What does Ticker mean?

A ticker is the short symbol that identifies a stock on an exchange — AAPL for Apple, TSLA for Tesla, MSFT for Microsoft.

Every public stock has a short symbol called a ticker — AAPL for Apple, TSLA for Tesla, MSFT for Microsoft. Stocks trade on exchanges like NYSE and NASDAQ during market hours (9:30am–4:00pm ET on weekdays).