syminfo.md

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title	Syminfo
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Syminfo

Symbol information namespace providing metadata about the current trading symbol.

Symbol Identification

Constant	Status	Description
syminfo.current_contract	✅	Contract name for futures (e.g., "Perpetual")
syminfo.description	✅	Human-readable description (e.g., "BTC / USDT Perpetual")
syminfo.isin	✅	ISIN code (empty for crypto)
syminfo.main_tickerid	✅	Main ticker identifier
syminfo.prefix	✅	Exchange identifier (e.g., "BINANCE")
syminfo.root	✅	Base asset/root symbol (e.g., "BTC")
syminfo.ticker	✅	Symbol name (e.g., "BTCUSDT", "BTCUSDT.P")
syminfo.tickerid	✅	Exchange:Symbol format (e.g., "BINANCE:BTCUSDT")
syminfo.type	✅	Instrument type ("crypto" or "futures")
syminfo.prefix()		Prefix function
syminfo.ticker()		Ticker function

Currency & Location

Constant	Status	Description
syminfo.basecurrency	✅	Base currency (e.g., "BTC")
syminfo.currency	✅	Quote currency (e.g., "USDT")
syminfo.timezone	✅	Timezone (always "Etc/UTC" for crypto)
syminfo.country	✅	Country code (empty for crypto)

Price & Contract Info

Constant	Status	Description
syminfo.mintick	✅	Minimum price increment (from Binance filters)
syminfo.pricescale	✅	Price scale (inverse of tick size)
syminfo.minmove	✅	Minimum movement (always 1)
syminfo.pointvalue	✅	Point value/contract multiplier
syminfo.mincontract	✅	Minimum contract size (from Binance filters)

Session & Market

Constant	Status	Description
syminfo.session	✅	Trading session (always "24x7" for crypto)
syminfo.volumetype	✅	Volume type (always "base" for crypto)
syminfo.expiration_date	✅	Contract expiration (0 for perpetuals, timestamp for delivery)

Company Data

Constant	Status	Description
syminfo.employees	✅	Number of employees (N/A for crypto, returns 0)
syminfo.industry	✅	Industry sector (N/A for crypto, returns "")
syminfo.sector	✅	Market sector (N/A for crypto, returns "")
syminfo.shareholders	✅	Number of shareholders (N/A for crypto, returns 0)
syminfo.shares_outstanding_float	✅	Float shares (N/A for crypto, returns 0)
syminfo.shares_outstanding_total	✅	Total shares (N/A for crypto, returns 0)

Analyst Ratings

Constant	Status	Description
syminfo.recommendations_buy	✅	Buy recommendations (N/A for crypto, returns 0)
syminfo.recommendations_buy_strong	✅	Strong buy recommendations (N/A for crypto, returns 0)
syminfo.recommendations_date	✅	Recommendations date (N/A for crypto, returns 0)
syminfo.recommendations_hold	✅	Hold recommendations (N/A for crypto, returns 0)
syminfo.recommendations_sell	✅	Sell recommendations (N/A for crypto, returns 0)
syminfo.recommendations_sell_strong	✅	Strong sell recommendations (N/A for crypto, returns 0)
syminfo.recommendations_total	✅	Total recommendations (N/A for crypto, returns 0)

Price Targets

Constant	Status	Description
syminfo.target_price_average	✅	Average price target (N/A for crypto, returns 0)
syminfo.target_price_date	✅	Price target date (N/A for crypto, returns 0)
syminfo.target_price_estimates	✅	Number of estimates (N/A for crypto, returns 0)
syminfo.target_price_high	✅	High price target (N/A for crypto, returns 0)
syminfo.target_price_low	✅	Low price target (N/A for crypto, returns 0)
syminfo.target_price_median	✅	Median price target (N/A for crypto, returns 0)

Implementation Notes

Binance Provider

The BinanceProvider implementation supports:

• Spot Markets: Standard symbols like BTCUSDT, ETHUSDT
• Perpetual Futures: Symbols with .P suffix like BTCUSDT.P, ETHUSDT.P
• Delivery Futures: Symbols with _ like BTCUSD_210625

Market Type Detection

• Symbols ending with .P → Perpetual futures (uses fapi.binance.com)
• Symbols containing _ → Delivery futures (uses dapi.binance.com)
• Other symbols → Spot market (uses api.binance.com)