# Yahoo Finance Trending Stocks and Market Movers Radar (`adaptive_nightmare/yahoo-finance-trending-radar`) Actor

Extract trending stock tickers, real-time market quotes, price changes, and currency details from Yahoo Finance without API keys.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/adaptive_nightmare/yahoo-finance-trending-radar.md
- **Developed by:** [Darim Quraishi](https://apify.com/adaptive_nightmare) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$0.90 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Yahoo Finance Trending Stocks and Market Movers Radar

Extract trending stock tickers, real-time market prices, intraday percentage movements, and currency quotes across major global financial exchanges from Yahoo Finance.

### Features

- Scrapes active trending symbols across 8 global equity regions including the US, UK, Germany, France, Japan, India, Canada, and Australia.
- Retrieves current regular market price, prior market close, net price change, and percentage shift for each symbol.
- Captures primary trading currency, exchange name, instrument category, and direct Yahoo Finance quote links.
- Uses direct HTTP requests without headless browsers or proxy credits, maintaining high speed and low compute cost.
- Outputs structured records ready for immediate export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or downstream webhook automations.

### Input parameters

- Market Region: Select from US, GB, DE, FR, JP, IN, CA, or AU to track local market trends. Default is US.
- Maximum Tickers: The number of trending symbols to return with current quotes. Default is 25, maximum is 100.

### Output dataset fields

Each dataset record contains:

- symbol: Equity or index ticker symbol (for example: NVDA, AAPL, EWZ).
- shortName: Company or fund name.
- regularMarketPrice: Latest traded price in local currency.
- regularMarketChange: Absolute price difference compared to previous market close.
- regularMarketChangePercent: Percentage change relative to previous market close.
- chartPreviousClose: Previous trading session closing price.
- currency: ISO currency code (USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, INR).
- exchangeName: Exchange code (NASDAQ, NYSE, NSI, GER).
- instrumentType: Financial vehicle type such as EQUITY, ETF, or MUTUALFUND.
- marketState: Market phase indicator such as PRE, REGULAR, or POST.
- region: Geographic region code queried.
- yahooUrl: Direct URL to the Yahoo Finance ticker overview.
- scrapedAt: UTC timestamp when the data was retrieved.

### Use cases

- Market intelligence: Monitor high-momentum stocks and sudden investor attention shifts.
- Algorithmic watchlists: Automatically refresh morning stock watchlists before market open.
- Quantitative analysis: Track symbol popularity trends alongside volume and price movements.
- Financial news dashboards: Build live widgets highlighting top trending stocks in global markets.

# Actor input Schema

## `region` (type: `string`):

Geographic market region to inspect for trending stock tickers.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of trending symbols to return with current price quotes.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "region": "US",
  "maxResults": 25
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("adaptive_nightmare/yahoo-finance-trending-radar").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("adaptive_nightmare/yahoo-finance-trending-radar").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call adaptive_nightmare/yahoo-finance-trending-radar --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,adaptive_nightmare/yahoo-finance-trending-radar"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/KAcuCSkdXgaJKktNo/builds/ATvIynGJpbh4ob3R7/openapi.json