market-vis

Market Visualization Prototype

Generates a three-dimensional interactive surface of market data.

Setup

Clone the repository, then install it:

$ python setup.py install

This installs the marketvis package, and allows you to run the program directly from the command line.

Dependencies:

• Python 2.7
• Pandas
• Mayavi
• MoviePy

For more details about getting the prototype up and running, check out this tutorial

Interface

Runs through a basic command line interface:

marketvis [-h] [-v] mode [startDate] [endDate]

positional arguments:
  mode           Running mode: live (online downloads) | test (offline test data)
  startDate      Start date of the live data pull (YYYYMMDD)
  endDate        End date of the live data pull (YYYYMMDD)

optional arguments:
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit
  -v, --verbose  Includes time printouts during runtime

Test Option

$ marketvis test

Displays a visualization based on test data of S&P 500 stocks from Jan 1, 2012 to Jan 1, 2013.

Live Option

$ marketvis live 20150101 20160101

Pulls new data from the Google Finance API and creates a more up-to-date visualization.