mcafee2cash

• Listen for tweets from @officialmcafee
• Check if tweet contains a symbol listed on Bittrex
• Analyze sentiment
• Suggest to user via Telegram bot if good
• Allow user to make buy order and set selling target once buy order fills

APIs used:

• Twitter (tweepy)
• Telegram (telepot)
• Bittrex (python-bittrex)

If you get stuck, don't hesitate to open an issue or message me on Twitter @stephancill

Disclaimer: I do not endorse the influence McAfee’s tweets have on the crypto market. I think it’s very dangerous for one person to have the power to manipulate markets the way he does.

TODO

• [x] OCR for tweets with pictures
• [ ] Set default amount to buy in config
• [ ] Timed orders (e.g. sell after 30 min)
• [ ] General order management (/neworder)

How it works

A stream is configured to listen to new tweets by user IDs specified in config.json. When it receives a tweet, it checks if any coins that trade on Bittrex are mentioned, analyzes the overall sentiment and determines which coins you should buy. The Telegram bot then sends you a message with those buying options and allows you to inspect a market summary of all the buying options. Along with the market summary, it provides you with a button that you can press to buy the coin on Bittrex and asks you to specify how much (in BTC) you would like to spend and places a buy order at the asking price.

Why not just automatically buy?

McAfee doesn't only tweet the coin of the day. A Telegram bot is merely a conservative approach to prevent the bot from making stupid trades. E.g.

Requirements

• Python 3.6
• pipenv

Setup

• git clone https://github.com/stephancill/mcafee2cash.git
• cd mcafee2cash
• pipenv install (if this fails, delete Pipfile.lock and try again)
• pipenv run "python -m textblob.download_corpora" to download sentiment analysis dependencies
• Populate secrets.json
• Modify config.json (optional)

secrets.json info

• Bittrex - Create a Bittrex API key with READ INFO, TRADE LIMIT, TRADE MARKET permissions
• Telegram - Create a bot by talking to @BotFather
• Twitter - Create a new Twitter app at https://apps.twitter.com/app/new

Telegram bot commands

Command shortcuts to register with BotFather

orderstatus - Usage: /orderstatus ORDER_UUID (Get status of limit order)
cancelorder - Usage: /cancelorder ORDER_UUID (Cancel order)
getopenorders - Usage: /getopenorders (List open orders)
help - Get help with order management

Usage

• Start the service using pipenv run python main.py
• Send your bot token to the bot to authenticate your chat
• Wait for McAfee to pump a coin

Contributing

Contributions welcome. Open a pull request!

License

MIT License