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alternative-data-integrator

Alternative data sources for trading signals — Google Trends, web traffic, search volume, shipping/supply chain data, satellite imagery proxies, and economic nowcasting. Use this skill whenever the user asks about "alternative data", "Google Trends trading", "search trends", "web traffic signals", "nowcasting", "satellite data trading", "shipping index", "Baltic Dry", "unusual data sources", "non-traditional indicators", "big data trading signals", or any request to incorporate non-standard data into trading decisions. Works with trading-data-science for feature engineering and trading-brain for signal integration.

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alternative-data-integrator
description
Alternative data sources for trading signals — Google Trends, web traffic, search volume, shipping/supply chain data, satellite imagery proxies, and economic nowcasting. Use this skill whenever the user asks about "alternative data", "Google Trends trading", "search trends", "web traffic signals", "nowcasting", "satellite data trading", "shipping index", "Baltic Dry", "unusual data sources", "non-traditional indicators", "big data trading signals", or any request to incorporate non-standard data into trading decisions. Works with trading-data-science for feature engineering and trading-brain for signal integration.
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reference
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trading/data
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active
tags
["alternative","data","integrator","trading"]
related_skills
["economic-calendar","market-data-ingestion","economic-indicator-tracker","market-intelligence","news-intelligence"]
# Alternative Data Integrator ```python import pandas as pd import numpy as np from datetime import datetime class AlternativeDataSources: """ Framework for integrating alternative data. In Claude context, use web_search to fetch data, then process through these analytical pipelines. """ # Web search queries for alt data SEARCH_QUERIES = { "google_trends": "Google Trends {keyword} interest over time", "baltic_dry": "Baltic Dry Index today shipping", "economic_surprise": "Citigroup Economic Surprise Index", "credit_spreads": "US high yield credit spread OAS today", "copper_gold_ratio": "copper gold ratio economic indicator", "shipping_rates": "container shipping rates index", "job_postings": "Indeed job postings trend {country}", "restaurant_bookings": "OpenTable restaurant bookings trend", "electricity_consumption": "electricity consumption {country} trend", } @staticmethod def google_trends_signal(trend_data: pd.Series, asset: str) -> dict: """Process Google Trends data into trading signal. Rising search interest often leads price moves by 1-4 weeks.""" if len(trend_data) < 10: return {"error": "Need at least 10 data points"} momentum = trend_data.pct_change(4).iloc[-1] # 4-week momentum z_score = (trend_data.iloc[-1] - trend_data.rolling(52).mean().iloc[-1]) / (trend_data.rolling(52).std().iloc[-1] or 1) return { "asset": asset, "current_interest": int(trend_data.iloc[-1]), "4w_momentum": round(momentum * 100, 1), "z_score": round(z_score, 2), "signal": "ELEVATED ATTENTION — potential move incoming" if abs(z_score) > 2 else "NORMAL", "note": "Google Trends leads retail flows by 1-4 weeks. Contrarian at extremes.", } @staticmethod def economic_nowcast(indicators: dict) -> dict: """Combine real-time indicators for economic activity nowcast.""" scores = { "baltic_dry_change": indicators.get("baltic_dry_mom", 0) * 0.15, "credit_spread_change": -indicators.get("credit_spread_change", 0) * 0.20, "copper_gold_ratio_change": indicators.get("copper_gold_mom", 0) * 0.20, "job_postings_change": indicators.get("job_postings_mom", 0) * 0.15, "electricity_change": indicators.get("electricity_mom", 0) * 0.10, "shipping_rates_change": indicators.get("shipping_mom", 0) * 0.10, "consumer_traffic_change": indicators.get("consumer_traffic_mom", 0) * 0.10, } composite = sum(scores.values()) return { "nowcast_score": round(composite, 4), "components": scores, "regime": "EXPANSION" if composite > 0.02 else "CONTRACTION" if composite < -0.02 else "STABLE", "fx_implication": "Risk-on currencies favored (AUD, NZD, CAD)" if composite > 0.02 else "Risk-off currencies favored (JPY, CHF, USD)" if composite < -0.02 else "Mixed — trade pair-specific fundamentals", } @staticmethod def sentiment_from_search_volume(keywords: dict) -> dict: """Map search volume patterns to market sentiment.""" fear_keywords = ["recession", "market crash", "financial crisis", "bank run"] greed_keywords = ["bull market", "stock tips", "get rich", "crypto moon"] fear_score = sum(keywords.get(k, 0) for k in fear_keywords) greed_score = sum(keywords.get(k, 0) for k in greed_keywords) net = greed_score - fear_score return { "fear_index": fear_score, "greed_index": greed_score, "net_sentiment": round(net, 2), "interpretation": "FEAR dominant — contrarian buy signal" if net < -50 else "GREED dominant — contrarian sell signal" if net > 50 else "BALANCED", } ```
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