GamestonkTerminal
Finance and crypto
stock market research terminal
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GamestonkTerminal
Can’t afford Bloomberg Terminal? No prob, I built the next best thing
github.com#stock research#bloomberg alternative#technical analysis#stock sentiment
How HN took it
22 positive, 32 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 13 critical, out of 68 comments about the project. Thread score +0.15.
Idea: 10 for, 7 againstExecution: 3 for, 2 againstDocs: 2 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive feature set for a free tool.
From 3 comments
Wow. This looks awesome. When you say "necessary API keys", does this mean you can still use the program without them, just minus those functions? e: and is there a way to…
sodality2 on HNThis is pretty damn cool, especially given it was only started in December. Nice
bilekas on HNThis makes all the hours (months really) I've wasted on HackerNews worth it. Thanks! Edit: I should say, it's things like this that make up for the wasted time. I've seen several…
mootzville on HN
Objections
Not comparable to Bloomberg; lacks bonds, FX, commodities and trading features.
From 4 comments
No support for commodities, bonds, or currencies. How is this a Bloomberg terminal replacement? If you’re just looking for stock screeners, there’s already a hundred better…
frakkingcylons on HNThe only thing that this shares with the bloomberg terminal is that it can do equities and is on a terminal. Sort of irks me because a bloomberg terminal can do so much more:…
wyxuan on HNNot to criticize a free OSS project. It is very cool, but comparing it to Bloomberg terminal is a misnomer. Bloomberg gives you data, analysis, models, news, document access +…
lr1970 on HNI wish you well but this is no comparison to a Bloomberg terminal.
happyconcepts on HN
Installation is difficult and fails on dependencies.
From 3 comments
need better install instructions.
chovybizzass on HNI tried to install - requirements and it always fails to install fbprohet, bs4 alpha_vantage modules, can some body help me with this? Thanks,
ycomb_32 on HNOkay, how do you properly install a python environment? I always run into trouble trying to get a project to run with Python and pip. It's either a build failure or just a…
pyinstallwoes on HN
Relies on Yahoo or free data feeds with limits and reliability concerns.
From 2 comments
Where is the market data (price, volume, etc) from? All open source projects related to stocks seem to use Yahoo quotes, which is essentially abandoned and not supported at all.…
nodesocket on HNNot to criticize a free OSS project. It is very cool, but comparing it to Bloomberg terminal is a misnomer. Bloomberg gives you data, analysis, models, news, document access +…
lr1970 on HN
Requests
Better install instructions or a Dockerfile.
From 2 comments
You may want to add a Dockerfile.
druidmaster on HNneed better install instructions.
chovybizzass on HN
Screenshots or video demo of the UI.
From 3 comments
Looks awesome. I’d love to see some screen shots as I’m not that literate on the jargon
tambourine_man on HNI am giddy with excitement over this project! Thank you sexy_year for making this. Got any screen shots posted?
DLA on HNWow this is so cool! Now I can't understand most of these things so it'd be cool to have a video of someone using the tool and explaining what one can get from it : )
baby on HN
Alerts feature for price moves.
From 1 comment
This is amazing But please implement a section for ALERTS! I want to make them configurable so eg whenever any stock goes up by more than its normal amount for the past…
EGreg on HN
Questions
Does it work for non-US stocks?
From 1 comment
How good does this work for non US stocks? I don't think you should invest all your money in stocks of just one nation.
stewbrew on HN
Is there a test suite and roadmap?
From 1 comment
As I see it there is no test suite? Is it planned? What is the roadmap for the project? The support section in the README only tells us to buy you a coffee, not how to reach out…
t00nfish13 on HN
Alternatives named
Koyfin, TradingView, Finviz, Feedly and Seeking Alpha.
From 3 comments
For stocks Bbg is overkill. A stock investor basically needs latest PR, SEC and earnings release info for his watchlist of stocks, which can be done using Feedly and Seeking…
soniman on HNTradingView is more than good for most users
PanosJee on HNon a serious note, koyfin is really very nice and does a better job than Bloomberg, at least for equities
aheilbut on HN