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CryptoSignal/Crypto-Signal
Github.com/CryptoSignal - Trading & Technical Analysis Bot - 4,100+ stars, 1,100+ forks
CryptoSignal is a Python CLI tool that runs technical analysis indicators (RSI, MACD, Ichimoku, etc.) against live crypto exchange data and fires alerts via Slack, Telegram, Discord, or SMS. It's a signal generator, not an execution engine — it tells you when conditions are met, but you still place the trade yourself. Aimed at traders who want automated TA monitoring without writing it from scratch.
TA-Lib underneath means the indicator math is battle-tested, not homebrew. Exchange abstraction via ccxt means swapping Binance for Coinbase is a config change, not a rewrite. Docker-first setup makes it genuinely easy to run without fighting Python dependency hell. The notifier system is cleanly separated — adding a new alert channel is a small, isolated file.
Last meaningful commit is mid-2024 and the repo has been in 'Beta' with lagging docs since at least 2019 — it's effectively unmaintained. No backtesting support at all: you can tune signals on paper but you cannot verify whether any of them would have made money historically. The signal logic has no position sizing, portfolio awareness, or risk management — it's a blinking light, not a strategy. Divergences from TradingView values are acknowledged in the FAQ but never resolved, which should give anyone using this for real money serious pause.