I built a crypto & stock ticker for my smartwatch because I hated being glued to screens all day

Built this smartwatch stock ticker after realizing I couldn't even leave my desk comfortably during market hours

About a year ago, I realized something unhealthy about myself.

I’m a full time trader, and during market hours I genuinely felt like I couldn’t look away from the screen even for small things… grabbing water, walking around, sometimes even going for a pee.

It sounds funny, but after a point it honestly started feeling bad mentally. Like I was always “on alert”.

I hated that feeling of constantly needing to check my phone or monitor every few minutes just to stay updated.

So I decided to build something that could stay with me all the time and keep me updated effortlessly.

I already had a Wear OS smartwatch, so one night I made a simple stock ticker/watchface setup for myself. Nothing fancy initially just live prices on my wrist so I could glance anytime without pulling out my phone.

I posted it on Reddit back then mostly just to share what I made for myself, and honestly didn’t expect much. But a lot of people appreciated the idea and wanted something similar too.

That motivated me more than I expected.

For around 3 months, after market hours, I kept working on it late into the night almost daily and eventually turned it into a proper app called "\*\*[**WearTicker**](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wearticker.live)"\*\*.

Since then I’ve continuously updated and optimized it based on user feedback and my own daily use as a trader.

Right now it supports things like:

\\- stocks

\\- crypto

\\- forex

\\- derivatives

\\- currencies

\\- holdings/P&L

Would genuinely love feedback from traders here.