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title: load
description: OpenBB Terminal Function
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# load

Load ETF ticker to perform analysis on.

### Usage

```python
load -t TICKER [-s START] [-e END] [-l LIMIT]
```

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## Parameters

| Name | Description | Default | Optional | Choices |
| ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- | ------- |
| ticker | ETF ticker | None | False | None |
| start | The starting date (format YYYY-MM-DD) of the ETF | 2021-11-24 | True | None |
| end | The ending date (format YYYY-MM-DD) of the ETF | 2022-11-25 | True | None |
| limit | Limit of holdings to display | 5 | True | None |


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## Examples

```python
2022 Jun 21, 09:18 (🦋) /etf/ $ load voo
Top company holdings found: AAPL, MSFT, AMZN, GOOGL, TSLA


2022 Jun 21, 09:18 (🦋) /etf/ $ ?
╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ETF ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│                                                                                                                                                                                                                    │
│     ln                 lookup by name                                                  [FinanceDatabase / StockAnalysis]                                                                                           │
│     ld                 lookup by description                                           [FinanceDatabase]                                                                                                           │
│     load               load ETF data                                                   [Yahoo Finance]                                                                                                             │
│                                                                                                                                                                                                                    │
│ Symbol: VOO                                                                                                                                                                                                        │
│ Major holdings: AAPL, MSFT, AMZN, GOOGL, TSLA                                                                                                                                                                      │
│                                                                                                                                                                                                                    │
│    ca                 comparison analysis,          get similar, historical, correlation, financials                                                                                                              │
│    disc               discover ETFs,                gainers/decliners/active                                                                                                                                      │
│    scr                screener ETFs,                overview/performance, using preset filters                                                                                                                    │
│                                                                                                                                                                                                                    │
│     overview           get overview                                                    [StockAnalysis]                                                                                                             │
│     holdings           top company holdings                                            [StockAnalysis]                                                                                                             │
│     weights            sector weights allocation                                       [Yahoo Finance]                                                                                                             │
│     summary            summary description of the ETF                                  [Yahoo Finance]                                                                                                             │
│     news               latest news of the company                                      [News API]                                                                                                                  │
│     candle             view a candle chart for ETF                                                                                                                                                                 │
│                                                                                                                                                                                                                    │
│     pir                create (multiple) passive investor excel report(s)              [PassiveInvestor]                                                                                                           │
│     compare            compare multiple different ETFs                                 [StockAnalysis]                                                                                                             │
│                                                                                                                                                                                                                    │
│    ta                 technical analysis,           ema, macd, rsi, adx, bbands, obv                                                                                                                              │
│    pred               prediction techniques,        regression, arima, rnn, lstm                                                                                                                                  │
│                                                                                                                                                                                                                    │
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── OpenBB Terminal v1.3.0 (https://openbb.co) ─╯
```
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