TickerBar
BetterTouchTool plugin which adds a button to your macbook touch bar to display live stock data:
Requirements
- Macbook with Touch Bar.
- BetterTouchTool. If you don't already have it installed, BetterTouchTool is a must-have for any mac power user.
- Python 3.
Installation and Usage
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Install tickerbar:
pip install tickerbar
. -
Add the stock positions you'd like to monitor
tickerbar add <symbol_1> <number_of_shares_1> <symbol_2> <number_of_shares_2> ...
- Remove positions with
tickerbar remove <symbol>
- Remove all positions with
tickerbar remove all
- To change a position just add it again:
tickerbar add <symbol> <new_quantity>
, this will override the existing data for that symbol.
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Generate BetterTouchTool settings:
tickerbar btt
. This will create a JSON settings file namedbttStockConfig.json
in the directory you run the command from. -
Import the
bttStockConfig.json
settings file to BetterTouchTool -
Enjoy! If you make changes to your positions via
tickerbar add
ortickerbar remove
you'll need to repeat steps 4-5 to update BetterTouchTool. You can further customize the buttons you've just created through the BetterTouchTool app!
Notes:
TickerBar caches the last stock quote it finds. If you go offline it will use this cached value.