Share Market

Stock Ticker is another term for ticker and ticker tape. They all mean scrolling displays on trading floors that flash either on television or a computer screen. The stock ticker shows the last sale price and volume of an equity trade. The trades that are printed on the stock ticker are updated continuously throughout the trading day.

The expression “stock ticker” comes from the ticker tape machine, which was a mechanical device invented in the year 1870s. The machine was made to record, send and print stock prices over telegraph wires with the help of punching holes.

In today’s time, a stock ticker also means an identifying letter symbol which is required for security-purpose so as to trade on an exchange or through an over-the-counter system. It is also known as stock ticker symbol or ticker symbol.

Monitoring a stock ticker is a good way to keep up with the investments made or to stay updated of stock market activity. When one looks at any ticker symbol, it is automatically added to the recent quotes. Looking up at a quote is as easy as entering the ticker symbol in the search bar at the top of the page. All your recently visited quotes of the stock ticker will appear at the top of the stock quote page.

Anyone can customize their own stock ticker by creating a portfolio. Making a profile is again pretty easy. You have to click the blue Create a New Portfolio button in the My Investments module to the right and follow the instructions to go on the next page. Once your portfolio has been set, you can easily select what data you want displayed in your Stock ticker. Click on the Recent Quotes label to the left of your stock ticker and you can choose the name of your portfolio that you want on display.

The profile thus made is free for editing. You can create or edit portfolios as per your liking by clicking on the link appearing directly to the right of your stock market ticker. If the profile is already made then there would be an Edit option and if you’re viewing the markets ticker or your recent quotes ticker then the links will read as ‘Save as New Portfolio’. Your profile stays even if you don’t visit and open it regularly. There are stock alerts to notify you of the market fluctuations in such a case.