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title: load
description: This page provides documentation on how to load a file of stocks tickers
  with optional categories using Python. It contains information on the parameters
  and file options that are available.
keywords:
- Load
- Stocks
- Tickers
- File
- Categories
- Parameters
- Allocation
- OpenBB_Parameters_Template_v1.0.0.xlsx
- defaults.ini
- dany.ini
- james.ini
- example.ini
- dd.ini
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Load file of stocks tickers with optional categories

### Usage

```python
load -f FILE [FILE ...]
```

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## Parameters

| Name | Description | Default | Optional | Choices |
| ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- | ------- |
| file | Allocation file to be used | None | False | OpenBB_Parameters_Template_v1.0.0.xlsx, defaults.ini, dany.ini, james.ini, example.ini, dd.ini |

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