How to Provide Stock Market Data
The Internet has provided many financial analysts and hobbyists with a medium to share their market insight. The proliferation of Blogs, financial news websites and online investment education resources makes it easy to study stock market techniques. To increase the readership of your website, and to lend your content an additional air of professionalism, you may wish to provide stock market data directly on your site. This is a relatively straightforward process and requires little programming. Online services make it possible to embed stock market quotes and tickers with little effort.
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Embed the "Quotes Applet" utility from Barchart.com on your website. You can copy and paste the code from the Barchart website into any Web page in your control. The Quotes Applet provides current price information for any stocks you include in one of the programming lines of the code. The program is free. The colors and style of the stock market utility are customizable so it will blend in with your existing Web pages without problem. You can provide current stock market prices, the percentage change in these prices from the previous day and the dollar amount of that difference.
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Include the "Led Stock Quotes Ticker" by StockApplets.com in your Web pages. This program provides stock market data in a recognizable ticker format. The scrolling stock market ticker is a common way to provide stock market data on financial news television channels and on the sides of public buildings. You may customize the stocks the ticker displays, as well as its scrolling speed and colors. You can also configure the ticker as a link to any website of your choice. When a visitor clicks the ticker, a new Web browser window appears with the Web page of your link. A free version of the ticker is available.
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Embed the "US Market Update" from theFinancials.com in your website. This product is available for free or with a paid license. The free version includes advertisements and links to third-party websites. The "US Market Update" displays as either a ticker or a chart. You can select from several sizes to meet the needs of your website. The embed code is provided to you after registration with theFinancials.com. If you need data other than the U.S. stock market, other similar services from this provider include the U.K. stock market and other international markets.
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