/Stock-Trading-News-Alert

A stock tracking program that sends a SMS alert with relevant news

Primary LanguagePython

Stock-Trading-News-Alert

A stock tracking program that sends a SMS alert with relevant news

Features:

  • Follows a stock and calculates the change in that stock
  • Gathers relevant news data
  • Sends out a SMS if stock threshold changes by a particular amount
  • Can easily be changed for other stocks
  • Can easily switch to SMTP mail if SMS is deemed unworthy (See bottom of main.py)

How to run:

  • Download repository
  • Create an account on Twilio, get your api key, account sid, phone numbers, and update main.py
  • Create an account on Alpha Vantage, get your api key and update main.py
  • Create an account on News API, get your api key and update main.py
  • Open downloaded repository with a command line interface
  • run pip install twilio
  • run python main.py
  • Script will be run and message will be sent if stock change meets threshold.
  • Update the threshold and company by editing main.py

Stock Message Example:

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