Automatic Asset Type Detection
When a new ticker is added to your watchlist, Aportia automatically determines the asset type in this order:
- Is it in the commodity ETF list? → COMMODITY
- Is it a 6-character forex pair (e.g. EURUSD) and does Frankfurter return a valid rate? → FOREX
- Does Alpaca recognise the ticker as an active asset?
- Company name contains "reit", "realty", "real estate", or "property trust" → REALTY
- Otherwise → STOCK
- Does Binance return a valid price for this symbol? → CRYPTO
- None of the above → Ticker not recognised (you will see a warning)