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PO_ASSET

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The trading pair (symbol) the bot operates on. One bot instance trades exactly one asset.
Typestring
DefaultEURUSD
RequiredNo
Maps toBotConfig.asset
Read inmain.py (build_config())

What it does

build_config() reads PO_ASSET with default "EURUSD" and stores it in BotConfig.asset. The value is used as-is (no validation or normalization) in src/bot.py:

  1. Warmup history — AITradingBot.start() calls client.get_candles(cfg.asset, cfg.timeframe, warmup_offset) to load historical candles before the main loop.
  2. Live candle stream — _candle_stream() subscribes with subscribe_symbol_time_aligned(cfg.asset, timedelta(seconds=cfg.timeframe)) (or subscribe_symbol as a fallback).
  3. Trade placement — _trade_loop() calls client.buy(cfg.asset, stake, expiry) or client.sell(cfg.asset, stake, expiry).
  4. Trade records — the asset name is stored in each TradeRecord and persisted to the SQLite journal.

The name must match a symbol PocketOption’s API accepts (e.g. EURUSD, or OTC variants such as EURUSD_otc). An invalid symbol is not caught at config time — it fails when fetching candles or subscribing.

One hard-coded gate is tuned for EURUSD-scale prices: _trade_loop() skips candles whose high-low range is below 0.00005 (“~0.5 pips for EURUSD”). If you trade an instrument with a very different price scale (e.g. crypto or indices), this doji filter may fire far too often or never.

Valid values

Any symbol string recognized by PocketOption. No list is validated locally.

Examples

export PO_ASSET='EURUSD_otc'
$env:PO_ASSET = 'EURUSD_otc'
# .env
PO_ASSET=EURUSD

Interactions

  • PO_TIMEFRAME sets the candle period used with this asset.
  • PO_DATASET should contain historical candles of the same asset and timeframe — the bot does not check this; a mismatched dataset silently trains the models on the wrong instrument.
  • Real environment variables override .env values (see index).

See also

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