Ticker Price — Obsidian Plugin

Automatically fetches and displays stock prices for $TICKER symbols in your notes. No API key required, uses Yahoo Finance.

Features

• Auto-fetch: Type $MSFT and press Space or Enter → price appears instantly
• Snapshot mode: Price is fetched once and permanently written into your note (great for journals/logs)
• Live mode: Price is re-fetched every time you open the note
• Display formats: Price only / Price + change / Price + change + %
• Bulk commands: Annotate or refresh every ticker in the whole note at once
• Escape hatch: Prefix with \$MSFT to write a ticker without triggering a lookup
• Works with stocks, ETFs, and crypto (e.g. $BTC-USD, $ETH-USD)

Examples

Bought some $MSFT ($415.23) and $AAPL ($172.45 +1.23 (+0.72%)) today.
Watching $BTC-USD ($67,432.10) closely.

Installation

Manual (recommended for now)

1. In your vault, navigate to .obsidian/plugins/
2. Create a new folder called obsidian-ticker-price
3. Copy these three files into that folder:
   • main.js
   • manifest.json
   • styles.css (optional)
4. Open Obsidian → Settings → Community Plugins
5. Disable Safe Mode if prompted
6. Find Ticker Price in the list and enable it

From the Community Plugin Browser (future)

Search for "Ticker Price" once submitted to the Obsidian community plugins list.

Usage

Action	How
Auto-annotate a ticker	Type $AAPL then press Space or Enter
Annotate all tickers in note	Command: Ticker Price: Fetch all
Refresh all tickers in note	Command: Ticker Price: Refresh all
Write ticker without lookup	Use \$AAPL (backslash prefix)

Settings

Setting	Description
Price mode	Snapshot freezes price in note. Live re-fetches on open.
Refresh on open	(Live mode only) Re-fetch all tickers when the note is opened
Display format	Choose between price-only, price+change, or price+change+%
Auto-fetch on Space/Enter	Toggle the auto-trigger behavior

Data Source

Prices are fetched from the Yahoo Finance API (no API key required). Data may be delayed 15–20 minutes for some exchanges. Works with any symbol Yahoo Finance supports: US stocks, ETFs, indices, and crypto pairs like $BTC-USD.

Author

Alejandro Spradley — github.com/irl-Spradley

• This plugin requires an internet connection to fetch prices.
• Snapshot prices are stored as plain text in your notes and will never change unless you run "Refresh all".
• For crypto: use Yahoo Finance format, e.g. $BTC-USD, $ETH-USD.