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Automatic Asset Type Detection

When a new ticker is added to your watchlist, Aportia automatically determines the asset type in this order:

  1. Is it in the commodity ETF list? → COMMODITY
  2. Is it a 6-character forex pair (e.g. EURUSD) and does Frankfurter return a valid rate? → FOREX
  3. Does Alpaca recognise the ticker as an active asset?
    • Company name contains "reit", "realty", "real estate", or "property trust" → REALTY
    • Otherwise → STOCK
  4. Does Binance return a valid price for this symbol? → CRYPTO
  5. None of the above → Ticker not recognised (you will see a warning)