Show HN: Curl Stock Research

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.

Every read StockChat computes — quotes, charts, analyst scorecards , congress trades, world markets — over plain HTTP. Pipe it, script it, alias it. No signup, no API key, nothing to install. Loading a live read… Same endpoint, no key, no AI bill: your question is routed onto one of the deterministic reads below, and the answer tells you the short command it used — so you only have to ask once. $ curl https://stockchat.sh -d "how is aapl doing" $ curl https://stockchat.sh/why-is-amd-down $ curl "https://stockchat.sh/who%20owns%20nvidia" $ curl -G --data-urlencode "q=is tesla overbought" https://stockchat.sh Raw spaces in a URL are rejected by curl — use -d , dashes, %20 or -G . how is aapl doing /AAPL/overview who owns nvidia /NVDA/smart is tesla overbought /TSLA/ta why is amd down /AMD/news is nvidia cheap /NVDA/valuation which analysts were right on apple /AAPL/scorecard dividend for coca cola /KO/div how is the market /regime what's moving today /movers compare nvda and amd /compare/NVDA/AMDGenuinely open-ended questions — "should I buy it?", your own portfolio, follow-ups — are what the app / pricing is for: it runs these same tools with AI, on your machine. The same deterministic engine either way — pick your trust model. $ curl stockchat.sh/NVDA $ curl stockchat.sh/AAPL/scorecard $ curl stockchat.sh/congress $ curl stockchat.sh/xray/AAPL:15000/NVDA:9000/XOM:4000 Always on, nothing to install. Great for a quick read, a cron job, or a status bar. Free and unauthenticated. $ stockchat --serve $ curl localhost:9000/NVDA $ curl localhost:9000/AAPL/candles Own the app? It ships the same endpoint built in . Point it at your own local database and curl your machine — no network, no key, nothing leaves your PC. Rolls out with the next app release. Rendered from primary-source data — green up, red down. A pixel-perfect PNG is a /png away, but the ASCII is the point. This is not a recording. Every line below is fetched from the same endpoint your shell would hit, and returns the same bytes. Type a ticker and press Enter. Try NVDA, or click one below. ↑↓ history · Tab completes · help lists every command Bare ticker → overview. Add a command for a specific read. Add /sixel to any chart for a real inline image in your terminal. /vp/NVDA , /NVDA/candles/60d overview general overview + key stats ohlc raw daily OHLC bars add csv vp volume profile + POC / value area candles candlestick chart chart daily price chart pnf point & figure chart renko renko chart volchart volume chart rschart relative-strength chart vs SPY area filled area price chart weekly weekly price chart ta technical read RSI/MACD/Bollinger/… patterns candlestick pattern detection seasonality monthly & weekday seasonality valuation valuation bands cheap / expensive factor momentum vs value factor profile moat moat / durability read div dividend yield / growth / streak peers true industry peers trials biotech clinical-trial pipeline scorecard which analysts were actually right targets price targets + hit/miss verdict ceo who ran it, and the stock on their watch csuite every C-suite seat vs SPY insiders insider buys / sells insiderown insider ownership % smart who's buying it 13F funds bonds which funds hold its bonds etfs which ETFs hold it holds what an ETF holds pass an ETF id FIGI + share-class siblings news recent headlines + the move sentiment social sentiment snapshot twits StockTwits bull/bear sentiment catalysts recent 8-K catalysts filings SEC filings index 10-Q/10-K/8-K/DEF 14A earnmove how it moves on earnings options option chain oi open interest unusual unusual options activity compare compare 2+ tickers e.g. /compare/NVDA/AMD xray portfolio x-ray e.g. /xray/AAPL:15000/NVDA:9000 regime market regime + suggested risk breadth market breadth sectors sector performance heatmap market heatmap industries industry rotation ranking rs relative-strength leaders movers today's biggest movers shorts most-shorted stocks insiderscan market-wide insider buying congress congressional trade disclosures unusualscan market-wide unusual options earnings upcoming earnings calendar recap who just reported earnings recap ipos recent IPOs events market-wide 8-K catalysts bpi bullish percent index sbpi sector bullish-percent breadth style factor regime — momentum vs value ivcrush SPY overnight IV crush reddit trending tickers on Reddit buzz emerging Reddit buzz corr correlation across the market treasury US treasury yield curve econ economic indicators CPI/jobs/Fed world world stock indices commodities commodity futures fx currencies / US dollar index clock market open/closed + today's events briefing morning briefing $ curl stockchat.sh prints this list any time. Same engine, plus an AI that runs these tools for you, remembers your portfolio, and answers in plain English — all on your machine. Free, and if it saves you a subscription — ☕ buy me a coffee https://ko-fi.com/algobox .