Show HN: A simple, free web app to track my portfolio across brokers
erincayaz.github.io
It just got harder to track my investments, it was also getting harder to understand whether my investments were aligned with the portfolio I had built.
So naturally, I started to search for solutions. At first, I found a few desktop and mobile apps. But the problem with the majority of them was that they were either too complicated to use or just over-engineered. Nearly all the apps had a FIRE calculator, were synced with the market (which was logical, but how can I get the price for physical gold?), or were also trying to track my expenses. I just wanted to track my portfolio. Hence came the second option: using Excel.
And actually, this is the way the majority of people do it. Knowing that, I tried to create an Excel sheet for myself. But the barrier to entry was just too high; I didn't know how to use it, so it just seemed too hard to implement a solution for myself. Also, the user experience just didn't feel very good. I wanted to see pie charts, good fonts, etc. (I could probably do these things with Excel as well, but if I can't even implement a simple sheet, how could I do these cool visuals?).
So, I decided to implement my own solution. My needs were really simple:
- I want to see all my investments on one screen.
- I want to see my P&L.
- I want to see whether my investment ratio is aligned with my portfolio.
- I want to sync it across different devices.
- I want to have different currencies (like EUR, TL) because I invest in different markets.
- I want it to be free.
- I want to see how my investments grow over time.
And that's about it. So, keeping all these things in mind, I built a web app for myself and wanted to share it with you