Backend:
- GET /api/market/validate?symbol= — validates ticker against yfinance,
returns {valid, name, price} or {valid: false, reason: 'helpful message'}
- Added SLV, USO, WEAT, CORN, TUR to ETFs WATCHLIST category
Frontend:
- validateTicker() async helper exported from useApi.ts
- InstrumentPicker (PatternLab): custom ticker field now validates before selecting
Shows spinner while checking, red error message if not found on yfinance
- InstrumentLens (PatternExplorer): same validation on Go button + Enter key
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
6cca7f66b6