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Stock Market Words: A Ticker Discovery Tool

Stock Market Words is a playful experiment that finds valid stock ticker symbols hidden in everyday English words and text.

What Does It Do?

  1. Ticker Extraction Tool (Homepage): Paste any text and our algorithm will extract stock tickers using a word-consuming backtracking search. It shows you 5 different portfolio strategies, each optimized for different investment goals:

    • 💰 Dividend Daddy: High dividend yield + low volatility stocks
    • 🚀 Moon Shot: High growth potential (high beta + oversold)
    • 🔪 Falling Knife: Contrarian plays (oversold + below moving average)
    • 🎈 Over-Hyped: Overbought stocks (potential short candidates)
    • 🐋 Institutional Whale: Large-cap stocks with institutional backing

  2. Filtered Data View: Browse all ~5,400+ filtered common stocks with price data, sortable and filterable by exchange.

  3. Raw FTP Data: See the unfiltered data directly from NASDAQ before our filtering pipeline.

How It Works

  • Data Source: NASDAQ FTP server (daily ticker lists)
  • Filtering: Removes ETFs, warrants, test tickers, bankrupt companies
  • Price Data: Yahoo Finance API for real-time pricing
  • Algorithm: Trie-based prefix search with backtracking to find non-overlapping ticker matches

Why?

Because finding “NVDA” hidden in “NVIDIA” is more fun than it should be. Plus, I amuse myself thinking this might provide some sort of trading edge (it probably doesn’t).

Data Updates

Data is refreshed daily from NASDAQ FTP servers. Last update: Check the homepage for the latest timestamp.

Disclaimer: This is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Not financial advice. Do your own research before making investment decisions.