{
  "status": "live",
  "methodology": "Reddit retail-sentiment (mention volume + FinBERT sentiment) from r/wallstreetbets, r/stocks, r/investing. Forward-collection only (Pushshift dead 2023; no permissive historical corpus) -> no PIT history -> exploratory, display-only, NOT an Aionis research claim. Zero-credential Atom RSS transport (Reddit blocked unauth .json + new OAuth via the Responsible Builder Policy, 2026); upvote score available only when PRAW creds are present. Ticker extraction: $TICKER cashtags (any case) + bare UPPERCASE tokens >=4 chars (WSB ticker convention; lowercase = English prose).",
  "collector": "src/aionis/ingest/reddit_sentiment.py + scripts/reddit_fetch.py",
  "mode": "exploratory \u00b7 forward-collection only \u00b7 no backfill",
  "clearance": "7-gate (docs/data-intake-rubric.md): license / PIT / no-revision / selection-bias / politeness",
  "subreddits": [
    "wallstreetbets",
    "stocks",
    "investing"
  ],
  "how_to_activate": "uv run python scripts/reddit_fetch.py (zero-credential; no API key needed)",
  "latest_snapshot_ts": "2026-10-16T10:32:38+00:00",
  "n_snapshots": 38,
  "transport": "rss",
  "score_available": false,
  "score_note": "upvote score needs PRAW (OAuth); RSS path records 0",
  "picks": [
    {
      "ticker": "MSFT",
      "mentions": 1,
      "sentiment": -0.829,
      "bull_ratio": 0.0,
      "score_sum": 0
    },
    {
      "ticker": "GOOGL",
      "mentions": 1,
      "sentiment": -0.829,
      "bull_ratio": 0.0,
      "score_sum": 0
    },
    {
      "ticker": "META",
      "mentions": 1,
      "sentiment": -0.829,
      "bull_ratio": 0.0,
      "score_sum": 0
    },
    {
      "ticker": "AMZN",
      "mentions": 1,
      "sentiment": -0.829,
      "bull_ratio": 0.0,
      "score_sum": 0
    },
    {
      "ticker": "ORCL",
      "mentions": 1,
      "sentiment": 0.1,
      "bull_ratio": null,
      "score_sum": 0
    }
  ],
  "pressure": {
    "status": "accumulating",
    "by_ticker": {},
    "n_snapshots": 38,
    "latest_date": "2026-10-16",
    "note": "GME-style retail pressure (mention velocity \u00d7 crowding-z \u00d7 sentiment). Needs \u226514 days of snapshots to grade; the daily cron accumulates."
  },
  "snapshot_ts": "2026-10-16T11:01:55.168220+00:00"
}