
});
for (let i = 1; i < parsed.length; i += 1) if (parsed[i - 1].timestamp_seconds >= parsed[i].timestamp_seconds) throw new RangeError("timestamps must be strictly increasing");
let depletion = 0, replenishment = 0;
const changes = parsed.slice(1).map((current, index) => {
const previous = parsed[index], delta = current.quantity - previous.quantity;
replenishment += Math.max(delta, 0); depletion += Math.max(-delta, 0);
return {timestamp_seconds: current.timestamp_seconds, previous_quantity: previous.quantity, quantity: current.quantity, delta_quantity: delta, classification: delta > 0 ? "replenishment" : delta < 0 ? "depletion" : "unchanged"};
});
const net = replenishment - depletion;
return {model: "snapshot-visible-depth-change-decomposition", snapshot_count: parsed.length, start_quantity: parsed[0].quantity, end_quantity: parsed[parsed.length - 1].quantity, gross_depletion: depletion, gross_replenishment: replenishment, net_depth_change: net, replenishment_to_depletion: depletion ? replenishment / depletion : null, changes, state: net > 0 ? "net-replenishing" : net < 0 ? "net-depleting" : "net-flat"};
}
export function marketDepthHeatmap(snapshotsRaw: unknown, tickRaw: unknown, binRaw: unknown, maxRaw: unknown): JsonObject {
if (!Array.isArray(snapshotsRaw) || snapshotsRaw.length < 2) throw new RangeError("snapshots must contain at least two regular observations");
const snapshots = snapshotsRaw as JsonObject[], tick = numberValue("tick_size", tickRaw, {positive: true}), binSize = numberValue("time_bin_seconds", binRaw, {positive: true}), maximum = integerValue("max_distance_ticks", maxRaw);
if (maximum < 0) throw new RangeError("max_distance_ticks must be nonnegative");
const times = snapshots.map((item, index) => {
if (!item || typeof item !== "object") throw new TypeError("each snapshot must be an object");
return numberValue(`snapshots[${index}].timestamp_seconds`, item.timestamp_seconds, {nonnegative: true});
});
for (let i = 1; i < times.length; i += 1) if (times[i - 1] >= times[i]) throw new RangeError("snapshot timestamps must be strictly increasing");
const intervals = times.slice(1).map((time, index) => time - times[index]);
if (intervals.slice(1).some(interval => Math.abs(interval - intervals[0]) > 1e-9)) throw new RangeError("canonical heatmap requires regularly sampled snapshots");
const origin = times[0], buckets = new Map<string, number[]>(), binSet = new Set<number>();
snapshots.forEach((snapshot, snapshotIndex) => {
const [bids, asks] = book(snapshot.bids, snapshot.asks), binIndex = Math.floor((times[snapshotIndex] - origin) / binSize);
binSet.add(binIndex);
const observed = new Map<number, number>();
bids.forEach(level => { const d = tickDistance(level.price, bids[0].price, tick, "bid"); if (d <= maximum) observed.set(-(d + 1), level.quantity); });
asks.forEach(level => { const d = tickDistance(level.price, asks[0].price, tick, "ask"); if (d <= maximum) observed.set(d + 1, level.quantity); });
const coordinates = [...Array.from({length: maximum + 1}, (_, i) => -(maximum + 1) + i), ...Array.from({length: maximum + 1}, (_, i) => i + 1)];
coordinates.forEach(coordinate => { const key = `${binIndex}|${coordinate}`, values = buckets.get(key) ?? []; values.push(observed.get(coordinate) ?? 0); buckets.set(key, values); });
});
const cells = [...buckets.entries()].map(([key, values]) => {
const [binIndex, coordinate] = key.split("|").map(Number);
return {time_bin_index: binIndex, time_bin_start_seconds: origin + binIndex * binSize, book_coordinate: coordinate, mean_quantity: values.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0) / values.length, max_quantity: Math.max(...values), observation_count: values.length};
}).sort((a, b) => a.time_bin_index - b.time_bin_index || a.book_coordinate - b.book_coordinate);
const peak = cells.reduce((best, cell) => cell.mean_quantity > best.mean_quantity ? cell : best);
return {model: "regular-snapshot-inside-relative-depth-heatmap", snapshot_interval_seconds: intervals[0], time_bin_seconds: binSize, max_distance_ticks: maximum, time_bin_count: binSet.size, book_coordinates: [...Array.from({length: maximum + 1}, (_, i) => -(maximum + 1) + i), ...Array.from({length: maximum + 1}, (_, i) => i + 1)], cells, peak_cell: peak, state: peak.book_coordinate < 0 ? "bid-peak" : "ask-peak"};
}
export function calculate(topicId: string, inputs: JsonObject): JsonObject {
if (!inputs || typeof inputs !== "object" || Array.isArray(inputs)) throw new TypeError("inputs must be an object");
if (topicId === "D11-F05-A01") return cumulativeDepth(inputs.bids, inputs.asks, inputs.tick_size);
if (topicId === "D11-F05-A02") return topNDepthImbalance(inputs.bids, inputs.asks, inputs.n, inputs.threshold ?? 0.1);
if (topicId === "D11-F05-A03") return depthAtDistanceProfile(inputs.bids, inputs.asks, inputs.tick_size, inputs.max_distance_ticks);
if (topicId === "D11-F05-A04") return expectedFillPrice(inputs.bids, inputs.asks, inputs.side, inputs.quantity, inputs.limit_price);
if (topicId === "D11-F05-A05") return sweepCostAndSlippage(inputs.bids, inputs.asks, inputs.side, inputs.quantity, inputs.benchmark ?? "midpoint", inputs.benchmark_price, inputs.limit_price);
if (topicId === "D11-F05-A06") return liquidityWallConcentration(inputs.levels, inputs.wall_multiple ?? 2, inputs.minimum_share ?? 0.25, inputs.concentration_threshold ?? 0.30);
if (topicId === "D11-F05-A07") return depthDepletionReplenishment(inputs.series);
if (topicId === "D11-F05-A08") return marketDepthHeatmap(inputs.snapshots, inputs.tick_size, inputs.time_bin_seconds, inputs.max_distance_ticks);
throw new RangeError(`unsupported topic_id: ${topicId}`);
}
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