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)