This script will collect instant (delayed 15 mins) stock price information from Yahoo Finanicals and print it at the command line.
git clone https://github.com/tmcellfree/Stockquote.git
pip install YahooFinancials
This is a great tool developed by Connor Sanders @JECSand REPO.
To run type:
cd stockquote
python fastquote.py
This will list the stock prices of a mix of pre-prepared list of different stocks from all over the world.
The output looks like:
Todays Date
Time in 24hr Format
Woodford Patient WPCT.L ^^^ UP 0.13 ^^^ GBp 79.2
City of London CTY.L *** DOWN 0.47 *** GBp 431
Next setup your personal list of holdings or stocks you want price information on:
nano holdings.txt
There are a number of stocks already listed.
Format should be stock name, ticker symbol * with each stock occupying one line of the file.
For Example:
Deutsche Bank,DBK.DE*
Woodford Patient Capital,WPCT.L*
Tesla,TSLA*
If you are not familiar with Ticker symbols all you have to know if that every stock has a symbol that refers to it. Non-US stocks also need to have their exchange (the trading venue e.g., .L is for the London Stock Exchange, London and .DE is for Deutsche Borse, Frankfurt) specified. So a US stock that trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), for instance Tesla, has a stock ticker TSLA. A stock that trades on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), like Barclays, has a ticker symbol BARC.L. I find this pretty cool since companies can pick their own stock tickers when the first list on a stock exchange. On of the coolest tickers (in my opinion) is from AT&T (listed on the NYSE), it is simply T!
Please contribute!