diff --git a/zipline/utils/numpy_utils.py b/zipline/utils/numpy_utils.py
index 56315cf7..db5f168a 100644
--- a/zipline/utils/numpy_utils.py
+++ b/zipline/utils/numpy_utils.py
@@ -148,6 +148,75 @@ def repeat_last_axis(array, count):
     return as_strided(array, array.shape + (count,), array.strides + (0,))
 
 
+def rolling_window(array, length):
+    """
+    Restride an array of shape
+
+        (X_0, ... X_N)
+
+    into an array of shape
+
+        (length, X_0 - length + 1, ... X_N)
+
+    where each slice at index i along the first axis is equivalent to
+
+        result[i] = array[length * i:length * (i + 1)]
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    array : np.ndarray
+        The base array.
+    length : int
+        Length of the synthetic first axis to generate.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    out : np.ndarray
+
+    Example
+    -------
+    >>> from numpy import arange
+    >>> a = arange(25).reshape(5, 5)
+    >>> a
+    array([[ 0,  1,  2,  3,  4],
+           [ 5,  6,  7,  8,  9],
+           [10, 11, 12, 13, 14],
+           [15, 16, 17, 18, 19],
+           [20, 21, 22, 23, 24]])
+
+    >>> rolling_window(a, 2)
+    array([[[ 0,  1,  2,  3,  4],
+            [ 5,  6,  7,  8,  9]],
+
+           [[ 5,  6,  7,  8,  9],
+            [10, 11, 12, 13, 14]],
+
+           [[10, 11, 12, 13, 14],
+            [15, 16, 17, 18, 19]],
+
+           [[15, 16, 17, 18, 19],
+            [20, 21, 22, 23, 24]]])
+    """
+    orig_shape = array.shape
+    if not orig_shape:
+        raise IndexError("Can't restride a scalar.")
+    elif orig_shape[0] <= length:
+        raise IndexError(
+            "Can't restride array of shape {shape} with"
+            " a window length of {len}".format(
+                shape=orig_shape,
+                len=length,
+            )
+        )
+
+    num_windows = (orig_shape[0] - length + 1)
+    new_shape = (num_windows, length) + orig_shape[1:]
+
+    new_strides = (array.strides[0],) + array.strides
+
+    return as_strided(array, new_shape, new_strides)
+
+
 # Sentinel value that isn't NaT.
 _notNaT = make_datetime64D(0)