{"slug":"ml4t-ml4t-causal-identification","name":"ml4t-causal-identification","description":"Validate causal claims using DAG adjustment sets, bad-control detection, and refutation tests. Use when distinguishing genuine factor effects from confounded associations.","long_description":"---\nname: ml4t-causal-identification\ndescription: \"Validate causal claims using DAG adjustment sets, bad-control detection, and refutation tests. Use when distinguishing genuine factor effects from confounded associations.\"\nwhen_to_use: \"Use when a predictive signal looks promising and you need to assess whether it reflects a causal mechanism or spurious correlation\"\ndependencies: [lookahead-bias, point-in-time]\nmetadata:\n  book_chapters: \"7, 15\"\n  library: \"\"\npaths: [\"**/*causal*.py\", \"**/*dag*.py\", \"**/*dowhy*.py\", \"**/*econml*.py\", \"**/*dml*.py\", \"**/*refut*.py\"]\n---\n# Causal Identification\n\nA factor with IC 0.04 could be a real effect or a confounded association. Without a DAG and refutation tests, you cannot tell which. Conditioning on the wrong variables - mediators, colliders, post-treatment - can create or destroy apparent signal.\n\n## The Problem\n\n\"Kitchen sink regression\" - conditioning on every available variable - is the default in ML pipelines. But including a collider (e.g., fund flows driven by both momentum and returns) induces spurious correlation (~-0.25 between independent variables). Including a mediator (the channel through which the treatment operates) attenuates the true effect. Including a post-treatment variable introduces bias of unknown sign. The DAG determines which variables are admissible controls.\n\n## The Pattern\n\n### WRONG\n```python\nimport numpy as np\nfrom sklearn.linear_model import Ridge\n\n# Kitchen-sink: include everything as controls\n# fund_flow is a COLLIDER (driven by both momentum and returns) - induces bias\nX = np.column_stack([momentum, volatility, fund_flow, sector_return])\nmodel = Ridge().fit(X, forward_returns)\nprint(f\"Momentum coeff: {model.coef_[0]:.4f}\")  # Biased by collider conditioning\n```\n\n### CORRECT\n```python\nfrom dowhy import CausalModel\n\n# Step 1: Specify DAG - encode your mechanism assumptions\ngraph = \"\"\"\ndigraph {\n    volatility -> momentum;\n    volatility -> forward_returns;\n    momentum -> forward_returns;\n    momentum -> fund_flow;\n    forward_returns -> fund_flow;\n}\"\"\"\n# fund_flow is a collider (momentum -> fund_flow <- forward_returns)\n# It must NOT be in the adjustment set\n\n# Step 2: Identify estimand from the DAG\nmodel = CausalModel(data=df, treatment=\"momentum\",\n                     outcome=\"forward_returns\", graph=graph)\nestimand = model.identify_effect()\n# DoWhy computes the backdoor adjustment set: {volatility}\n\n# Step 3: Estimate with valid controls only\nestimate = model.estimate_effect(estimand, method_name=\"backdoor.linear_regression\")\nprint(f\"Causal effect: {estimate.value:.4f}\")\n```\n\n## Adjustment Set Rules\n\n| Variable Role | Include as Control? | Why |\n|--------------|--------------------|----|\n| Confounder (common cause of T and Y) | **Yes** | Blocks backdoor paths |\n| Pre-treatment predictor of Y | **Yes** | Improves precision |\n| Mediator (on causal path T→M→Y) | **No** | Changes estimand |\n| Collider (common effect of T and Y) | **No** | Induces spurious correlation |\n| Post-treatment variable | **No** | Bias of unknown sign |\n\n**Pre-treatment timing discipline**: only condition on variables determined strictly before treatment time. Do not condition on portfolio outcomes, realized performance, or contemporaneous market variables.\n\n## Refutation Tests\n\nEvery causal claim must survive refutation before informing trading decisions:\n\n```python\n# Placebo treatment: replace momentum with random noise - effect should vanish\nplacebo = model.refute_estimate(estimand, estimate, method_name=\"placebo_treatment_refuter\")\nprint(f\"Placebo effect: {placebo.new_effect:.4f}\")  # Should be ~0\n\n# Sensitivity: how strong must an omitted confounder be to flip the sign?\nsensitivity = model.refute_estimate(estimand, estimate,\n    method_name=\"add_unobserved_common_cause\",\n    confounders_effect_on_treatment=\"linear\", confounders_effect_on_outcome=\"linear\",\n    effect_strength_on_treatment=0.5, effect_strength_on_outcome=0.5)\n```\n\nIf a confounder at 10-20% effect strength flips the sign, the result is fragile.\n\n## Guardrails\n\n- **Specify the DAG before fitting** - post-hoc DAGs rationalize results instead of testing assumptions\n- **Never condition on colliders** - the fund-flow collider trap creates ~-0.25 spurious correlation between independent variables\n- **Enforce pre-treatment timing** - all controls must be determined strictly before treatment time\n- **Placebo tests are mandatory** - a pipeline that finds effects with random treatment is broken\n- **Sensitivity analysis calibrates confidence** - report the confounder strength at which the effect flips sign\n- **Causal discovery (PCMCI, NOTEARS) generates hypotheses, not conclusions** - validate discovered structure with independent data\n\n## Production Implementation\n\nNo `ml4t-*` library covers causal estimation. Use DoWhy for identification and refutation, EconML for Double Machine Learning on continuous treatments, and tfp-causalimpact for discrete event studies:\n\n```python\nfrom econml.dml import LinearDML\nfrom sklearn.ensemble import GradientBoostingRegressor\n\ndml = LinearDML(model_y=GradientBoostingRegressor(), model_t=GradientBoostingRegressor())\ndml.fit(Y=returns, T=momentum, W=confounders)  # W = valid adjustment set from DAG\nprint(f\"ATE: {dml.ate():.4f}, 95% CI: {dml.ate_interval()}\")\n```\n\n## Checklist\n\n- [ ] DAG specified and committed before any estimation\n- [ ] Adjustment set derived from backdoor criterion - no colliders, mediators, or post-treatment variables\n- [ ] Estimand declared (ATE, ATT, or CATE) before fitting\n- [ ] Placebo treatment test returns near-zero effect\n- [ ] Sensitivity analysis reports the confounder strength that flips the sign\n- [ ] Results stable across subperiods and alternative nuisance model specifications\n","tagline":"Validate causal claims using DAG adjustment sets, bad-control detection, and refutation tests. 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