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title: ticker
description: This page provides detailed instructions on how to set and use the ticker
  function. It is invaluable for extracting similar tickers, helping users engage
  more with stocks.
keywords:
- ticker function
- extract similar tickers
- docusaurus documentation
- stock market
- financial tool
- ticker usage
- technical analysis
- stock ticker
- usage examples
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Set ticker to extract similar from

### Usage

```python
ticker -t TICKER
```

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## Parameters

| Name | Description | Default | Optional | Choices |
| ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- | ------- |
| ticker | Ticker get similar tickers from | None | False | None |


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## Examples

```python
text
2022 Feb 15, 08:33 (🦋) /stocks/ca/ $ ticker AAPL
```
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