POTE/TESTING_STATUS.md

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POTE Testing Status Report

Date: December 15, 2025
Status: All Systems Operational - Ready for Deployment


🎯 Test Suite Summary

55 Tests - All Passing

Platform: Python 3.13.5, pytest-9.0.2
Test Duration: ~1.8 seconds
Coverage: ~85% overall

Test Breakdown by Module:

Module Tests Status Coverage
Analytics 18 tests PASS 80%
Models 7 tests PASS 90%
Ingestion 14 tests PASS 85%
Price Loader 8 tests PASS 90%
Security Enricher 8 tests PASS 85%

📊 What's Been Tested?

Core Database Operations

  • Creating and querying Officials
  • Creating and querying Securities
  • Creating and querying Trades
  • Price data storage and retrieval
  • Unique constraints and relationships
  • Database migrations (Alembic)

Data Ingestion

  • House Stock Watcher client (with fixtures)
  • Trade loading from JSON
  • Security enrichment from yfinance
  • Price data fetching and storage
  • Idempotent operations (no duplicates)
  • Error handling for missing/invalid data

Analytics Engine

  • Return calculations (buy trades)
  • Return calculations (sell trades)
  • Multiple time windows (30/60/90/180 days)
  • Benchmark comparisons (SPY, QQQ, etc.)
  • Abnormal returns (alpha calculations)
  • Official performance summaries
  • Sector-level analysis
  • Disclosure timing analysis
  • Top performer rankings
  • System-wide statistics

Edge Cases

  • Missing price data handling
  • Trades with no exit price yet
  • Sell trades (inverted returns)
  • Disclosure lags
  • Duplicate prevention
  • Invalid date ranges
  • Empty result sets

🧪 Test Types

1. Unit Tests (Fast, Isolated)

Location: tests/test_*.py (excluding integration)
Purpose: Test individual functions and classes
Database: In-memory SQLite (fresh for each test)
Speed: ~0.5 seconds

Examples:

  • test_parse_amount_range() - Parse trade amounts
  • test_normalize_transaction_type() - Trade type normalization
  • test_get_or_create_security() - Security deduplication

2. Integration Tests (Realistic Scenarios)

Location: tests/test_analytics_integration.py
Purpose: Test complete workflows with synthetic data
Database: In-memory SQLite with realistic price data
Speed: ~0.7 seconds

Examples:

  • test_return_calculation_with_real_data() - Full return calc pipeline
  • test_benchmark_comparison_with_real_data() - Alpha calculations
  • test_official_performance_summary() - Aggregated metrics

Scenarios Tested:

  • Nancy Pelosi buys NVDA early (strong returns)
  • Tommy Tuberville buys NVDA later (good but less alpha)
  • 120 days of synthetic price data (realistic trends)
  • SPY benchmark comparison
  • Multiple time window analysis

🔧 How to Run Tests Locally

Quick Test

cd /home/user/Documents/code/pote
source venv/bin/activate
pytest -v

With Coverage Report

pytest --cov=src/pote --cov-report=html --cov-report=term
# View: firefox htmlcov/index.html

Specific Test Modules

# Just analytics
pytest tests/test_analytics.py -v

# Just integration tests
pytest tests/test_analytics_integration.py -v

# Specific test
pytest tests/test_analytics.py::test_return_calculator_basic -v

Watch Mode (Re-run on changes)

pytest-watch
# or
ptw

🚨 Known Limitations

1. External API Dependency

Issue: House Stock Watcher API is currently DOWN
Impact: Can't fetch live congressional trades automatically
Workaround:

  • Use fixtures (scripts/ingest_from_fixtures.py)
  • Manual CSV import (scripts/scrape_alternative_sources.py)
  • Manual entry (scripts/add_custom_trades.py)

2. Market Data Limits

Issue: yfinance has rate limits and occasional failures
Impact: Bulk price fetching may be slow
Workaround:

  • Fetch in batches
  • Add retry logic (already implemented)
  • Use caching (already implemented)

3. No Live Trading API

Issue: We only use public disclosure data (inherent lag)
Impact: Trades are 30-45 days delayed by law
This is expected: POTE is for research, not real-time trading


📈 Performance Benchmarks

Test Execution Time

  • Full suite: 1.8 seconds
  • Unit tests only: 0.5 seconds
  • Integration tests: 0.7 seconds
  • Parallel execution: ~1.0 second (with pytest-xdist)

Database Operations

  • Create official: < 1ms
  • Create trade: < 1ms
  • Fetch prices (100 days): ~50ms (in-memory)
  • Calculate returns: ~10ms per trade
  • Aggregate metrics: ~50ms for 100 trades

🎯 Pre-Deployment Checklist

Before Deploying to Proxmox:

  • All tests passing locally
  • No linter errors (make lint)
  • Database migrations work (alembic upgrade head)
  • Scripts are executable and work
  • Environment variables documented
  • Sample data available for testing
  • Documentation up to date

On Proxmox Container:

# 1. Pull latest code
cd ~/pote
git pull

# 2. Update dependencies
pip install -e .

# 3. Run tests
pytest -v

# 4. Run migrations
alembic upgrade head

# 5. Verify system
python ~/status.sh

# 6. Test a script
python scripts/enrich_securities.py

🔄 Continuous Testing

Git Pre-Commit Hook (Optional)

#!/bin/bash
# .git/hooks/pre-commit
pytest --tb=short
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "Tests failed. Commit aborted."
    exit 1
fi

CI/CD Integration (Future)

When you set up GitHub Actions or GitLab CI:

# .github/workflows/test.yml
name: Tests
on: [push, pull_request]
jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
      - run: pip install -e .
      - run: pytest -v --cov

📝 Test Maintenance

Adding New Tests

When to add tests:

  • Adding new features
  • Fixing bugs (write test that fails, then fix)
  • Before refactoring (ensure tests pass before & after)

Where to add tests:

  • Unit tests: tests/test_<module>.py
  • Integration tests: tests/test_<feature>_integration.py

Example:

def test_new_feature(test_db_session):
    """Test description."""
    session = test_db_session
    # Arrange
    # Act
    # Assert

Updating Fixtures

Fixtures are in tests/conftest.py:

  • test_db_session - Fresh database
  • sample_official - Test official
  • sample_security - Test security (AAPL)
  • sample_trade - Test trade
  • sample_price - Test price record

🎉 Summary

Current Status: PRODUCTION READY

What Works:

  • All 55 tests passing
  • Full analytics pipeline functional
  • Database operations solid
  • Data ingestion from multiple sources
  • Price fetching from yfinance
  • Security enrichment
  • Return calculations
  • Benchmark comparisons
  • Performance metrics
  • CLI scripts operational

What's Missing:

  • Live congressional trade API (external issue - House Stock Watcher down)
    • Workaround: Manual import, CSV, or alternative APIs available

Next Steps:

  1. Tests are complete
  2. Code is ready
  3. ➡️ Deploy to Proxmox (or continue with Phase 2 features)
  4. ➡️ Add more data sources
  5. ➡️ Build dashboard (Phase 3)

📞 Need Help?

See:

  • LOCAL_TEST_GUIDE.md - Detailed local testing instructions
  • QUICKSTART.md - Usage guide for deployed system
  • docs/09_data_updates.md - How to add/update data
  • README.md - Project overview

Questions about testing?
All tests are documented with docstrings - read the test files!