Nice work! Nothing boring about this 
Dividend notifications are coming soon to the app, so youāll be able to see this information for the instruments you own there as well.
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Cool. Do you have the source code up anywhere? I might like to take a look and see why itās slow.
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Shucks! Thanks guys. Glad you like it.
You can actually upload youāre own portfolio and have it analyse dividends past/due/overdue too, but itās a bit clunky so not subjecting the world to that pain just yet.
Other data points of interest? Volume seems to keep coming up - but LSE or CBOE? Live prices (well, 15 mins delayed)?
I guess I should try to do it for US divs now youāve released the universe???!?!?!
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Looks good.
How are you sourcing the data?
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Scraping. But with differing logic for ETFs, ITs and standard equity - the sources and cleansing are different for eachā¦ hence the speedā¦ and why I filter into batches of 25ā¦ otherwise it will hang for minutes trying to logically extract the latest data.
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Cache the data, either a HTTP caching layer, or much simpler try a key/value store. You could even generate html pages on a set schedule. But well done you shipped 
Regarding scraping be careful, itās a grey area, generally speaking itās frowned upon.
āShippedā???
Awesome! Iām not Pieter Levels, but thanks!
It took less than 1 hour
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That reminds me, IEX have a API covering US stocks Market Data & Connectivity | IEX Exchange | IEX Group you might want to look at 
Freetrade use this in some capacity
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Yes weāll use that for our stock prices in the app, for US stocks.
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Reading around their website, those guys seem pretty great. Is there an equivalent in the UK?
Where does Freetrade get their information for the existing securities from? Does Freetrade plan on having a public API for interacting with the platform?
Not as far as I know. IEX is a new exchange.
Freetrade use LSE and CBOE, both are paid for services from what I can tell.
Freetrade might offer a API, you can vote for a API here.
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Ok, US divs going ex-dividend from about now
So assuming Freetrade make available US stocks in early Jan ā19 then you can see the earliest possibility you have to ātestā this functionality. Cos, ya-know, youāre all nice people and lookin to help wherever you can!
Trade before Ex-date and hold over ex-date and the dividend is yours. For anyone that doesnāt know.
Didnāt use the IEX APIā¦ Itās fine but annoying at times, hacked other sources instead
Logos took longer than the entire data grab.
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Some other users have shared some tips for finding stocks that pay dividends here so Iāve moved your post over, I hope that helps! Let us know if you have any questions 
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Thatās a good question.
I have not seen any stocks offering dividend payments in the form of additional shares instead of a cash payout.
Perhaps it is possible on request for some shares? Or it is a valid payout method for dividends but is uncommon?
Some companies offer a scrip dividend option, but Iām not sure itās available through typical online brokers? Possibly because the shares are held in a nominee account?
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I would think itās available for online brokers somehow because Freetrade shared a mock-up of dividends paid out as shares.
Seems like BP has a scrip dividend programme.
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I said that because I couldnāt figure how to do it in my Hargreaves Lansdowne account last time I looked (which was a few years ago)
I thought maybe you needed to have bought the shares direct from BP or whoever, maybe Iām wrong though
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Rolls Royce pay their dividend in shares. But they donāt issue ordinary shares. Theyāre called C shares and canāt be traded like their other ones, so lumping them in with your other shareholding wouldnāt really make sense, unless youāre set up to automatically redeem them and buy ordinary shares with the proceeds.