# ticker **Repository Path**: mirrors_trending/ticker ## Basic Information - **Project Name**: ticker - **Description**: Track stocks, crypto, and derivatives prices and positions in real time from your terminal - **Primary Language**: Unknown - **License**: GPL-3.0 - **Default Branch**: master - **Homepage**: None - **GVP Project**: No ## Statistics - **Stars**: 2 - **Forks**: 0 - **Created**: 2021-02-03 - **Last Updated**: 2026-03-28 ## Categories & Tags **Categories**: Uncategorized **Tags**: None ## README

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Ticker

Terminal stock & crypto price watcher and position tracker

## Features * Live stock & crypto 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](https://github.com/achannarasappa/ticker/releases) and copy to a location in `PATH` or see quick installs below **homebrew** ``` brew install achannarasappa/tap/ticker ``` **linux** ```sh curl -Ls https://api.github.com/repos/achannarasappa/ticker/releases/latest \ | grep -wo "https.*linux-amd64*.tar.gz" \ | wget -qi - \ && tar -xvf ticker*.tar.gz ticker \ && chmod +x ./ticker \ && sudo mv ticker /usr/local/bin/ ``` **windows** ``` winget install -e --id achannarasappa.ticker ``` **docker** ```sh docker run -it --rm achannarasappa/ticker ``` Note: config file can be mounted from the host machine by using a bind mount with `-v ~/.ticker.yaml:/.ticker.yaml` **snap** ```sh sudo snap install ticker sudo snap connect ticker:ticker-config ``` Note: config file will need to be set with `--config $HOME/ticker.yaml` since Snap does not allow access to dotfiles ### 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 ```sh ticker -w NET,AAPL,TSLA ``` ## Usage |Option Name|Alias|Flag|Default|Description| |-------------------|--|-------------------|----------------|-------------------------------------------------| | | |--config |`~/.ticker.yaml`|config file location with watchlist and positions| |`interval` |-i|--interval |`5` |Refresh interval in seconds| |`watchlist` |-w|--watchlist | |comma separated list of symbols to watch| |`show-tags` | |--show-tags | |display currency, exchange name, and quote delay for each quote | |`show-fundamentals`| |--show-fundamentals| |display open price, previous close, and day range | |`show-separator` | |--show-separator | |layout with separators between each quote| |`show-summary` | |--show-summary | |show total day change, total value, and total value change| |`show-positions` | |--show-positions | |show positions including weight, average cost, and quantity| |`sort` | |--sort | |sort quotes on the UI - options are change percent (default), `alpha`, `value`, and `user`| |`version` | |--version | |print the current version number| |`debug` | | | |enable debug logging to `./ticker-log-.log`| ## 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 total gain or loss on any position. ```yaml # ~/.ticker.yaml show-summary: true show-tags: true show-fundamentals: true show-separator: true show-positions: true interval: 5 currency: USD currency-summary-only: false watchlist: - NET - TEAM - ESTC - BTC-USD # Bitcoin price via Yahoo - SOL.X # Solana price via Coinbase - BIT-30MAY25-CDE.CB # Bitcoin futures contract price via Coinbase 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 fixed_cost: 7.00 # e.g. brokerage commission fee groups: - name: crypto watchlist: - SHIB-USD - VGX-USD lots: - symbol: SOL1-USD quantity: 17 unit_cost: 159.10 ``` * All properties in `.ticker.yaml` are optional * Symbols not on the watchlist that exists in `lots` are implicitly added to the watchlist * To add multiple cost basis lots (`quantity`, `unit_cost`) for the same `symbol`, include two or more entries - see `ARKW` example above * `.ticker.yaml` can be set in user home directory, the current directory, or [XDG config home](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html) * Quantities can be negative to represent closed positions (position netting), short positions, borrowed assets, and other concepts ### Display Options With `--show-summary`, `--show-tags`, `--show-fundamentals`, `--show-positions`, 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 first then watched symbols ### Groups Watchlists and lots can be grouped in `.ticker.yml` under the `groups` property. While running `ticker`, press TAB to cycle forward through groups or SHIFT+TAB to cycle backward. * If top level `watchlist` or `lots` properties are defined in the configuration file, the entries there will be added to a group named `default` which will always be shown first * Ordering is defined by order in the configuration file ### Data Sources & Symbols `ticker` pulls market data from a few different sources with Yahoo Finance as the default. Symbols for non default data sources follow the format `.` where `` is the canonical symbol within that data source and `` is the data source specifier. Below is a list of the supported data sources and their specifiers: * *none* - symbols with no suffix will default to Yahoo Finance as the data source * `.X` - symbols with this suffix are shorthand symbols that are specific to ticker and intended to provide more concise and familiar symbols for popular assets (e.g. using `SOL.X` rather than `SOLANA.CG`) * The full list of ticker symbols can be found [here](https://github.com/achannarasappa/ticker-static/blob/master/symbols.csv). Initial values are populated with the top cryptocurrencies by volume on Coinbase at the time of update * `.CB` - symbols with this suffix will use Coinbase as the data source. The symbol can be found by searching for the asset on [Coinbase](https://www.coinbase.com/explore/s/listed) and finding the symbol for the asset. (e.g. for Starknet check the [market page](https://www.coinbase.com/advanced-trade/spot/STRK-USD) to find the symbol `STRK` and set the symbol to `STRK.CB` in ticker). Note: Coincap (`.CC`) and CoinGecko (`.CG`) are no longer supported after v5.0.0 ### 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](https://docs.1010data.com/1010dataReferenceManual/DataTypesAndFormats/currencyUnitCodes.html). * 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 * If the `currency-summary-only` is set to `true` and a value is set for `currency`, only the summary values will be converted * If `currency-disable-unit-cost-conversion` flag to `true`, currency conversion will not be done when calculating the cost basis. This can be useful for users that purchase a non-US asset and want to use the currency exchange rate at the time of purchase by inputting the unit cost in their local currency (set in `currency`) rather than using the most recent currency exchange rate. ### Custom Color Schemes `ticker` supports setting custom color schemes from the config file. Colors are represented by a [hex triplet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_colors#Hex_triplet). Below is an annotated example config block from `.ticker.yaml` where custom colors are set: ```yaml # ~/.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 ### Printing Positions `ticker` supports printing positions to the terminal as text by using `ticker print`. Output defaults to JSON but CSV output can also be generated by passing the `--format=csv` flag. ```sh $ ticker --config=./.ticker.yaml print [{"name":"Airbnb, Inc.","symbol":"ABNB","price":164.71,"value":16965.13,"cost":15038,"quantity":103,"weight":53.66651978212161},{"name":"Tesla, Inc.","symbol":"TSLA","price":732.35,"value":14647,"cost":15660,"quantity":20,"weight":46.33348021787839}] ``` * Ensure there is at least one lot in the configuration file in order to generate output * A specific config file can be specified with the `--config` flag ## Notes * **Market data delay** * _Yahoo Finance_ - Market data pulled from Yahoo finance will have some lag (<~30s) introduced by intermediary systems and certain exchanges will impose intentional delays on data. NYSE and NASDAQ offer real-time market data but other exchanges may not. Consult the [help article](https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN2310.html) 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`. Yahoo Finance also relies on polling which introduces some delay (>=5s). `refresh-interval` determines the polling frequency. * _Coinbase_ - Market data for spot assets on Coinbase is directly streamed from the exchange through a WebSocket connection and is available in near real-time. Derivatives assets (i.e. symbols with `-CDE` suffix) are polling based however Basis is updated in near real-time based on spot market data changes * **Non-US Symbols, Forex, ETFs** - The names for there may differ from their common name/symbols. Try searching the native name in [Yahoo finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/) to determine the symbol to use in `ticker` * **Terminal fonts** - Font with support for the [`HORIZONTAL LINE SEPARATOR` unicode character](https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/23af/fontsupport.htm) is required to properly render separators (`--show-separator` option) ## Integrations * [alpaca-ticker-config](https://www.npmjs.com/package/alpaca-ticker-config) - Pull [alpaca.markets](https://alpaca.markets) positions into `.ticker.yaml` from the command line ## Development Running tests: ```sh go run github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo -cover ./... ``` Linting: ```sh golangci-lint run ``` ## Libraries `ticker` uses * [bubbletea](https://github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea) - terminal UI framework * [termenv](https://github.com/muesli/termenv) - color and styling for the terminal * [term-grid](https://github.com/achannarasappa/term-grid) - grid layout library terminal UIs ## Related Tools * [tickrs](https://github.com/tarkah/tickrs) - real-time terminal stock ticker with support for graphing, options, and other analysis information * [cointop](https://github.com/miguelmota/cointop) - terminal UI tracking cryptocurrencies