From 905984346076073a73acd5af222639e9eeab27bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justin Oros <JustinOros@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 12:37:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update VIX estimation debug message to display actual symbol
 being used for volatility calculation

---
 daytrader.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/daytrader.py b/daytrader.py
index dfcae0f..74ec775 100644
--- a/daytrader.py
+++ b/daytrader.py
@@ -406,8 +406,8 @@ def get_vix_level():
             debug_print(f"VIX from data: {vix:.2f}")
             return vix
         else:
-            debug_print("No VIX data, estimating from SPY volatility...")
-            spy_bars = api.get_bars("SPY", "1Day", limit=20).df
+            debug_print(f"No VIX data, estimating from {SYMBOL} volatility...")
+            spy_bars = api.get_bars(SYMBOL, "1Day", limit=20).df
             if len(spy_bars) >= 20:
                 spy_returns = spy_bars['close'].pct_change()
                 volatility = spy_returns.std() * np.sqrt(252) * 100