Production-Ready Project

Real-time Financial Analytics Platform

A comprehensive big data solution for processing and visualizing financial market data in real-time. Built with modern technologies including Apache Kafka, Spark, React, and TimescaleDB.

10,000+
Records/Second
Sub-second
Latency
99.9%
Uptime
Financial Analytics Dashboard
LIVE
AAPL +2.5%
GOOGL -1.2%
TSLA +5.8%
MSFT +1.9%

Project Overview

A enterprise-grade real-time financial data processing and analytics platform

Real-time Data Pipeline

Kafka-powered streaming architecture processes thousands of stock price updates per second with guaranteed delivery and fault tolerance.

Interactive Dashboard

React-based frontend with live WebSocket updates, interactive charts, and responsive design for monitoring market data in real-time.

Time-series Database

TimescaleDB optimized for high-frequency financial data with automatic partitioning and efficient compression.

Stream Processing

Apache Spark handles complex analytics including technical indicators, anomaly detection, and market sentiment analysis.

Containerized Deployment

Docker Compose orchestrates all services with proper networking, volumes, and health checks for production deployment.

Monitoring & Observability

Comprehensive monitoring with Prometheus metrics, Grafana dashboards, and custom alerts for system health.

System Architecture

Scalable microservices architecture designed for high availability and performance

Data Sources

Alpha Vantage API
Market News

Data Ingestion

Apache Kafka
Redis Cache

Stream Processing

Apache Spark

Data Storage

TimescaleDB

Application Layer

FastAPI
WebSocket

Frontend

React Dashboard

Key Features

Enterprise-grade capabilities that demonstrate advanced software engineering skills

Real-time Processing

  • Sub-second data latency
  • 10,000+ records per second throughput
  • WebSocket live updates
  • Horizontal scaling capability

Technical Analysis

  • Moving averages (SMA, EMA)
  • RSI and MACD indicators
  • Price volatility calculation
  • Market sentiment analysis

Anomaly Detection

  • Price anomaly alerts
  • Volume spike detection
  • Pattern recognition
  • Custom alert thresholds

Interactive Visualizations

  • Real-time price charts
  • Market heatmaps
  • Technical indicator overlays
  • Responsive design

REST API

  • OpenAPI/Swagger documentation
  • JWT authentication
  • Rate limiting
  • Comprehensive endpoints

Production Ready

  • Docker containerization
  • Health checks & monitoring
  • Error handling & logging
  • Data backup & recovery

Live Demo

Experience the real-time financial analytics platform in action

Interactive Dashboard Demo

Watch real-time stock data streaming and analytics in action

Try It Yourself

Clone the repository and run the complete platform locally in just a few minutes:

git clone https://github.com/Gunjan-D/realtime-financial-analytics.git
cd realtime-financial-analytics
./setup.sh

Technology Stack

Modern, industry-standard technologies and frameworks

Data Engineering

Apache Kafka
Apache Spark
TimescaleDB
Redis

Backend

Python 3.9+
FastAPI
WebSocket
SQLAlchemy

Frontend

React 18
TypeScript
Material-UI
Chart.js

DevOps

Docker
Docker Compose
Prometheus
Grafana

Getting Started

Run the complete platform locally in under 5 minutes

1

Prerequisites

Install Docker and Docker Compose

# Check installation
docker --version
docker-compose --version
2

Clone Repository

Get the source code from GitHub

git clone https://github.com/Gunjan-D/realtime-financial-analytics.git
cd realtime-financial-analytics
3

Configure Environment

Set up your environment variables

cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your API keys (optional for demo)
4

Start Services

Launch the complete platform

# Windows
.\setup.ps1

# Linux/Mac
./setup.sh

Real-time Financial Analytics - Interactive Demo

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LIVE DATA
AAPL +2.45%
$150.25
Vol: 1.2M
GOOGL -1.23%
$2,785.50
Vol: 890K
TSLA +5.67%
$245.80
Vol: 3.4M
MSFT +1.89%
$342.15
Vol: 1.8M

Real-time Price Chart

TSLA broke resistance at $240! Strong momentum detected.
High volume spike detected for AAPL - 200% above average.