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

homebrew

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

snap

sudo snap install ticker

Third-party repositories

These repositories are maintained by a third-party and may not have the latest versions available

MacPorts

sudo port selfupdate
sudo port install 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
	--show-holdings		show holdings including weight, average cost, and quantity
	--sort		sort quotes on the UI - options are change percent (default), alpha, value, and user
	--proxy		proxy URL for requests (default is none)
	--version		print the current version number

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
show-holdings: true
interval: 5
currency: USD
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, --show-holdings, and --show-separator options set, the layout and information displayed expands:

Sorting

It's possible to set a custom sort order with the --sort flag or sort: config option with these options:

• Default - change percent with closed markets at the end
• alpha to sort alphabetically by symbol
• value to sort by position value
• user to sort by the order defined in configuration with positions on top then lots

Currency Conversion

ticker supports converting from the exchange's currency to a local currency. This can be set by setting the currency property in .ticker.yaml to a ISO 4217 3-digit currency code.

• When a currency is defined, all values are converted including summary, quote, and position
• Add cost basis lots in the currency of the exchange - these will be converted automatically when currency is defined
• If a currency is not set (default behavior) and the show-summary option is enabled, the summary will be calculated in USD regardless of the exchange currency to avoid mixing currencies
• Currencies are retrieved only once at start time - currency exchange rates do fluctuate over time and thus converted values may vary depending on when ticker is started

Custom Color Schemes

ticker supports setting custom color schemes from the config file. Colors are represented by a hex triplet. Below is an annotated example config block from .ticker.yaml where custom colors are set:

# ~/.ticker.yaml
watchlist:
  - NET
  - TEAM
  - ESTC
  - BTC-USD
colors:
  text: "#005fff"
  text-light: "#0087ff"
  text-label: "#00d7ff"
  text-line: "#00ffff"
  text-tag: "#005fff"
  background-tag: "#0087ff"

• Terminals supporting TrueColor will be able to represent the full color space and in other cases colors will be down sampled
• Any omitted or invalid colors will revert to default color scheme values

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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• tickrs - real-time terminal stock ticker with support for graphing, options, and other analysis information
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