{"slug": "show-hn-curl-stock-research", "title": "Show HN: Curl Stock Research", "summary": "StockChat, a free and unauthenticated HTTP endpoint for stock research, launched on Hacker News, allowing users to query quotes, charts, analyst scorecards, congress trades, and world markets via plain curl commands without an API key or signup. The service routes questions to deterministic reads and returns the short command used, while the companion app runs the same tools with AI on the user's machine.", "body_md": "Every read StockChat computes — quotes, charts, **analyst scorecards**,\ncongress trades, world markets — over plain HTTP. Pipe it, script it, alias it.\nNo signup, no API key, nothing to install.\n\n```\nLoading a live read…\n```\n\nSame endpoint, no key, no AI bill: your question is **routed** onto one of\nthe deterministic reads below, and the answer tells you the short command it used — so you\nonly have to ask once.\n\n`$ curl https://stockchat.sh -d \"how is aapl doing\"`\n\n`$ curl https://stockchat.sh/why-is-amd-down`\n\n`$ curl \"https://stockchat.sh/who%20owns%20nvidia\"`\n\n`$ curl -G --data-urlencode \"q=is tesla overbought\" https://stockchat.sh`\n\nRaw spaces in a URL are rejected by curl — use\n`-d`\n\n, dashes, `%20`\n\nor `-G`\n\n.\n\n`how is aapl doing`\n\n/AAPL/overview`who owns nvidia`\n\n/NVDA/smart`is tesla overbought`\n\n/TSLA/ta`why is amd down`\n\n/AMD/news`is nvidia cheap`\n\n/NVDA/valuation`which analysts were right on apple`\n\n/AAPL/scorecard`dividend for coca cola`\n\n/KO/div`how is the market`\n\n/regime`what's moving today`\n\n/movers`compare nvda and amd`\n\n/compare/NVDA/AMDGenuinely open-ended questions — \"should I buy\nit?\", your own portfolio, follow-ups — are what the [app](/#pricing) is for: it\nruns these same tools with AI, on your machine.\n\nThe same deterministic engine either way — pick your trust model.\n\n`$ curl stockchat.sh/NVDA`\n\n`$ curl stockchat.sh/AAPL/scorecard`\n\n`$ curl stockchat.sh/congress`\n\n`$ curl stockchat.sh/xray/AAPL:15000/NVDA:9000/XOM:4000`\n\nAlways on, nothing to install. Great for a quick read, a cron job, or a status bar. Free and unauthenticated.\n\n`$ stockchat --serve`\n\n`$ curl localhost:9000/NVDA`\n\n`$ curl localhost:9000/AAPL/candles`\n\nOwn the app? It ships the **same endpoint built in**. Point it at your own local\ndatabase and curl your machine — no network, no key, nothing leaves your PC.\n(Rolls out with the next app release.)\n\nRendered from primary-source data — green up, red down. A pixel-perfect PNG\nis a `/png`\n\naway, but the ASCII is the point.\n\nThis is not a recording. Every line below is fetched from the same endpoint your shell would hit, and returns the same bytes.\n\n```\nType a ticker and press Enter. Try NVDA, or click one below.\n```\n\n↑↓ history · Tab completes · `help`\n\nlists every command\n\nBare ticker → overview. Add a command for a specific read.\nAdd `/sixel`\n\nto any chart for a real inline image in your terminal.\n\n`/vp/NVDA`\n\n, `/NVDA/candles/60d`\n\n)`overview`\n\ngeneral overview + key stats`ohlc`\n\nraw daily OHLC bars (add csv)`vp`\n\nvolume profile + POC / value area`candles`\n\ncandlestick chart`chart`\n\ndaily price chart`pnf`\n\npoint & figure chart`renko`\n\nrenko chart`volchart`\n\nvolume chart`rschart`\n\nrelative-strength chart vs SPY`area`\n\nfilled area price chart`weekly`\n\nweekly price chart`ta`\n\ntechnical read (RSI/MACD/Bollinger/…)`patterns`\n\ncandlestick pattern detection`seasonality`\n\nmonthly & weekday seasonality`valuation`\n\nvaluation bands (cheap / expensive)`factor`\n\nmomentum vs value factor profile`moat`\n\nmoat / durability read`div`\n\ndividend yield / growth / streak`peers`\n\ntrue industry peers`trials`\n\nbiotech clinical-trial pipeline`scorecard`\n\nwhich analysts were actually right`targets`\n\nprice targets + hit/miss verdict`ceo`\n\nwho ran it, and the stock on their watch`csuite`\n\nevery C-suite seat vs SPY`insiders`\n\ninsider buys / sells`insiderown`\n\ninsider ownership %`smart`\n\nwho's buying it (13F funds)`bonds`\n\nwhich funds hold its bonds`etfs`\n\nwhich ETFs hold it`holds`\n\nwhat an ETF holds (pass an ETF)`id`\n\nFIGI + share-class siblings`news`\n\nrecent headlines + the move`sentiment`\n\nsocial sentiment snapshot`twits`\n\nStockTwits bull/bear sentiment`catalysts`\n\nrecent 8-K catalysts`filings`\n\nSEC filings index (10-Q/10-K/8-K/DEF 14A)`earnmove`\n\nhow it moves on earnings`options`\n\noption chain`oi`\n\nopen interest`unusual`\n\nunusual options activity`compare`\n\ncompare 2+ tickers (e.g. /compare/NVDA/AMD)`xray`\n\nportfolio x-ray (e.g. /xray/AAPL:15000/NVDA:9000)`regime`\n\nmarket regime + suggested risk`breadth`\n\nmarket breadth`sectors`\n\nsector performance`heatmap`\n\nmarket heatmap`industries`\n\nindustry rotation ranking`rs`\n\nrelative-strength leaders`movers`\n\ntoday's biggest movers`shorts`\n\nmost-shorted stocks`insiderscan`\n\nmarket-wide insider buying`congress`\n\ncongressional trade disclosures`unusualscan`\n\nmarket-wide unusual options`earnings`\n\nupcoming earnings calendar`recap`\n\nwho just reported (earnings recap)`ipos`\n\nrecent IPOs`events`\n\nmarket-wide 8-K catalysts`bpi`\n\nbullish percent index`sbpi`\n\nsector bullish-percent breadth`style`\n\nfactor regime — momentum vs value`ivcrush`\n\nSPY overnight IV crush`reddit`\n\ntrending tickers on Reddit`buzz`\n\nemerging Reddit buzz`corr`\n\ncorrelation across the market`treasury`\n\nUS treasury yield curve`econ`\n\neconomic indicators (CPI/jobs/Fed)`world`\n\nworld stock indices`commodities`\n\ncommodity futures`fx`\n\ncurrencies / US dollar index`clock`\n\nmarket open/closed + today's events`briefing`\n\nmorning briefing`$ curl stockchat.sh`\n\nprints this list any time.\nSame engine, plus an AI that runs these tools for you, remembers your portfolio, and answers in plain English — all on your machine.\n\nFree, and if it saves you a subscription —\n[☕ buy me a coffee](https://ko-fi.com/algobox).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-curl-stock-research", "canonical_source": "https://stockchat.sh/cli", "published_at": "2026-08-14 03:56:06+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-14 04:14:43.267216+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["StockChat", "Hacker News", "Apple", "NVIDIA", "AMD", "Tesla", "Coca-Cola"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-curl-stock-research", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-curl-stock-research.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-curl-stock-research.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-curl-stock-research.jsonld"}}