diff --git a/shellfolio.sh b/shellfolio.sh
index 9922620..2cbcf8c 100644
--- a/shellfolio.sh
+++ b/shellfolio.sh
@@ -5,9 +5,31 @@
 minus=$(tput setaf 1)
 plus=$(tput setaf 2)
 neutral=$(tput sgr0)
-colwidths="$neutral%5s %14s %7s %7s %7s %12s %12s %12s\n"
 totalvalue=0
 totalgain=0
+maxsymbolw=3
+maxusdw=8
+maxchange1hw=5
+maxchange24hw=5
+maxchange7dw=5
+maxamountw=6
+maxvaluew=5
+maxgainw=5
+linewidth=80
+declare -a resultarr
+declare -a symbol
+declare -a change1h
+declare -a change24h
+declare -a change7d
+declare -a usd
+declare -a col1h
+declare -a col24h
+declare -a col7d
+declare -a amount
+declare -a paid
+declare -a value
+declare -a colgain
+declare -a gain
 
 # checks if value is positive or negative, returns color code
 colorize() {
@@ -19,60 +41,91 @@ colorize() {
         echo $color
 }
 
-# print table header
-printf "${colwidths}" "Coin" "USD" "+/- 1h" "+/- 24h" "+/- 7d" "Amount" "Value" "Gain"
-printf "${colwidths}" "-----" "--------------" "-------" "-------" "-------" "------------" "------------" "------------"
-
-# print one line per coin
+# fetch data from coinmarketcap.com
+i=0
 for coin in $COINS
 do
-        # fetch data from coinmarketcap.com
-        result=$(curl -s -XGET "https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v1/ticker/$coin/?convert=usd")
-        if [[ $currency != *"error"* ]]; then
-                symbol=$(echo $result | jq ".[0].symbol" | xargs printf "%s\n")
-                change1h=$(echo $result | jq ".[0].percent_change_1h" | xargs printf "%.*f\n" 2)
-                change24h=$(echo $result | jq ".[0].percent_change_24h" | xargs printf "%.*f\n" 2)
-                change7d=$(echo $result | jq ".[0].percent_change_7d" | xargs printf "%.*f\n" 2)
-                usd=$(echo $result | jq ".[0].price_usd" | xargs printf "%.*f\n" 8)
-                
-                # set color to green or red 
-                col1h=$(colorize $change1h)
-                col24h=$(colorize $change24h)
-                col7d=$(colorize $change7d)
-                
-                # check if $symbol is set, split into $amount and $paid
-                if [ -z ${!symbol} ]; then
-                        amount=0
-                        paid=0
-                else
-                        IFS=: read -r amount paid <<< "${!symbol}"      
-                fi
-                
-                # calculates value of coins
-                value=$(echo "scale=2; $amount*$usd" | bc)
-                usd=$(echo "scale=2; $usd" | bc)
-                totalvalue=$(echo "scale=2; $value+$totalvalue" | bc)
-
-                # calculates gain               
-                if  [ "$paid" -eq "0" ]; then
-                        gain=0
-                else
-                        gain=$(echo "scale=2; $value-$paid" | bc)
-                fi
-                colgain=$(colorize $gain)
-                totalgain=$(echo "scale=2; $gain+$totalgain" | bc)
-                
-                # prints actual table line
-                printf "$neutral%5s %14.6f $col1h%7s $col24h%7s $col7d%7s $neutral%12s %12.2f $colgain%12.2f$neutral\n" "$symbol" "$usd" "$change1h%" "$change24h%" "$change7d%" "$amount" "$value" "$gain"
-        fi
-
+        resultarr[$i]=$(curl -s -XGET "https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v1/ticker/$coin/?convert=usd")
+        ((++i))
 done
 
-# prints table footer
-printf "${colwidths}" "-----" "--------------" "-------" "-------" "-------" "------------" "------------" "------------"
+# format and store result entries into arrays
+i=0
+for result in "${resultarr[@]}"
+do
+        symbol[$i]=$(echo $result | jq ".[0].symbol" | xargs printf "%s\n")
+        change1h[$i]=$(echo $result | jq ".[0].percent_change_1h" | xargs printf "%.*f\n" 2)
+        change24h[$i]=$(echo $result | jq ".[0].percent_change_24h" | xargs printf "%.*f\n" 2)
+        change7d[$i]=$(echo $result | jq ".[0].percent_change_7d" | xargs printf "%.*f\n" 2)
+        usd[$i]=$(echo $result | jq ".[0].price_usd" | xargs printf "%.*f\n" 8)
+        col1h[$i]=$(colorize ${change1h[$i]})
+        col24h[$i]=$(colorize ${change24h[$i]})
+        col7d[$i]=$(colorize ${change7d[$i]})
+        # check if $symbol is set, split into $amount and $paid
+        if [ -z ${!symbol[$i]} ]; then
+                amount[$i]=0
+                paid[$i]=0
+        else
+                IFS=: read -r amount[$i] paid[$i] <<< "${!symbol[$i]}"
+        fi
+
+        # calculates value of coins
+        value[$i]=$(echo "scale=2; ((${amount[$i]}*${usd[$i]}) * 100) / 100" | bc)
+        usd[$i]=$(echo "scale=6; (${usd[$i]} * 100 ) / 100" | bc)
+        totalvalue=$(echo "scale=2; ${value[$i]}+$totalvalue" | bc)
+
+        # calculates gain
+        if  [ "${paid[$i]}" -eq "0" ]; then
+                gain[$i]=0
+        else
+                gain[$i]=$(echo "scale=2; ((${value[$i]}-${paid[$i]}) * 100) / 100" | bc)
+        fi
+        colgain[$i]=$(colorize ${gain[$i]})
+        totalgain=$(echo "scale=2; ${gain[$i]}+$totalgain" | bc)
+
+        # determine table column width
+        if [ "${#symbol[$i]}" -gt "$maxsymbolw" ]; then maxsymbolw=${#symbol[$i]};fi
+        if [ "${#usd[$i]}" -gt "$maxusdw" ]; then maxusdw=${#usd[$i]};fi
+        if [ "${#change1h[$i]}" -gt "$maxchange1hw" ]; then maxchange1hw=${#change1h[$i]};fi
+        if [ "${#change24h[$i]}" -gt "$maxchange24hw" ]; then maxchange24hw=${#change24h[$i]};fi
+        if [ "${#change7d[$i]}" -gt "$maxchange7dw" ]; then maxchange7dw=${#change7d[$i]};fi
+        if [ "${#amount[$i]}" -gt "$maxamountw" ]; then maxamountw=${#amount[$i]};fi
+        if [ "${#value[$i]}" -gt "$maxvaluew" ]; then maxvaluew=${#value[$i]};fi
+        if [ "${#gain[$i]}" -gt "$maxgainw" ]; then maxgainw=${#gain[$i]};fi
+
+        ((++i))
+done
+
+((++maxchange1hw))
+((++maxchange24hw))
+((++maxchange7dw))
+
+linewidth=$((8 + $maxsymbolw + $maxusdw + $maxchange1hw + $maxchange24hw + $maxchange7dw + $maxamountw + $maxvaluew + $maxgainw))
+
+# print table header captions
+usdtemp=$(($maxusdw + 1))
+printf "$neutral%${maxsymbolw}s %${usdtemp}s %${maxchange1hw}s %${maxchange24hw}s %${maxchange7dw}s %${maxamountw}s %${maxvaluew}s %${maxgainw}s\n" "Coin" "USD" "1h" "24h" "7d" "Amount" "Value" "Gain"
+
+# print table header line
+seq -s- ${linewidth}|tr -d '[:digit:]'
+printf "\n"
+
+# print one line per coin
+i=0
+for result in "${resultarr[@]}"
+do
+        printf "$neutral%${maxsymbolw}s %${maxusdw}.6f ${col1h[$i]}%${maxchange1hw}s ${col24h[$i]}%${maxchange24hw}s ${col7d[$i]}%${maxchange7dw}s $neutral%${maxamountw}s %${maxvaluew}.2f ${colgain[$i]}%${maxgainw}.2f$neutral\n" "${symbol[$i]}" "${usd[$i]}" "${change1h[$i]}%" "${change24h[$i]}%" "${change7d[$i]}%" "${amount[$i]}" "${value[$i]}" "${gain[$i]}"
+        ((++i))
+done
+
+# prints table footer line
+seq -s- ${linewidth}|tr -d '[:digit:]'
+printf "\n"
+
+totalvalpos=$(($linewidth - $maxgainw - 1))
 
 #prints total coin value and total gain
 colgain=$(colorize $totalgain)
-printf "%70.2f $colgain%12.2f$neutral\n" "$totalvalue" "$totalgain"
+printf "%${totalvalpos}.2f $colgain%${maxgainw}.2f$neutral\n" "$totalvalue" "$totalgain"
 
 exit 0