Binance Alpha Explorer
Binance Alpha new coin launch detector. Uses WebSocket to monitor !miniTicker@arr stream and detects new trading pairs immediately when they appear. Maintains known symbols set in memory and triggers alert for new symbols with valid opening price.
Install via CLI (Recommended)
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/alphafactor/alphaWhat This Skill Does
The Binance Alpha skill is a specialized monitoring tool designed for cryptocurrency traders who need to identify new trading pairs as soon as they appear on the Binance exchange. By leveraging Binance's high-speed WebSocket stream (!miniTicker@arr), this agent tracks market activity in real-time. Unlike standard market scanners, Alpha keeps a localized memory of known symbols and continuously compares incoming data against this list. When an unrecognized ticker symbol appears, the agent cross-references the data with the Binance REST API to confirm a valid opening price and trading status before issuing an alert. This ensures that users are notified of fresh opportunities with millisecond-latency, effectively giving them a head-start in highly volatile new coin markets.
Installation
To integrate this skill into your OpenClaw environment, ensure you have Python 3.7+ installed and execute the following installation command in your terminal:
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/alphafactor/alpha
After installation, you may need to install the required dependencies by running:
pip3 install websocket-client --user
Use Cases
- Automated Arbitrage: Quickly identify new liquidity pools or trading pairs to capture initial price discovery spreads.
- Market Surveillance: Monitor the ecosystem for new project launches or promotional listings without needing to refresh web interfaces manually.
- Trend Analysis: Build a personal database of new coin history to analyze the performance of newly listed tokens over their first 24 hours of trading.
Example Prompts
- "Start the Binance Alpha monitor and let me know immediately if a new coin hits the market."
- "Show me the last 20 historical alerts from the Alpha skill to see if any new pairs launched today."
- "Check the status of my Alpha monitor to ensure it is connected and how many symbols it is currently tracking."
Tips & Limitations
- Persistence: The skill automatically stores data in
~/.config/alpha/. Ensure your system has write permissions to this directory. - Efficiency: Because this tool relies on WebSocket streams, it should be run in a persistent background process or an OpenClaw long-running task container to avoid missing events during downtime.
- Data Accuracy: Always use the 'reset' command if you find the internal state has become desynchronized, but keep in mind this will permanently erase your local history files.
- Resource Usage: The tool is highly efficient but will maintain an active network connection at all times to ensure real-time updates.
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Find the right skillPaste this into your clawhub.json to enable this plugin.
{
"plugins": {
"official-alphafactor-alpha": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_update": true
}
}
}Tags(AI)
Flags: network-access, file-write, file-read, external-api
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