Finnhub – Free stock API at Vanderbilt University
In parternship with Finnhub, Vanderbilt University students have been using their real-time feeds in class’s projects and practicing building new trading strategy. With the support of 60 different stock exchanges around the world, Finnhub stock API is truly democratizing financial data and revolutionize the market where only a few big players control all the market share.
Their stock market API documentation can be found here
Their stock API provides:
- Market data via REST API and Websocket for 60+ stock exchanges, forex, and crypto. Tick by tick and 1 minute data goes back for years. You can access the data via Websocket or REST API.
- Global coverage for Fundamental data: financial statements, company profile, EPS, Analyst’s ratings and price targets.
- Alternative data : news sentiment, global M&A data, earnings call transcripts.
- Standardized Economic data
- Finnhub stock API is powering Columbia’s stock API, Stanford’s stock API for trading, Yale’s stock API used in finance department and Princeton’s Stock API for researchers.
Exchange supported samples: NYSE, Nasdaq, NSE (India), LSE v.v.
Home page: https://finnhub.io/
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