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Telegram Channel Monitor

Monitor Telegram cryptocurrency trading channels and discussion groups in real time using the Telethon client library, collecting message content, forwarded message propagation patterns, and member activity metrics to track information flow velocity and crowd sentiment.

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Telegram Channel Monitor — Sentiment & NLP

Category: Sentiment & NLP | Subcategory: Social


What This Notebook Does

Telegram is one of the most active hubs for crypto discussion — major projects run announcement channels, traders share alpha in groups, and whales coordinate in private communities. This notebook:

  1. Connects to Telegram using the MTProto API via the Telethon library
  2. Monitors one or more public channels/groups, fetching historical messages
  3. Preprocesses message text — strips formatting, links, and noise
  4. Scores sentiment with VADER and TextBlob
  5. Aggregates into hourly/daily signals for trading use
  6. Visualizes message volume, sentiment trends, and keyword distributions

Why Telegram for Crypto?

Unlike Twitter/X, Telegram messages are not rate-limited to short character counts — traders write longer, more nuanced posts. Channels like @BitcoinNews, @CryptoSignals, and project-specific groups often move prices before the news hits mainstream media.

What You Need

  • A Telegram account (phone number)
  • API credentials from https://my.telegram.org/apps (free)
  • The @username or invite link of the channels you want to monitor

Privacy Note: Only monitor public channels or groups you have permission to access. Telethon respects Telegram's rate limits automatically.

Section 1 — Install & Import Dependencies

Telethon is the most popular Python Telegram client. It uses MTProto (Telegram's native protocol) rather than the Bot API, which allows reading channel history without needing to be an admin.

Key distinction:

  • Bot API (python-telegram-bot) — bots only, can't read history
  • MTProto / Telethon — full user client, can read any public channel
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!pip install telethon vaderSentiment textblob wordcloud nest_asyncio --quiet
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import asyncio
import nest_asyncio
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.dates as mdates
import seaborn as sns
from wordcloud import WordCloud
from vaderSentiment.vaderSentiment import SentimentIntensityAnalyzer
from textblob import TextBlob
from telethon import TelegramClient
from telethon.tl.types import Channel, Chat
import re
from datetime import datetime, timezone, timedelta

# Allow asyncio to run inside Colab's existing event loop
nest_asyncio.apply()

%matplotlib inline
plt.rcParams['figure.figsize'] = (13, 5)
plt.rcParams['axes.spines.top'] = False
plt.rcParams['axes.spines.right'] = False
sns.set_palette('husl')

print('All imports successful.')
All imports successful.

Section 2 — Telegram API Authentication

How to get API credentials:

  1. Go to https://my.telegram.org/apps
  2. Log in with your phone number
  3. Click "Create application" — fill in any app name and platform
  4. Copy api_id (a number) and api_hash (a long string)

First run: Telethon will prompt you to enter your phone number and a verification code sent to your Telegram app. After this, a session file is saved so you won't need to verify again.

Store credentials in Colab Secrets (🔑 icon) as TG_API_ID and TG_API_HASH to avoid hard-coding them.

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# ─── CONFIGURATION ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
API_ID   = 12345678           # Replace with your api_id (integer)
API_HASH = 'YOUR_API_HASH'   # Replace with your api_hash (string)
SESSION_NAME = 'crypto_monitor'

# SET TO True TO TEST WITHOUT TELEGRAM CREDENTIALS
USE_DUMMY_DATA = True

# Channels to monitor
TARGET_CHANNELS = [
    'CryptoNewsAlerts',
    'Bitcoin',
    'ethereum',
    'CryptoSignals'
]

MESSAGES_LIMIT = 200
DAYS_BACK = 7
# ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

def create_telegram_client(api_id: int, api_hash: str, session_name: str) -> TelegramClient:
    client = TelegramClient(session_name, api_id, api_hash)
    print(f'Telegram client created. Session: {session_name}')
    return client

client = None
if not USE_DUMMY_DATA:
    client = create_telegram_client(API_ID, API_HASH, SESSION_NAME)

Section 2.1 — Generate Dummy Data for Testing

If you don't have API credentials yet, run this cell to create a synthetic dataset that mimics the output of the scraper. This allows you to verify the downstream analysis pipeline (Cleaning, Sentiment, Visualization).

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import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone

def generate_dummy_telegram_data(n_messages=100):
    channels = ['CryptoNewsAlerts', 'Bitcoin', 'ethereum', 'CryptoSignals']
    sample_texts = [
        "Bitcoin is looking incredibly bullish today! to the moon!",
        "Market is crashing, everyone sell now! Panic at the exchanges!",
        "Ethereum 2.0 update scheduled for next week. Great news for the ecosystem.",
        "Neutral price action observed in the last 4 hours for BTC.",
        "Total scam alert! Avoid this new token at all costs.",
        "Huge whale move detected: 50,000 BTC moved to cold storage.",
        "The regulatory news from the US is causing some uncertainty in the market.",
        "Just bought the dip! Long term holding strategy for #ETH."
    ]

    data = []
    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)

    for i in range(n_messages):
        ch = np.random.choice(channels)
        text = np.random.choice(sample_texts) + f" (msg {i})"
        date = now - timedelta(hours=np.random.randint(0, 168)) # Last 7 days

        data.append({
            'channel': ch,
            'message_id': 1000 + i,
            'text': text,
            'date': date,
            'views': np.random.randint(100, 50000),
            'forwards': np.random.randint(0, 500),
            'replies': np.random.randint(0, 100),
            'sender_id': str(np.random.randint(100000, 999999))
        })

    df = pd.DataFrame(data)
    df.sort_values('date', ascending=False, inplace=True)
    return df.reset_index(drop=True)

# Replace the real scraper output with dummy data
raw_df = generate_dummy_telegram_data(250)
print(f"Generated {len(raw_df)} dummy messages across {raw_df['channel'].nunique()} channels.")
display(raw_df.head())
Generated 250 dummy messages across 4 channels.
channel message_id text date views forwards replies sender_id
0 CryptoSignals 1169 Neutral price action observed in the last 4 ho... 2026-06-16 07:26:56.055849+00:00 19745 218 12 189458
1 CryptoNewsAlerts 1076 Total scam alert! Avoid this new token at all ... 2026-06-16 07:26:56.055849+00:00 17849 326 62 158793
2 Bitcoin 1047 Total scam alert! Avoid this new token at all ... 2026-06-16 07:26:56.055849+00:00 18262 177 65 597048
3 CryptoNewsAlerts 1113 Huge whale move detected: 50,000 BTC moved to ... 2026-06-16 03:26:56.055849+00:00 6616 353 61 535871
4 CryptoNewsAlerts 1221 Just bought the dip! Long term holding strateg... 2026-06-16 03:26:56.055849+00:00 1685 46 60 795773

Section 3 — Fetching Messages

Telethon's get_messages() method returns Message objects with rich metadata. We extract the fields most useful for sentiment analysis:

FieldDescription
messageRaw message text
dateUTC timestamp of the message
viewsNumber of times the message was viewed
forwardsHow many times it was forwarded (virality signal)
repliesNumber of replies (engagement signal)
sender_idSender ID (anonymized)

Important: views and forwards only exist on channel posts (broadcast channels), not on group messages.

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async def fetch_channel_messages(tg_client, channel, limit=200, days_back=None):
    messages = []
    offset_date = None
    if days_back:
        offset_date = datetime.now(timezone.utc) - timedelta(days=days_back)

    async for msg in tg_client.iter_messages(channel, limit=limit, offset_date=offset_date):
        if not msg.text: continue
        messages.append({
            'channel': channel,
            'message_id': msg.id,
            'text': msg.text,
            'date': msg.date.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc) if msg.date.tzinfo is None else msg.date,
            'views': getattr(msg, 'views', 0) or 0,
            'forwards': getattr(msg, 'forwards', 0) or 0,
            'replies': msg.replies.replies if msg.replies else 0,
            'sender_id': str(msg.sender_id)
        })
    return messages

async def fetch_all_channels(tg_client, channels, limit=200, days_back=None):
    all_messages = []
    for ch in channels:
        try:
            msgs = await fetch_channel_messages(tg_client, ch, limit, days_back)
            all_messages.extend(msgs)
        except Exception as e: print(f'Warning: {e}')
    return pd.DataFrame(all_messages)

async def run_scraper():
    if USE_DUMMY_DATA:
        print("MODE: Using Dummy Data (Bypassing Telegram Login)")
        return generate_dummy_telegram_data(250)
    else:
        print("MODE: Fetching from Live Telegram API")
        async with client:
            return await fetch_all_channels(client, TARGET_CHANNELS, MESSAGES_LIMIT, DAYS_BACK)

# Execute based on the flag
raw_df = asyncio.run(run_scraper())
display(raw_df.head(3))
MODE: Using Dummy Data (Bypassing Telegram Login)
channel message_id text date views forwards replies sender_id
0 Bitcoin 1228 Just bought the dip! Long term holding strateg... 2026-06-16 07:26:56.109036+00:00 9964 220 54 660510
1 Bitcoin 1181 The regulatory news from the US is causing som... 2026-06-16 07:26:56.109036+00:00 20296 366 41 243465
2 ethereum 1067 Ethereum 2.0 update scheduled for next week. G... 2026-06-16 07:26:56.109036+00:00 8222 128 61 120882

Section 4 — Text Preprocessing

Telegram messages have unique noise patterns:

  • Formatting tags: **bold**, __italic__, [link text](url)
  • Mentions: @username (often not relevant to sentiment)
  • Hashtags: #BTC — keep the word, drop the #
  • Emojis: Carry strong sentiment signal — we keep them for VADER which handles common emojis
  • Forward headers: Forwarded from Channel Name — not original content
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WORDCLOUD_STOP_WORDS = {
    'crypto', 'bitcoin', 'btc', 'eth', 'telegram', 'channel', 'forwarded',
    'market', 'price', 'just', 'will', 'new', 'one', 'get', 'like', 'now',
    'today', 'coin', 'tokens', 'trading', 'trade', 'buy', 'sell', 'good'
}


def clean_telegram_text(text: str) -> str:
    """
    Clean raw Telegram message text for sentiment analysis.

    Removes URLs, formatting markdown, forward headers, and extra whitespace.
    Preserves emojis (VADER handles common ones) and hashtag words.

    Parameters
    ----------
    text : Raw Telegram message string

    Returns
    -------
    Cleaned text string
    """
    if not isinstance(text, str):
        return ''

    text = re.sub(r'Forwarded from.*?\n', '', text)      # remove forward headers
    text = re.sub(r'http\S+|www\.\S+|t\.me/\S+', '', text)  # remove URLs & t.me links
    text = re.sub(r'@\w+', '', text)                      # remove @mentions
    text = re.sub(r'#(\w+)', r'\1', text)                # keep hashtag words
    text = re.sub(r'[*_`~]', '', text)                   # remove markdown
    text = re.sub(r'\[([^\]]+)\]\([^)]+\)', r'\1', text) # inline links
    text = re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', text)
    return text.strip()


def preprocess_telegram_df(df: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame:
    """
    Apply preprocessing to the raw Telegram messages DataFrame.

    Adds 'clean_text' and 'text_length' columns.
    Drops messages that become empty after cleaning.

    Parameters
    ----------
    df : Raw DataFrame from fetch_all_channels()

    Returns
    -------
    Preprocessed DataFrame
    """
    df = df.copy()
    df['clean_text']  = df['text'].apply(clean_telegram_text)
    df['text_length'] = df['clean_text'].apply(len)
    df = df[df['text_length'] > 5].reset_index(drop=True)
    print(f'After cleaning: {len(df)} messages remain (avg {df["text_length"].mean():.0f} chars)')
    return df


processed_df = preprocess_telegram_df(raw_df)
processed_df[['channel', 'date', 'clean_text', 'views']].head(4)
After cleaning: 250 messages remain (avg 71 chars)
channel date clean_text views
0 Bitcoin 2026-06-16 07:26:56.109036+00:00 Just bought the dip! Long term holding strateg... 9964
1 Bitcoin 2026-06-16 07:26:56.109036+00:00 The regulatory news from the US is causing som... 20296
2 ethereum 2026-06-16 07:26:56.109036+00:00 Ethereum 2.0 update scheduled for next week. G... 8222
3 ethereum 2026-06-16 06:26:56.109036+00:00 Ethereum 2.0 update scheduled for next week. G... 44561

Section 5 — Sentiment Analysis

We use the same dual-model approach as in the Reddit scraper:

  • VADER: Best for short, emoji-rich Telegram messages
  • TextBlob: Provides subjectivity score — useful for filtering out objective news announcements from opinion-heavy posts

Engagement Weighting

A message with 50,000 views has far more market impact than one with 10. We use views + forwards as a weight when aggregating to daily signals. This gives viral messages proportionally more influence on the final sentiment score.

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vader = SentimentIntensityAnalyzer()


def score_message_sentiment(text: str) -> dict:
    """
    Compute VADER and TextBlob sentiment scores for a single message.

    Parameters
    ----------
    text : Cleaned message text

    Returns
    -------
    Dictionary with vader_compound, tb_polarity, tb_subjectivity
    """
    if not text or len(text) < 3:
        return {'vader_compound': 0.0, 'tb_polarity': 0.0, 'tb_subjectivity': 0.0}

    vs = vader.polarity_scores(text)
    blob = TextBlob(text)
    return {
        'vader_compound':  vs['compound'],
        'vader_pos':       vs['pos'],
        'vader_neg':       vs['neg'],
        'tb_polarity':     blob.sentiment.polarity,
        'tb_subjectivity': blob.sentiment.subjectivity
    }


def label_sentiment(compound: float) -> str:
    if compound >= 0.05:  return 'POSITIVE'
    if compound <= -0.05: return 'NEGATIVE'
    return 'NEUTRAL'


def run_sentiment_pipeline(df: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame:
    """
    Apply sentiment scoring to all messages in the DataFrame.

    Adds sentiment score columns and a categorical label.
    Computes an engagement weight = views + (forwards * 3) to
    up-weight forwarded messages as they have wider reach.

    Parameters
    ----------
    df : Preprocessed DataFrame with 'clean_text' column

    Returns
    -------
    DataFrame with sentiment columns added
    """
    df = df.copy()

    scores = df['clean_text'].apply(score_message_sentiment)
    df = pd.concat([df, pd.DataFrame(list(scores))], axis=1)

    df['sentiment_label']    = df['vader_compound'].apply(label_sentiment)
    df['engagement_weight']  = df['views'] + (df['forwards'] * 3)
    df['engagement_weight']  = df['engagement_weight'].clip(lower=1)

    dist = df['sentiment_label'].value_counts()
    print('Sentiment distribution:')
    for label, count in dist.items():
        print(f'  {label:10s}: {count:4d}  ({count/len(df)*100:.1f}%)')
    return df


sentiment_df = run_sentiment_pipeline(processed_df)
sentiment_df[['channel', 'clean_text', 'vader_compound', 'tb_subjectivity', 'sentiment_label', 'views']].head(5)
Sentiment distribution:
  NEGATIVE  :  102  (40.8%)
  NEUTRAL   :   94  (37.6%)
  POSITIVE  :   54  (21.6%)
channel clean_text vader_compound tb_subjectivity sentiment_label views
0 Bitcoin Just bought the dip! Long term holding strateg... 0.0000 0.400 NEUTRAL 9964
1 Bitcoin The regulatory news from the US is causing som... -0.3400 0.000 NEGATIVE 20296
2 ethereum Ethereum 2.0 update scheduled for next week. G... 0.6249 0.375 POSITIVE 8222
3 ethereum Ethereum 2.0 update scheduled for next week. G... 0.6249 0.375 POSITIVE 44561
4 CryptoSignals Bitcoin is looking incredibly bullish today! t... 0.0000 0.900 NEUTRAL 29130

Section 6 — Visualization

Four charts to understand the Telegram sentiment landscape:

  1. Label distribution per channel
  2. Sentiment over time (hourly rolling average)
  3. Message volume over time
  4. Word clouds for positive vs negative messages
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def plot_channel_sentiment_breakdown(df: pd.DataFrame) -> None:
    """
    Stacked bar chart: sentiment label proportions per channel.

    Parameters
    ----------
    df : DataFrame with 'channel' and 'sentiment_label' columns
    """
    pivot = df.groupby(['channel', 'sentiment_label']).size().unstack(fill_value=0)
    for col in ['POSITIVE', 'NEUTRAL', 'NEGATIVE']:
        if col not in pivot.columns:
            pivot[col] = 0
    pivot_pct = pivot[['POSITIVE', 'NEUTRAL', 'NEGATIVE']].div(pivot.sum(axis=1), axis=0) * 100

    ax = pivot_pct.plot(kind='bar', stacked=True,
                        color=['#2ecc71', '#95a5a6', '#e74c3c'],
                        figsize=(12, 5), edgecolor='white')
    ax.set_title('Sentiment Breakdown by Telegram Channel', fontsize=13, fontweight='bold')
    ax.set_ylabel('% of Messages')
    ax.set_xlabel('')
    ax.tick_params(axis='x', rotation=30)
    ax.legend(loc='upper right')
    plt.tight_layout()
    plt.show()


plot_channel_sentiment_breakdown(sentiment_df)
cell output
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def plot_sentiment_over_time(df: pd.DataFrame, resample_freq: str = '4H') -> None:
    """
    Line chart of engagement-weighted sentiment resampled over time.

    Parameters
    ----------
    df             : DataFrame with 'date', 'vader_compound', 'engagement_weight'
    resample_freq  : Pandas offset alias for resampling (default '4H' = 4-hour buckets)
    """
    df = df.copy()
    df = df.set_index('date').sort_index()
    if df.index.tz is None:
        df.index = df.index.tz_localize('UTC')

    resampled = df['vader_compound'].resample(resample_freq).mean()
    volume    = df['message_id'].resample(resample_freq).count()

    fig, (ax1, ax2) = plt.subplots(2, 1, figsize=(14, 7), sharex=True)

    ax1.axhline(0, color='gray', linestyle='--', linewidth=1, alpha=0.6)
    ax1.fill_between(resampled.index, resampled, 0,
                     where=resampled >= 0, alpha=0.3, color='#2ecc71')
    ax1.fill_between(resampled.index, resampled, 0,
                     where=resampled < 0,  alpha=0.3, color='#e74c3c')
    ax1.plot(resampled.index, resampled, color='steelblue', linewidth=2)
    ax1.set_ylabel('Avg VADER Compound')
    ax1.set_title(f'Telegram Sentiment Signal ({resample_freq} buckets)', fontsize=13, fontweight='bold')
    ax1.set_ylim(-1, 1)

    ax2.bar(volume.index, volume.values, color='steelblue', alpha=0.6, width=pd.Timedelta(resample_freq) * 0.8)
    ax2.set_ylabel('Message Count')
    ax2.set_xlabel('Time (UTC)')
    ax2.xaxis.set_major_formatter(mdates.DateFormatter('%b %d %H:%M'))
    plt.xticks(rotation=30)

    plt.tight_layout()
    plt.show()


plot_sentiment_over_time(sentiment_df)
/tmp/ipykernel_2763/253673682.py:15: FutureWarning: 'H' is deprecated and will be removed in a future version, please use 'h' instead.
  resampled = df['vader_compound'].resample(resample_freq).mean()
/tmp/ipykernel_2763/253673682.py:16: FutureWarning: 'H' is deprecated and will be removed in a future version, please use 'h' instead.
  volume    = df['message_id'].resample(resample_freq).count()
/tmp/ipykernel_2763/253673682.py:30: FutureWarning: 'H' is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Please use 'h' instead of 'H'.
  ax2.bar(volume.index, volume.values, color='steelblue', alpha=0.6, width=pd.Timedelta(resample_freq) * 0.8)
cell output
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def generate_telegram_wordclouds(df: pd.DataFrame) -> None:
    """
    Side-by-side word clouds for positive and negative Telegram messages.

    Parameters
    ----------
    df : DataFrame with 'sentiment_label' and 'clean_text' columns
    """
    pos_text = ' '.join(df[df['sentiment_label'] == 'POSITIVE']['clean_text'])
    neg_text = ' '.join(df[df['sentiment_label'] == 'NEGATIVE']['clean_text'])

    fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(16, 6))
    for ax, text, title, bg, cmap in [
        (axes[0], pos_text, 'Bullish Messages — Top Words', '#f0fff0', 'Greens'),
        (axes[1], neg_text, 'Bearish Messages — Top Words', '#fff0f0', 'Reds')
    ]:
        if text.strip():
            wc = WordCloud(width=700, height=400, background_color=bg,
                           colormap=cmap, stopwords=WORDCLOUD_STOP_WORDS,
                           max_words=80, collocations=False).generate(text)
            ax.imshow(wc, interpolation='bilinear')
        else:
            ax.text(0.5, 0.5, 'No data', ha='center', va='center', transform=ax.transAxes)
        ax.set_title(title, fontsize=12, fontweight='bold')
        ax.axis('off')

    plt.tight_layout()
    plt.show()


generate_telegram_wordclouds(sentiment_df)
cell output

Section 7 — Hourly Sentiment Signal

Unlike Reddit (daily posts), Telegram channels post many times per hour. We aggregate into hourly signals for more granular intraday use.

The output DataFrame has one row per hour and can be directly merged with OHLCV data on the hour timestamp for backtesting.

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def compute_hourly_signal(df: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame:
    """
    Aggregate message sentiment into an hourly signal DataFrame.

    Uses engagement_weight (views + 3*forwards) to compute a
    weighted average sentiment score per hour.

    Parameters
    ----------
    df : Sentiment-scored DataFrame with 'date' and 'engagement_weight'

    Returns
    -------
    Hourly DataFrame with columns: hour, mean_sentiment, weighted_sentiment,
                                    message_count, total_engagement
    """
    df = df.copy()
    df['hour'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date']).dt.floor('H')

    hourly = df.groupby('hour').apply(
        lambda g: pd.Series({
            'mean_sentiment':     g['vader_compound'].mean(),
            'weighted_sentiment': (g['vader_compound'] * g['engagement_weight']).sum()
                                  / g['engagement_weight'].sum(),
            'message_count':      len(g),
            'total_views':        g['views'].sum(),
            'total_forwards':     g['forwards'].sum(),
            'pct_positive':       (g['sentiment_label'] == 'POSITIVE').mean() * 100,
            'pct_negative':       (g['sentiment_label'] == 'NEGATIVE').mean() * 100
        })
    ).reset_index()

    print(f'Hourly signal: {len(hourly)} hours of data')
    return hourly


hourly_signal = compute_hourly_signal(sentiment_df)
hourly_signal.tail(5)
Hourly signal: 131 hours of data
/tmp/ipykernel_2763/2059257047.py:18: FutureWarning: 'H' is deprecated and will be removed in a future version, please use 'h' instead.
  df['hour'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date']).dt.floor('H')
/tmp/ipykernel_2763/2059257047.py:20: DeprecationWarning: DataFrameGroupBy.apply operated on the grouping columns. This behavior is deprecated, and in a future version of pandas the grouping columns will be excluded from the operation. Either pass `include_groups=False` to exclude the groupings or explicitly select the grouping columns after groupby to silence this warning.
  hourly = df.groupby('hour').apply(
hour mean_sentiment weighted_sentiment message_count total_views total_forwards pct_positive pct_negative
126 2026-06-16 03:00:00+00:00 -0.645200 -0.645200 1.0 12901.0 482.0 0.000000 100.000000
127 2026-06-16 04:00:00+00:00 0.000000 0.000000 2.0 23609.0 760.0 0.000000 0.000000
128 2026-06-16 05:00:00+00:00 -0.298600 -0.286110 2.0 94033.0 293.0 0.000000 50.000000
129 2026-06-16 06:00:00+00:00 0.314367 0.367541 3.0 89830.0 570.0 66.666667 0.000000
130 2026-06-16 07:00:00+00:00 0.094967 -0.046674 3.0 38482.0 714.0 33.333333 33.333333

Section 8 — Export

Two exports:

  • telegram_messages_sentiment.csv — full message-level data
  • telegram_hourly_signal.csv — aggregated hourly signal ready for strategy use
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def export_telegram_results(
    messages_df: pd.DataFrame,
    hourly_df: pd.DataFrame,
    messages_file: str = 'telegram_messages_sentiment.csv',
    hourly_file: str   = 'telegram_hourly_signal.csv'
) -> None:
    """
    Export message-level and hourly signal DataFrames to CSV.

    Parameters
    ----------
    messages_df   : Full messages DataFrame with sentiment scores
    hourly_df     : Hourly aggregated signal DataFrame
    messages_file : Output filename for message data
    hourly_file   : Output filename for hourly signal
    """
    msg_cols = ['channel', 'message_id', 'date', 'clean_text',
                'vader_compound', 'vader_pos', 'vader_neg',
                'tb_polarity', 'tb_subjectivity',
                'sentiment_label', 'views', 'forwards', 'engagement_weight']
    messages_df[msg_cols].to_csv(messages_file, index=False)
    print(f'Messages saved: {messages_file}  ({len(messages_df)} rows)')

    hourly_df.to_csv(hourly_file, index=False)
    print(f'Hourly signal: {hourly_file}    ({len(hourly_df)} rows)')


export_telegram_results(sentiment_df, hourly_signal)
Messages saved: telegram_messages_sentiment.csv  (250 rows)
Hourly signal: telegram_hourly_signal.csv    (131 rows)
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Section 9 — Dummy Data Test Run

Now that all functions are defined, we run the dummy data through the full pipeline to verify implementation.

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# Final Verification: Run dummy data through the entire pipeline now that all functions are defined
try:
    # 1. Preprocess
    processed_dummy_df = preprocess_telegram_df(raw_df)

    # 2. Run sentiment analysis
    sentiment_dummy_df = run_sentiment_pipeline(processed_dummy_df)

    # 3. Generate hourly signals
    hourly_dummy_signal = compute_hourly_signal(sentiment_dummy_df)

    # 4. Test visualization functions
    plot_channel_sentiment_breakdown(sentiment_dummy_df)
    plot_sentiment_over_time(sentiment_dummy_df)
    generate_telegram_wordclouds(sentiment_dummy_df)

    print("\n--- Verification Results ---")
    display(sentiment_dummy_df[['channel', 'clean_text', 'sentiment_label', 'engagement_weight']].head())
except NameError as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}. Please ensure you have executed all cells above this one first.")
After cleaning: 250 messages remain (avg 71 chars)
Sentiment distribution:
  NEGATIVE  :  102  (40.8%)
  NEUTRAL   :   94  (37.6%)
  POSITIVE  :   54  (21.6%)
/tmp/ipykernel_2763/2059257047.py:18: FutureWarning: 'H' is deprecated and will be removed in a future version, please use 'h' instead.
  df['hour'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date']).dt.floor('H')
/tmp/ipykernel_2763/2059257047.py:20: DeprecationWarning: DataFrameGroupBy.apply operated on the grouping columns. This behavior is deprecated, and in a future version of pandas the grouping columns will be excluded from the operation. Either pass `include_groups=False` to exclude the groupings or explicitly select the grouping columns after groupby to silence this warning.
  hourly = df.groupby('hour').apply(
Hourly signal: 131 hours of data
cell output
/tmp/ipykernel_2763/253673682.py:15: FutureWarning: 'H' is deprecated and will be removed in a future version, please use 'h' instead.
  resampled = df['vader_compound'].resample(resample_freq).mean()
/tmp/ipykernel_2763/253673682.py:16: FutureWarning: 'H' is deprecated and will be removed in a future version, please use 'h' instead.
  volume    = df['message_id'].resample(resample_freq).count()
/tmp/ipykernel_2763/253673682.py:30: FutureWarning: 'H' is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Please use 'h' instead of 'H'.
  ax2.bar(volume.index, volume.values, color='steelblue', alpha=0.6, width=pd.Timedelta(resample_freq) * 0.8)
cell output
cell output

--- Verification Results ---
channel clean_text sentiment_label engagement_weight
0 Bitcoin Just bought the dip! Long term holding strateg... NEUTRAL 10624
1 Bitcoin The regulatory news from the US is causing som... NEGATIVE 21394
2 ethereum Ethereum 2.0 update scheduled for next week. G... POSITIVE 8606
3 ethereum Ethereum 2.0 update scheduled for next week. G... POSITIVE 45338
4 CryptoSignals Bitcoin is looking incredibly bullish today! t... NEUTRAL 29505

Section 10 — Conclusion

In this notebook, we have successfully implemented a robust pipeline for monitoring Telegram sentiment:

  1. Dual-Mode Data Acquisition: Built a scraper that can switch between live Telegram API data and synthetic dummy data for testing purposes.
  2. Specialized Preprocessing: Implemented cleaning logic tailored for Telegram's specific noise (markdown, t.me links, forward headers).
  3. Advanced Sentiment Scoring: Leveraged VADER and TextBlob to capture both emotional intensity and subjectivity.
  4. Engagement Weighting: Integrated views and forwards to ensure high-impact messages carry more weight in our final signals.
  5. Intraday Signal Generation: Aggregated raw message data into hourly buckets, providing a clean time-series ready for quantitative trading analysis.