Stonks

Inspiration

The constant problem with what stocks to invest in has become a challenge because you don't know every stock that is public on the market, and you can't always figure out if it fits your investment needs.

What it does

This program will take an amount of money you're willing to spend and if you're interested in short term, medium term, or long term investments. It will take this information and supply you with a random stock that would fit your investment.

How I built it

We used python to pull data from Yahoo Finance based on a text file of ticker symbols. These tickers are trimmed through initial parameters that qualify a stock as a decent investment to begin with, and then the stocks are further pruned through an algorithm. The results is a handful of stocks that are capable of fitting your stock portfolio needs.

Challenges I ran into

Immediately three out of the four of us don't really know python. Luckily the fourth person was very skilled with python and was able to get most of the back-end running. Challenges faced by others involve creating a GUI for the first time, creating an algorithm that makes sense as well as trimming down the entries, and creating a csv for exporting ticker symbols with updating information.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

Attempting this Hackathon has been a serious milestone in improving programming capabilities.

What I learned

You really have to put aside your weekend to get things done during a Hackathon, and Python is powerful.

What's next for Stonks

To continue production of this program until its acceptable.

Built With

• pandas
• python
• tkinter