Welcome to the Profit Puffin, my algorithmic trading project. MVP:

1. Continually scan market data.
2. Identify opportunities with 1-5 risk ratio.
3. Deliver trade alerts.

Bunus features: 4. Execute trades. 5. Direct deposit. 6. Customizable trading strategies. 7. Self-correcting trading strategies.

See my Trello board for project plan and status: https://trello.com/b/5bUnBJjr/swing-trader-bot

To get started with the project, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/your-username/stock-data-comparison.git

3. Install the required dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Obtain API keys for Yahoo Finance and Alpha Vantage:

• Sign up for a Yahoo Developer account and create an app to obtain an API key.
• Sign up for an Alpha Vantage account and obtain an API key.

4. Update the config.py file with your API keys: YAHOO_API_KEY = 'your_yahoo_api_key' ALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEY = 'your_alpha_vantage_api_key'

5. Run the main script to compare data from Yahoo Finance and Alpha Vantage:

python main.py

6. View the comparison results generated by the visualization module.

The project is organized into the following components:

• main.py: Main script to orchestrate the data comparison process.
• data_retrieval.py: Module for retrieving data from Yahoo Finance and Alpha Vantage APIs.
• data_processing.py: Module for processing and analyzing the retrieved data.
• visualization.py: Module for visualizing the comparison results.
• utils.py: Utility module containing helper functions.
• test.py: Script for testing various components of the project.

Contributions to the project are welcome! If you have any ideas for improvements or new features, feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Thank you to Yahoo Finance and Alpha Vantage for providing access to their APIs. Thank you ChatGPT3.5 for being my pair-programming partner and mentor. Special thanks to the open-source community for their valuable contributions and inspiration. Contact For questions or inquiries, you can reach me at https://www.linkedin.com/in/vesperannstas/.