Configuring a Futures Contract for a TradingView Webhook Bot

Summary

The post concerns a user who deployed a TradingView signal bot for Binance Bitcoin perpetual futures and encountered an error because the contract setting was empty. The included example robot distinguishes spot from futures exchanges by their names. For futures, it checks a contract parameter and stops with an error if that parameter is blank; otherwise, it sets the contract before processing commands.

The sample also outlines a command format for buy, sell, long, short, and position-closing actions, then polls for incoming commands and submits orders using either market or price-based execution. It is useful as an implementation example of the configuration dependency behind the reported error, but the post itself does not provide a direct setup walkthrough or confirm which contract value the user should enter. It gives no testing, performance, or operational safety discussion, so the code should not be treated as validated trading guidance.

Key ideas

• The bot requires a nonempty contract setting when connected to a futures exchange.\nIt identifies futures connections by checking the exchange name.\nIncoming commands specify an action and amount for opening or closing positions.\nThe example supports market orders and orders priced from the current bid or ask.\nThe post does not specify a verified contract value or report testing results.

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