OpenBB/gamestonk_terminal/cryptocurrency

CRYPTOCURRENCY

This menu aims to explore crypto world, and the usage of the following commands along with an example will be exploited below.

COINGECKO

• load
  • load a given coin vs a given currency [CoinGecko]
• view
  • plot the loaded crypto data
• trend
  • show top 7 trending coins

COINMARKETCAP

• top
  • view top coins from coinmarketcap [coinmarketcap.com]

BINANCE

• select
  • select coin/currency to use
• book
  • show order book
• candle
  • get klines/candles and plot
• balance
  • show coin balance

COINGECKO

load

usage: load [-c --coin] [-d --days] [--vs]

Load a given coin vs a given currency. Currently only retrieves price, not volume or MarketCap. The current crypto data is Powered by CoinGecko API, which is an awesome service that currently requires no API Key!

• -c/--coin The coin you wish to load. This can either be the symbol or the name. load -c btc and load -c bitcoin will load. The -c flag is optional, the above is equivalent to load btc.
• -d/--days The number of days to look. Defaults to 30 days. As per the API: Minutely data will be used for duration within 1 day, Hourly data will be used for duration between 1 day and 90 days, Daily data will be used for duration above 90 days.
• --vs The currency to look against. Defaults to "usd".

view

usage: view

Plot the loaded crypto data.

trend

usage: trend

Print the top 7 trending coins from coingecko

COINMARKETCAP

top

top [-n] [-s --sort SORTBY] [--descend]

This command displays the top n cryptocurrencies from coinmarketcap.com.

• -n: Number of coins to look at (after sort). Defaults to 10.
• -s/--sort : Column to sort by. One of {Symbol,CMC_Rank,LastPrice,DayPctChange,MarketCap}. Defaults to sorting by the CMC rank.
• --descend : Flag to change the sorting order. Sorts in ascending order (since default order is the Rank which starts at 1).

BINANCE

select

usage: select [-c --coin] [-q --quote]

• -c/--coin Coin to load. If not specified, BTC will be loaded to prevent errors later.
• -q/--quote Quote currency. Defaults to USDT (which is 1-to-1 with USD)

Select a coin/currency to the current object. Note that in binance, the exchange "ticker" is usually COINCURR, such as BTCEUR for BTC to EURO. There is no USD, but it uses a coin tethered to the USD (USDT), which is the default. Some symbols are a combination of coins, as ETHBTC is a valid symbol

Note that the usage select btc will also work, as it will add -c if not detected.

book

usage: book -l/--limit 

• -l/--limit Number of orders to get on each side. One of [5,10,20,50,100,500,1000,5000]. Defaults to 100.

Gets and shows the order book for the given coin/currency. Shows the cumulative amount of orders.

candle

usage: candle [-i --interval] [-l --limit]

• -i/--interval. Interval for candles. One of [1day,3day,1hour,2hour,4hour,6hour,8hour,12hour,1week,1min,3min,5min,15min,30min,1month]. Defaults to 1day.
• -l/--limit. Number of candles to get. Defaults to 100. Example output (using 3day interval and 50 candles)

Show candle chart for loaded coin/currency. (Terminal will quit if coin is not defined).

balance

usage: balance

Shows the current holding balance in your account.