Dawn of the Geeks

indie-stocks is a brand new (and hence ugly) site which will be used to allow users to create and track portfolios and perform other functions. Yes it will get better looking. For now the front end is just there for the sake of having a front end. In the background the data for nearly 6000 stock symbols is being pulled from Yahoo! every 30 minutes during trading hours and put into a database. Anyone can submit stock symbols to be tracked. You can also view all the symbols currently being tracked and the last 100 values stored for them.

I can’t believe how hard it is to find a list of current stock symbols. My list actually started out at nearly 7000 symbols but a number of them are no longer being traded. And when I finally found a sizeable list, my prize stock AVN wasn’t even listed. So, I’d really appreciate it, if people would visit the site and check to see if their favorite companies are being tracked.

In time this site will allow users to create and track portfolios, screen stocks and generate charts. For now though it’s mainly there to collect data. The sooner ticker symbols are added, the faster the site will be useful for traders.