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Adds OANDAs CFD for Crypto-currencies

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Description

Expected Behavior

Support OANDA's CFDs for cryptocurrencies:
https://www.oanda.com/eu-en/trading/cfds/cryptocurrencies/

Actual Behavior

Not supported.

Potential Solution

Add new entries to the Symbol Properties Database:

oanda,BTCUSD,cfd,Bitcoin-United States Dollar,USD,1,0.01,0.00000001
oanda,BCHUSD,cfd,Bitcoin Cash-United States Dollar,USD,1,0.01,0.00000001
oanda,ETHUSD,cfd,Ether-United States Dollar,USD,1,0.01,0.00000001
oanda,LTCUSD,cfd,Litecoin-United States Dollar,USD,1,0.01,0.00000001

and Market Hours Database (Always Open).

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  • I have confirmed that this is not a duplicate issue by searching issues
  • I have provided detailed steps to reproduce the issue

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Locate the Symbol Properties Database and Market Hours Database referenced in the issue, then review how existing OANDA instruments and always-open markets are represented. Add the four listed cryptocurrency CFD symbols with their supplied properties and market-hours entries, and verify the databases accept the new records.

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Assessment

Domain
database
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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