from matplotlib.finance import quotes_historical_yahoo
from datetime import date
import numpy as np
from scipy import signal
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from scipy import fftpack
from matplotlib.dates import DateFormatter
from matplotlib.dates import DayLocator
from matplotlib.dates import MonthLocator


today = date.today()
start = (today.year - 1, today.month, today.day)

quotes = quotes_historical_yahoo("QQQ", start, today)
quotes = np.array(quotes)

dates = quotes.T[0]
qqq = quotes.T[4]


y = signal.detrend(qqq)


alldays = DayLocator()              
months = MonthLocator()
month_formatter = DateFormatter("%b %Y")

fig = plt.figure()
fig.subplots_adjust(hspace=.3)
ax = fig.add_subplot(211)

ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(alldays)
ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(months)
ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(month_formatter)

# make font size bigger
ax.tick_params(axis='both', which='major', labelsize='x-large')

amps = np.abs(fftpack.fftshift(fftpack.rfft(y)))
amps[amps < 0.1 * amps.max()] = 0

plt.plot(dates, y, 'o', label="detrended")
plt.plot(dates, -fftpack.irfft(fftpack.ifftshift(amps)), label="filtered")
fig.autofmt_xdate()
plt.legend(prop={'size':'x-large'})

ax2 = fig.add_subplot(212)
ax2.tick_params(axis='both', which='major', labelsize='x-large')
N = len(qqq)
plt.plot(np.linspace(-N/2, N/2, N), amps, label="transformed")

plt.legend(prop={'size':'x-large'})
plt.show()