Knowledge Base

Guide

Formulas, data provenance and limitations of financial cyclometry.

1. What financial cyclometry is

An experimental visualization that turns a financial ranking into points on a circle. It does not forecast the future.

2. N and K

N is the circle size; K is the number of sectors, each N/K wide.

3. Ranking

Position is round((rank / total instruments) × N), constrained to 1…N.

4. Distance

The cyclic distance is min(abs(a-b), N-abs(a-b)).

5. Geometry and score

Shapes and scores describe geometric regularity, not future returns.

6. Backtests

Results are descriptive and may omit costs, liquidity, slippage, taxes and biases.

7. Real data and traceability

Only observations linked to a source, market date, fetch time and valid quality status are used. Missing data produces an empty state, never replacement values.