Testing

🤖 RussBot is a free, open-source binary options trading bot for PocketOption, built on BinaryOptionsToolsV2 → Get it on GitLab
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RussBot ships with three test scripts. Run them before trading real money — they verify the indicator math, your API connection, and historical data loading independently of the trading loop.

test_indicators.py — Indicator Math

python test_indicators.py

Tests the EMA, CCI, and MACD calculations against sample data. It works without BinaryOptionsToolsV2 installed — if the library is missing it degrades to pure indicator testing:

⚠️ BinaryOptionsToolsV2 not available - testing indicators only

Use this to:

• Confirm the indicator implementations produce sane values after you modify them
• Sanity-check custom periods before putting them in config.json
• Debug NaN issues in indicator output

test_history.py — Historical Data Loading

python test_history.py

Requires your SSID. Verifies the full data pipeline the bot depends on at startup:

1. Connects to PocketOption and prints your balance
2. Fetches historical candles for EURUSD_otc across multiple periods (30 min, 1 h, 2 h)
3. Shows the raw candle structure so you can confirm the API format matches what the bot expects

🧪 Testing historical data loading for EURUSD_otc
✅ API connection established
💰 Account balance: 10000.0
📈 Loading historical candles...

Run this whenever:

• You’re setting up on a new machine or network
• The bot reports ⚠️ No historical data received
• You suspect your SSID has expired

test_simple_history.py — Minimal History Check

python test_simple_history.py

A stripped-down version of the history test — one API call, minimal output. Fastest way to answer “is my SSID valid and can I fetch candles?”

debug_indicators.py — Live Debugging

python debug_indicators.py

Combines a live connection with verbose indicator output, useful when the bot connects fine but signals look wrong.

Recommended Pre-Flight Checklist

Before any live session:

1. ✅ python test_indicators.py — indicator math is sound
2. ✅ python test_simple_history.py — SSID valid, candles flowing
3. ✅ python payout_checker.py — enough assets above your payout threshold (details)
4. ✅ Run the bot on a demo account SSID and watch a few signals fire
5. ✅ Only then switch to a real-account SSID with a small amount

Paper Trading

Want to evaluate the strategy without any execution risk? Comment out the two await self.api.buy(...) / await self.api.sell(...) calls in the bot and replace them with prints. The full analysis pipeline still runs, and the logs (logs.log) give you a record of every signal to evaluate after 24–48 hours.

Related Pages

• Getting Started — SSID extraction
• Indicators Reference — what the indicator tests validate
• Troubleshooting — what to do when a test fails

💬 A test failing and you can’t tell why? Post the output in the Chipa Discord — someone has almost certainly hit it before. Or skip the plumbing entirely and go no-code with ChipaEditor.