Additional Stock Information Feature

[kahesayn]

Context and feature:
At this point in time, there is no function in the program that allows the user to see the stock information or history of a company they might be interested in. We believe that this is a very important part of building one's portfolio and it should be part of the program, so as to give the user current information on the company as well as how the stock prices of the company were before.

Proposed solution:
We propose to make a separate page where the user can search up a company. Once a company is selected, it will provide useful information like how much the stock price is at this current moment as well as how the stock was doing in the past up till a certain point.

Useful resources:
At this point in time, we are looking at the python package yfinance, which looks like would be the best way to accomplish this task.

[noorbuchi]

Thank you for opening this issue. I think this would be a great feature to have! Here are few notes/suggestions that you could consider while working on it:

1. How the stock search page can be accessed and where will the information will be displayed
2. Validating user input for the stock when searching. This is already being done to some extent but you'll have to ensure that the ticker symbol is valid and there is in fact price history to display before trying to graph the data. Otherwise, you'll get error messages
3. The types of graphs to be created and the ability of the user to change the time range being looked at. Is it possible to zoom in/out from the graph.
4. How frequent/recent these prices are depending on the time range. Example: if I want to look into stock movement in the past day, I probably care about daily fluctuation from 9:30 am until 5:00 pm (or even after market closes). But if I'm looking through the past year, I might only care about the average price for that day and not the fluctuation in prices during the day
5. Suggestion (this is extra but I think it would be cool if you have the time to add it): It could be worth it to look through news articles to get the latest top news around a company/ticker. Then you can add clickable links, thumbnails, titles to the page so the user can check out the latest updates.

Please keep me updated with your progress and let me know if I can help in any way. Thank you!