Design and Implementation of Application for Visual Exploration and Monitoring of Financial Instruments StockInSight

Abstract

In the contemporary financial market, the vast majority of private investors interested in stocks vest their excess liquidity into institutions known as funds, sacrificing a great portion of potential returns in exchange for lower risk. StockInSight project was an attempt to lay a foundation for a platform for stock monitoring and analysis that would provide monitoring and visual reporting to the end-user through the web browser. The problem was identified as a big data problem and steps towards a solution were discussed. A software stack was selected and a system concept was designed. System prototype was evaluated on a simulated data flow. The experimental performance measuring and perceived performance of the visualization render on the browser proved to be insufficient for high-frequency data flow. Shortcomings of the web rendering were discussed, and pointers for future work were listed.