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Compare My Stocks — Documentation

A desktop app for visualizing and comparing stock performance, portfolio P&L, and sector groupings. Market data from Interactive Brokers or Polygon; transactions from IB Flex or My Stocks Portfolio CSVs.

Where to start

  • Quick start \ Install, point the app at IB or Polygon, plot your first graph in 10 minutes.

  • UI reference \ Field guide to every control, list, and toggle in the main window.

  • Configuration reference \ Every field in myconfig.yaml, what it does, and the default value.

  • Project README \ Feature overview, screenshots, and the architecture diagram.

  • Tests overview \ How the test suite is wired and how to run it.

Common tasks

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Install and run for the first time Quick start
Switch from IB to Polygon Configuration → Sources
Pull more history Configuration → Input
Import my IB transactions Quick start → step 4
Use a different data directory Set COMPARE_STOCK_PATH=…
Run headless python -m compare_my_stocks --nogui

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