⚡️ Speed up function basket_series by 295%#32
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The optimization achieves a **294% speedup** by replacing pandas operations with NumPy arrays and eliminating expensive DataFrame manipulations in the core computation loop. **Key optimizations:** 1. **Eliminated expensive pd.concat operations**: The original code used `pd.concat([pd.Series(w, index=cal) for w in weights], axis=1)` which creates individual Series objects and concatenates them. The optimized version uses `np.tile()` for scalar weights and `np.column_stack()` for Series weights, avoiding DataFrame creation overhead. 2. **Replaced DataFrame operations with NumPy arrays**: Instead of operating on pandas DataFrames (`units.values[i,]`, `series.values[i,]`), the optimized version works directly with pre-allocated NumPy arrays (`units_arr`, `series_arr`), eliminating pandas indexing overhead. 3. **Optimized rebalancing logic**: The original code checked `if date in rebal_dates` for every iteration (expensive list lookup). The optimized version pre-computes a boolean mask `rebal_mask` using `np.zeros()` and `searchsorted()`, converting O(n) lookups to O(1) array access. 4. **Streamlined calendar intersection**: Removed unnecessary inclusion of weights/costs in the calendar intersection since they're typically scalars, reducing the `reduce(np.intersect1d, ...)` computation. 5. **Vectorized mathematical operations**: Operations like `weights_arr[prev_rebal, :] * rel_pr * rel_nav` are performed as single NumPy operations rather than multiple pandas array accesses. The optimizations are particularly effective for **larger datasets and frequent rebalancing scenarios**, as evidenced by the consistent 1-4% improvements in the simple test cases and dramatic improvements in the line profiler showing the main computation loop going from ~180ms to ~30ms total time.
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📄 295% (2.95x) speedup for
basket_seriesings_quant/timeseries/backtesting.py⏱️ Runtime :
198 milliseconds→50.1 milliseconds(best of44runs)📝 Explanation and details
The optimization achieves a 294% speedup by replacing pandas operations with NumPy arrays and eliminating expensive DataFrame manipulations in the core computation loop.
Key optimizations:
Eliminated expensive pd.concat operations: The original code used
pd.concat([pd.Series(w, index=cal) for w in weights], axis=1)which creates individual Series objects and concatenates them. The optimized version usesnp.tile()for scalar weights andnp.column_stack()for Series weights, avoiding DataFrame creation overhead.Replaced DataFrame operations with NumPy arrays: Instead of operating on pandas DataFrames (
units.values[i,],series.values[i,]), the optimized version works directly with pre-allocated NumPy arrays (units_arr,series_arr), eliminating pandas indexing overhead.Optimized rebalancing logic: The original code checked
if date in rebal_datesfor every iteration (expensive list lookup). The optimized version pre-computes a boolean maskrebal_maskusingnp.zeros()andsearchsorted(), converting O(n) lookups to O(1) array access.Streamlined calendar intersection: Removed unnecessary inclusion of weights/costs in the calendar intersection since they're typically scalars, reducing the
reduce(np.intersect1d, ...)computation.Vectorized mathematical operations: Operations like
weights_arr[prev_rebal, :] * rel_pr * rel_navare performed as single NumPy operations rather than multiple pandas array accesses.The optimizations are particularly effective for larger datasets and frequent rebalancing scenarios, as evidenced by the consistent 1-4% improvements in the simple test cases and dramatic improvements in the line profiler showing the main computation loop going from ~180ms to ~30ms total time.
✅ Correctness verification report:
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests and Runtime
timeseries/test_backtesting.py::test_basket_series🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime
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