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+import enum
+import logging
+import os
+from typing import List, Optional, Dict, Tuple
+
+import fire
+import pandas as pd
+from tqdm import tqdm
+
+
+class DataHealthChecker:
+    """Checks a dataset for data completeness and correctness. The data will be converted to a pd.DataFrame and checked for the following problems:
+    - any of the columns ["open", "high", "low", "close", "volume"] are missing
+    - any data is missing
+    - any step change in the OHLCV columns is above a threshold (default: 0.5 for price, 3 for volume)
+    - any factor is missing
+    """
+
+    class DataProblem(enum.Enum):
+        MISSING_REQUIRED_COLUMN = 1
+        MISSING_DATA = 2
+        LARGE_STEP_CHANGE = 3
+        MISSING_FACTOR = 4
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        csv_path=None,
+        qlib_dir=None,
+        large_step_threshold_price=0.5,
+        large_step_threshold_volume=3,
+    ):
+        assert csv_path or qlib_dir, "One of csv_path or qlib_dir should be provided."
+        assert not (
+            csv_path and qlib_dir
+        ), "Only one of csv_path or qlib_dir should be provided."
+
+        self.data = {}
+        self.problems = {}
+        self.large_step_threshold_price = large_step_threshold_price
+        self.large_step_threshold_volume = large_step_threshold_volume
+
+        if csv_path:
+            assert os.path.isdir(csv_path), f"{csv_path} should be a directory."
+            files = [f for f in os.listdir(csv_path) if f.endswith(".csv")]
+            for filename in tqdm(files, desc="Loading data"):
+                df = pd.read_csv(os.path.join(csv_path, filename))
+                self.data[filename] = df
+
+        elif qlib_dir:
+            # todo: add support for qlib_dir
+            pass
+
+    def check_missing_data(
+        self, filename: str, df: pd.DataFrame
+    ) -> Optional[Tuple[DataProblem, List[str]]]:
+        """Check if any data is missing in the DataFrame."""
+        if df.isnull().values.any():
+            missing_data_columns = (
+                df.isnull().sum()[df.isnull().sum() > 0].index.tolist()
+            )
+            logging.warning(
+                f"{filename}: Missing data in columns {missing_data_columns}."
+            )
+            return self.DataProblem.MISSING_DATA, missing_data_columns
+
+    def check_large_step_changes(
+        self, filename: str, df: pd.DataFrame
+    ) -> Optional[Tuple[DataProblem, List[str]]]:
+        """Check if there are any large step changes above the threshold in the OHLCV columns."""
+        affected_columns = []
+        for col in ["open", "high", "low", "close", "volume"]:
+            if col in df.columns:
+                pct_change = df[col].pct_change().abs()
+                threshold = (
+                    self.large_step_threshold_volume
+                    if col == "volume"
+                    else self.large_step_threshold_price
+                )
+                if pct_change.max() > threshold:
+                    large_steps = pct_change[pct_change > threshold]
+                    logging.warning(
+                        f"{filename}: Relative step changes above threshold {threshold} in column '{col}' at indices {large_steps.index.tolist()}."
+                    )
+                    affected_columns.append(col)
+        if affected_columns:
+            return self.DataProblem.LARGE_STEP_CHANGE, affected_columns
+
+    def check_required_columns(
+        self, filename: str, df: pd.DataFrame
+    ) -> Optional[Tuple[DataProblem, List[str]]]:
+        """Check if any of the required columns (OLHCV) are missing in the DataFrame."""
+        required_columns = ["open", "high", "low", "close", "volume"]
+        if not all(column in df.columns for column in required_columns):
+            missing_required_columns = [
+                column for column in required_columns if column not in df.columns
+            ]
+            logging.error(
+                f"{filename}: Missing columns {missing_required_columns} of required columns {required_columns}."
+            )
+            return self.DataProblem.MISSING_REQUIRED_COLUMN, missing_required_columns
+
+    def check_missing_factor(
+        self, filename: str, df: pd.DataFrame
+    ) -> Optional[Tuple[DataProblem, List[str]]]:
+        # todo
+        pass
+
+    def check_data(self):
+        checks = [
+            self.check_missing_data,
+            self.check_large_step_changes,
+            self.check_required_columns,
+            self.check_missing_factor,
+        ]
+        for filename, df in self.data.items():
+            for check in checks:
+                problem = check(filename, df)
+                if problem:
+                    self.problems.setdefault(filename, []).append(problem)
+        self._print_report(self.problems)
+
+    def _print_report(self, problems: Dict[str, List[Tuple[DataProblem, str]]]):
+        """Count the number of problems for each type and print the report together with the affected columns."""
+        if problems:
+            problem_stats_by_type = {}
+            for _, problem_tuples in problems.items():
+                for name, affected_columns in problem_tuples:
+                    stats = problem_stats_by_type.setdefault(
+                        name, {"count": 0, "affected_columns": set()}
+                    )
+                    stats["count"] += 1
+                    stats["affected_columns"].update(affected_columns)
+            print("\n-----------------------------")
+            print("Summary of data health check:")
+            print(f"Files checked: {len(self.data)}")
+            padding = max(len(problem.name) for problem in self.DataProblem)
+            for problem in self.DataProblem:
+                padded_name = problem.name.ljust(padding + 2, " ")
+                print(f"• {padded_name}", end="")
+                if problem in problem_stats_by_type:
+                    print(f"{problem_stats_by_type[problem]['count']}")
+                    print(
+                        f"  affected columns{' ' * max(padding - 14, 0)}{problem_stats_by_type[problem]['affected_columns']}"
+                    )
+                else:
+                    print("0")
+        else:
+            logging.info("Data check passed. No problems found.")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    fire.Fire(DataHealthChecker)