chart/docs/investigate_added_symbols.md
Chris Amow 234b57e8b6 Stamp drawings and alerts with symbol; snap from the instrument profile.
Missing JSON still loads as /ES. No switcher and no second stream.
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# Added symbols — `/ES`, `/NQ`, `/GC`, `/CL`
**Status: placeholders in, switcher not.** Agreed 2026-08-31. Profile
and `symbol` stamps are live; still one stream and no UI switcher.
The process is one chart of one contract. Yahoo and Schwab already know
the other roots. Almost everything after the stream is *this* instrument.
The likely set is four: **ES, NQ, gold, oil**. Design for N, not a
boolean ES/gold switch.
---
## Decision
**Persist `symbol` now. Do not split `Runtime` now.**
Same move as `user_id: "shared"` in `docs/multi_user.md`: cheap while
there is one value, expensive after two files exist.
### Do first (placeholders, still one live series)
1. **Instrument profile** the settings and the browser both see:
```
id: "es" | "nq" | "gc" | "cl"
yahoo_symbol: "ES=F" | "NQ=F" | "GC=F" | "CL=F"
schwab_symbol: "/ES" | "/NQ" | "/GC" | "/CL"
tick: 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.10 | 0.01
decimals: 2
session: globex_18_17
rth: spy_rth | spy_rth | none | nymex_day
```
Snap, nudge, alert inputs, and the status label read `tick` / names
from here. Kill `ConfluenceChart.TICK = 0.25`. Session code stays
shared. RTH follows the profile (`none` hides SPY marks on gold).
2. **Stamp persistence.** Drawings, alert-state rows, and events get
`symbol` (Schwab root, e.g. `/ES`). Missing field means `/ES`. New
writes always stamp the current profile. Do not wait for a second
chart.
3. **Keep one store, one stream, one seed.** `Bar.symbol` already exists.
`InMemoryBarStore` stays `tf → bars` until something actually switches.
Today’s env still selects the one live profile (`YAHOO_SYMBOL` /
`SCHWAB_SYMBOL` or an `INSTRUMENT=es` key). Default remains ES.
### Then (after placeholders have been live)
4. Prove a second root as a **replace**: point env at NQ or GC, restart,
confirm Yahoo history + Schwab stream + tick snaps. NQ is the cheap
proof (same tick and RTH as ES). GC or CL is the proof that tick/RTH
actually split.
5. **Switcher** last: UI picks the profile; snapshot replace (`setBars`),
not a tick; filter drawings/alerts by `symbol`; lazy-seed the other
series; do not Schwab-sub the hidden root.
### Not in this plan
Two live streams (ES and gold on screen together). That is a second tick
path and a second 5k-bar store inside Stay cheap, plus an unverified
double `CHART_FUTURES` sub on one token. Not until the switcher has been
used.
---
## Instrument table
| | `/ES` | `/NQ` | `/GC` | `/CL` |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tick | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.10 | 0.01 |
| Display | 2 dp | 2 dp | 2 dp | 2 dp |
| Yahoo | `ES=F` | `NQ=F` | `GC=F` | `CL=F` |
| Schwab | `/ES` | `/NQ` | `/GC` | `/CL` |
| Globex 18:00–17:00 | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| SPY RTH overlay | yes | yes | no | no (NYMEX day 9:00–14:30 ET) |
| Options UI | keep | hide or later | hide | hide |
NQ is the cheapest second chart. Gold and oil are why tick cannot stay a
chart constant. `toFixed(2)` covers all four.
---
## Why the placeholders
The current process is one `Runtime`, one Schwab socket, one bar store,
one `manual_lines.json`, one alert-state file, one ntfy topic.
| File | Today | After step 2 |
|---|---|---|
| `data/manual_lines.json` | no symbol | each row `symbol: "/ES"` |
| `data/alert_state.json` | zones by price | zone + symbol |
| `data/events.json` | one log | tagged or filtered by symbol |
| `data/user_prefs.json` | global | leave global until the switcher |
| `localStorage` | layers, theme | leave until the switcher |
Without `symbol` on drawings, a switcher would mix ES lines onto NQ.
Without it on alert state, gold 2650 would be silenced by an old ES
2650. Adding the field later is a migration of production JSON.
`ConfluenceChart.TICK = 0.25` feeds every snap, keyboard nudge, and the
price-alert `step`. Gold cannot ship with that literal. Pulling it into
the profile is not scaffolding — it is deleting a lie.
Schwab continuous roots (`/ES`, `/NQ`, `/GC`, `/CL`) should auto-resolve
the front month the same way `/ES` → `/ESU26`. Verify each with
`scripts/check_stream.py` before trusting it. Singular `get_quote("/GC")`
is still the equity slash trap; always `get_quotes`.
---
## What stays generic
Aggregator, VWAP, daily MAs, prior-day H/L/C (session is shared Globex),
WebSocket snapshot shape, drawing tools, Fibonacci, comments, confluence
*math*, ntfy, auth. They work if the bars and the profile are the
instrument’s.
What does not: RTH marks, tick grid, options panel, confluence *score*
(28 and the 4h cooldown were calibrated on ES — re-run
`scripts/calibrate_alerts.py` per tape before turning confluence on).
Yahoo daily bars stay unused. 1h → session 1d, same as ES.
---
## Stay cheap
The tick budget is one series: forming tick = candle + price label.
A symbol switch is `setBars`. Do not subscribe Schwab to a hidden root.
Do not 2× the ~82s Yahoo seed; lazy-load the next instrument on first
view.
Two symbols on one Schwab socket is unverified. Two *processes* both
opening a stream still kick each other off.
---
## What not to do
- Do not split `Runtime` or the bar store until the switcher exists.
- Do not add a disabled switcher, a second seed, or a second Schwab sub
in the placeholder change.
- Do not add a second `package.json`, Vue app, or process “for gold.”
- Do not leave `TICK = 0.25` and “just chart gold.”
- Do not reuse ES confluence calibration.
- Do not show SPY RTH on metals or oil.
- Do not build gold/oil/NQ options in the same change as the chart.
- Do not put two symbols in one `manual_lines.json` without a symbol key.
- Do not start two live streams.
---
## Open, before the switcher (not before placeholders)
1. First extra root to prove as a replace: NQ (easy) or GC (forces tick)?
2. Does `/NQ` `/GC` `/CL` on this account stream `delayed: false`?
3. Does each Yahoo `*F` 1h series go back far enough for a daily 200 SMA?