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Exchange rate tickers in their own currency? #301

@rotorllds

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@rotorllds

Problem Statement
As someone who is not from the US, I added my national currency exchange rate yahoo finance ticker (KRW=X) to my watch list alongside various US market indexes. However, because KRW=X is a ticker which tracks the exchange rate for 1 dollar and the currency is set to USD (as I wish to see the market index values in USD), this results in KRW=X always returning a value of 1.00 for Prev. Close, Open, and Current Value and the Change always being 0.00 but accurately displaying the percentage change (see screenshot attached below).

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Proposed Solution
Do not convert/set an exception to converting the value of exchange rate tickers (all exchange rate tickers in yahoo finance end with =X (formats being CUR=X for exchange rate to the dollar or or CR1CR2=X in which the value is how much of 1 CR1 = Ticker Value CR2). Basically if the ticker ends in =X, do not convert to set Currency value but rather just show the value displayed on Yahoo Finance.

Use Cases
Allows to keep track of US stocks/markets in USD while also allowing people to view exchange rates for currencies accurately. This would be helpful for both people who are not from the US but invested in the stock market or other cases such as ForEx.

Additional context
Thank you for all your hard work on ticker. It's generally been great to use, I would just love if this feature was implemented.

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