Ticker

Terminal stock watcher and stock position tracker

Features

• Live stock price quotes
• Track value of your stock positions
• Support for multiple cost basis lots
• Support for pre and post market price quotes

Install

Download the pre-compiled binaries from the releases page and copy to a location in PATH or see quick installs below

mac

brew install achannarasappa/tap/ticker

linux

curl -Ls https://api.github.com/repos/achannarasappa/ticker/releases/latest \
| grep -wo "https.*linux-amd64*.tar.gz" \
| wget -qi - \
&& tar -xf ticker*.tar.gz \
&& chmod +x ./ticker \
&& sudo mv ticker /usr/local/bin/

docker

docker run -it --rm achannarasappa/ticker

Quick Start

ticker -w NET,AAPL,TSLA

Usage

Alias	Flag	Default	Description
	--config	~/.ticker.yaml	config with watchlist and positions
-i	--interval	5	Refresh interval in seconds
-w	--watchlist		comma separated list of symbols to watch
	--show-tags		display currency, exchange name, and quote delay for each quote
	--show-fundamentals		display open price, previous close, and day range
	--show-separator		layout with separators between each quote
	--show-summary		show total day change, total value, and total value change
	--sort		sort quotes on the UI. Set alpha to sort by ticker name. Set value to sort by position value. Default is sort by change percent
	--proxy		proxy URL for requests (default is none)

Configuration

Configuration is not required to watch stock price but is helpful when always watching the same stocks. Configuration can also be used to set cost basis lots which will in turn be used to show daily gain or loss on any position.

# ~/.ticker.yaml
show-summary: true
show-tags: true
show-fundamentals: true
show-separator: true
interval: 5
watchlist:
  - NET
  - TEAM
  - ESTC
  - BTC-USD
lots:
  - symbol: "ABNB"
    quantity: 35.0
    unit_cost: 146.00
  - symbol: "ARKW"
    quantity: 20.0
    unit_cost: 152.25
  - symbol: "ARKW"
    quantity: 20.0
    unit_cost: 145.35

• Symbols not on the watchlist that exists in lots will automatically be watched
• All properties in .ticker.yaml are optional
• .ticker.yaml can be set in user home directory, the current directory, or XDG config home

Display Options

With --show-summary, --show-tags, --show-fundamentals, and --show-separator options set, the layout and information displayed expands:

Notes

• Real-time quotes - Quotes are pulled from Yahoo finance which may provide delayed stock quotes depending on the exchange. The major US exchanges (NYSE, NASDAQ) have real-time quotes however other exchanges may not. Consult the help article on exchange delays to determine which exchanges you can expect delays for or use the --show-tags flag to include timeliness of data alongside quotes in ticker.
• Cryptocurrencies - ticker supports any cryptocurrency Yahoo / CoinMarketCap supports. A full list can be found here
• Non-US Symbols, Forex, ETFs - The names for there may differ from their common name/symbols. Try searching the native name in Yahoo finance to determine the symbol to use in ticker
• Terminal fonts - Font with support for the HORIZONTAL LINE SEPARATOR unicode character is required to properly render separators (--show-separator option)

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