Stock ticker for N800/OS2008?
 

Hey ppl. I was wondering if there was some sort of application to get stock updates on either the homescreen as a widget sort of thing or even as a seperate application so that i wouldnt have to log onto websites for it all the time.

Thanks alot!

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I found this on the garage - https://garage.maemo.org/projects/stock-plugin/ Not sure how good it is as I just got my n800 and am in the process of updating it to OS2008.

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Thanks. I just tried it but it doesnt seem to be working very well. Tried putting in google but since its not in english im having difficulties getting it to work.

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hey MysticKiller...was just thinking would be great to have the stock ticker too!
....u can do Google's mobile page....better than iGoogle...cuts all the junk out....just text, but it's fast!

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Speaking of that, I guess you could have a stock ticker application on your personalised iGoogle homepage, but this would still be small and require fiddling about with to view properly, and also you would have to open up a webpage.

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Just in case, I have a portfolio with yahoo finance and get delayed, streaming quotes merely by surfing into the web page of my portfolio.

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MysticKiller, you could put one of these gadgets on your iGoogle page:
http://google.com/ig/directory?q=stock

For example there is one called: Google Finance Portfolios

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Yeah dude, I mentioned this in post #5. Its a good idea, but I'd like to have a bigger screen area dedicated to it. I hate to say this, but something like whats found on the iPhone would be good, but more customizable. Even something like the RSS feeder but for stocks of my choice would be cool.

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Congratulations on avoiding the "this has already been covered in another post" or "this belongs over in this thread" rants.

I agree that this is a program that ought to exist and I would like it, too. Doesn't seem like it would be that hard. I wish I had the aptitude to program.

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You can plug in the RSS for a Quote into the RSS feed reader. That's what I did at the end , for lack of a graceful solution (and no, Google Finance widget on iGoogle page on Tablet is not a stock ticker solution).

Try googling for Stock quotes in RSS format and there are quite a few.

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FWIW I'm an old Market Data dinosaur.

All Web based quotes from US Exchanges will be delayed 15+ minutes to meet the exchange distribution rules - the one remaining exception is BATS Trading which also provides credible orderbook data:

http://www.batstrading.com

Also, descriptions of domestic US stocks is freely available online if you wanted to use it for selecting stocks to display:

Nasdaq: http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/dynamic/SymDir/nasdaq.txt

NYSE/AMEX: http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/dynamic/SymDir/cqsSym.txt

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I'm looking at Bats and find it very interesting. Thanks for the tip. I am wondering...

Can you get it to show just the symbols you are tracking and do you have to be a registered user to do so? If you do, is there a registration fee?

Also, do the quotes update live (without a refresh?)

Thanks!

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Worked for me.

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Stock plug-in is not working on my 800 with OS2008. It runs as an applet. I get a blank white window on my desktop and a confirmation window in spanish. I tried entering a stock symbol in the confirmation window and the window went away, but I still only have a white blank window on the desktop.

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I just tried and it did work for me - am using N810 with OS2008 (not the latest upgrade as yet).

I guess for those for whom its not working - maybe it depends on Python, which I had installed already.

Plugged in 3 stock symbols and it gets the quotes for all three. Have to try on a market open day to see how often it refreshes.

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On the first window (settings) you have to enter a Stock symbol and then press on ADD (Adde) to add it to the 'watch'. You can keep adding a few stock symbols at a time. Then click on 'Confirma' to confirm the additions. The Symbols and the statistics show up in the Stock watcher window.

To get the settings again you have to long-click (nearly 4-5 seconds) on the window which gives a menu - Titulos (Settings window), Columnas (edit columns to show) and 'Claude' (close the applet).

P.s. - all my translations are from inference - I don't know the language also :)

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i tried launching the streaming real time quote applets
from 2 stockbrokers from the os2008/n800 web browser
and they fail to load...
i assume all of the free solutions listed in this thread are delayed quotes...
i want to get free streaming real time quotes that come from a broker...
real time quotes that are not from a broker are usually a premium service.... any solutions for broker provided streaming real time quotes?

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I agree with shaky4... There should already be an applet that shows stock tickers... We have weather applet, stock tick should be a doable project. Again, we non-programmers/developers always ask, but there is little we could do since we don't know how to program.

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Theres a weather program? :D Is it a desktop widget? Could you point me in its direction please?

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OmWeather is your solution for Weather widget. It works on OS2008 on N810 flawlessly with transparent backgrounds also. Pretty nice app.

http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2007/omweather/

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Is this just a stock ticker or does it also offer charting? I saw what apple did on the iphone and it would be great to also have this sort of functionality in maemo?

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Hmm, doesnt install on my N800 with OS2008. I see its designed for OS2007 but you have it working on OS2008. What could it be? I doubt its the fact that yours is a N810 and im using a N800.

EDIT: Found it here: https://garage.maemo.org/projects/omweather/

Thanks for the tip.

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BATS is an Automated Tading Center (ATS - they used to be called ECNs). They only offer institutional market data products, but they are unique in not imposing redistribution fees. You still have to pay for connectivity though (usually 45mbits minimum) for streaming data.

I dont think they offer any streaming internet options. However most of the quotes and orderbooks on their web site update in near real-time (delayed a sec or two rather than 20mins) without requiring a browser refresh. Bear in mind that these are BATS quotes rather than quotes from the listing Exchange (SIP).

Scraping and redistrbuting/redisplaying market data from websites is usually an infringement of the sites usage policy (as it usually conflicts with the SIP restrictions that they need to comply with), but BATS has clear ownership of their quotes so it mght be more doable.

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the stock quote applet works for me...i will try it when the
market opens too...to see if it streams...

anyone find any broker streaming real time quote applications that run on the n800 os2008 browser?
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I installed Python after I installed the stock ticker. I went back and checked it and it works now. If you hold your pen on it a very limited number of settings come up. Basically, add or delete symbols and what data to include. No transparency. Everything for me is in Spanish, which is a little difficult as I don't know Spanish.

But, it does seem to update! Not a very elegant app at this point, but it works.

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Hi,

runs the Stock plugin only with OS2008 ?

Frank