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Ask for any ticker and the bot returns price and VWAP, EMA trend, RSI and MACD momentum, ATR and volume, and an options snapshot, computed on live market data.
The Optimal bot
A purpose-built market-data engine, in your Discord feed.
Optimal runs a custom bot that pulls live prices, technical indicators, and source-scored news on demand and posts structured, readable market data directly in the community.
Most trading Discords are chat rooms. Optimal is a chat room with a data layer under it. Members call the bot for a ticker and get back a compact, consistent readout: price and trend, momentum, volatility and volume, an options snapshot, and a plain read of where the signals agree and disagree. The bot does not give trade advice or call winners. It organizes real market data so you can read it faster. Everything below is the actual output shape.
What the bot does
News engine
Headlines scored for bias and impact
The bot pulls recent news for a ticker, scores each source for lean and reliability and each headline for impact, then synthesizes the net read.
Structured breakdowns
One consistent, readable format
Every call comes back in the same compact block: price and trend, momentum, volatility and volume, options, and a plain read of where the signals agree.
What a readout looks like
FORMATTING EXAMPLE - NOT LIVE DATA
/technicals NVDA
intraday 1m/5m/15m + daily
Price
price$146.82 +$2.72 (+1.89%) · VWAP $146.35
rangeprev $144.10 · open $145.25 · H $148.40 · L $144.75
Trend
classStrong uptrend with short-term extension risk
emas9 $146.10 · 20 $145.20 · 50 $143.75 · 200 $138.40
vs emasabove all listed EMAs, short-term stacked above long-term
Momentum
rsi68.4 (strong, near overbought)
macd0.84 · signal 0.61 · hist +0.23
Volatility & Volume
atr4.85 (3.30%) · regime Elevated
volume92.6M · avg 76.3M · rvol 1.21x
optionsIV 54.2% · expected move $5.80 (3.95%) · P/C 0.68
Confluence
readtrend, volume, and options flow are aligned to the upside; main caution is short-term extension and elevated premium
FORMATTING EXAMPLE - NOT LIVE DATA
/news AAPL
last 24h
Snapshot
readmixed, headline-driven (impact 6/10)
topsupplier report points to steady iPhone build orders
windowlast 24h · 3 headlines · multi-source
Headlines
Apple supplier signals steady build orders into next quarter
Supportive for the demand narrative if corroborated by other suppliers.
Analysts split on Apple services growth ahead of earnings
Two-sided; reflects genuine disagreement, not a clear catalyst.
Regulatory scrutiny of App Store fees continues in EU
Slow-moving overhang; matters more on a headline escalation.
Read
netthe stack is mixed; no single dominant catalyst, so news is context rather than a trigger
watchwhether supplier data gets corroborated or stays a one-source signal
From the glossary
VWAP
price $146.82 · VWAP $146.35
/define VWAP
VWAP (Volume Weighted Average Price) is the average price of a security weighted by volume traded at each price level over a specified session, calculated as the cumulative sum of (price x volume) divided by cumulative volume; it resets at the start of each trading session and serves as a key institutional benchmark for execution quality.
EMA
emas 9 $146.10 · 20 $145.20 · 50 $143.75 · 200 $138.40
/define EMA
An EMA (Exponential Moving Average) is a type of moving average that applies exponentially decreasing weights to older price data, causing it to respond more quickly to recent price changes than a Simple Moving Average (SMA) of the same period.
RSI
rsi 68.4 (strong, near overbought)
/define RSI
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is a momentum oscillator developed by J. Welles Wilder that measures the speed and magnitude of recent price changes on a scale of 0-100, with readings above 70 conventionally considered overbought and readings below 30 considered oversold.
MACD
macd 0.84 · signal 0.61 · hist +0.23
/define MACD
MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence) is a momentum oscillator developed by Gerald Appel that measures the relationship between two EMAs (typically 12 and 26 periods) by plotting their difference as the MACD line, a 9-period EMA of that difference as the signal line, and a histogram showing the gap between the two.
ATR
atr 4.85 (3.30%) · regime Elevated
/define ATR
ATR (Average True Range) is a volatility indicator developed by J. Welles Wilder that measures the average of true ranges over a specified period (typically 14 days), where each day's true range is the greatest of: (1) current high minus current low, (2) absolute value of current high minus prior close, and (3) absolute value of current low minus prior close; ATR quantifies how much a security typically moves per period in dollar or point terms.
Relative Volume (RVOL)
volume 92.6M · avg 76.3M · rvol 1.21x
/define relative volume
RVOL (Relative Volume) is a real-time ratio comparing a security's current trading volume over a specified period to its historical average volume for the same period and time of day, indicating whether participation in today's price movement is above or below normal.
Expected Move
options IV 54.2% · expected move $5.80 (3.95%)
/define expected move
The expected move is the options-implied one-standard-deviation price range for an underlying over a specified period, most commonly approximated by the price of the ATM straddle for the relevant expiration; it represents the market's consensus estimate of probable price movement.
Put/Call Ratio
options ... P/C 0.68
/define put call ratio
The put-call ratio is the ratio of total put volume to total call volume over a given period; it is used as a sentiment indicator where elevated ratios suggest bearish positioning and depressed ratios suggest bullish positioning, and is often read as a contrarian signal at extremes.
The full glossary lives in the server via /define.
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