Yahoo Finance Historical Price Fetcher

Yahoo Finance Historical Price Fetcher — OHLCV Data, No API Key

Download OHLCV (open, high, low, close, volume) historical price data for any ticker available on Yahoo Finance — stocks, ETFs, indices, commodities, forex pairs, and crypto. Covers everything from Apple and Tesla to BTC-USD, GC=F (Gold), or EUR=X (Euro). No API key required. Supports intraday bars (1m to 1h) and daily+ intervals (1d to 3mo) going back as far as Yahoo's history allows.

What You Get

For each bar/candle, the actor returns:

• OHLCV — open, high, low, close, volume
• Adjusted close — split and dividend-adjusted price
• VWAP — (high + low + close) / 3 daily approximation
• Change % — percentage change vs. the previous bar
• Date + timestamp — ISO 8601 date and Unix timestamp
• Metadata — currency, exchange, instrument type

Supported Tickers

Asset Class	Examples
US Stocks	AAPL, TSLA, NVDA, MSFT, JPM
ETFs	SPY, QQQ, GLD, IBIT, ARKK
Indices	^GSPC (S&P 500), ^DJI (Dow), ^VIX
Crypto	BTC-USD, ETH-USD, SOL-USD
Commodities	GC=F (Gold), CL=F (Crude Oil), SI=F (Silver)
Forex	EUR=X, JPY=X, GBPUSD=X
International	7203.T (Toyota), BABA, NIO

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
symbols	array	["AAPL","MSFT","BTC-USD"]	Yahoo Finance tickers to fetch
interval	string	"1d"	Bar size: 1m / 5m / 15m / 1h / 1d / 1wk / 1mo
range	string	"1y"	How far back: 1d / 1mo / 6mo / 1y / 5y / 10y / max

Note: Intraday intervals (1m–1h) are limited to recent data (1d–60d range). For long-term analysis use 1d or 1wk with range=max.

Sample Output

{
  "symbol": "AAPL",
  "date": "2025-01-15T00:00:00Z",
  "timestamp": 1736899200,
  "open": 228.50,
  "high": 232.10,
  "low": 227.80,
  "close": 231.40,
  "adj_close": 231.40,
  "volume": 52400000,
  "vwap": 230.43,
  "change_pct": 1.28,
  "currency": "USD",
  "exchange": "NMS",
  "instrument_type": "EQUITY"
}

Example: Fetch 5 Years of BTC and ETH Daily Data

{
  "symbols": ["BTC-USD", "ETH-USD"],
  "interval": "1d",
  "range": "5y"
}

Example: Intraday — 5-Minute Bars for NVDA (Last Week)

{
  "symbols": ["NVDA"],
  "interval": "5m",
  "range": "5d"
}

Use Cases

• Backtesting — pull historical OHLCV for strategy testing in Python/R/Excel
• Price charting — feed data into charting libraries (Plotly, TradingView, ECharts)
• Correlation analysis — compare multi-asset price series over time
• Volatility calculation — compute rolling ATR, Bollinger Bands, VIX-style metrics
• ETF/crypto research — get long-term BTC, ETH, SOL, or BTC ETF price history
• Machine learning — build price prediction datasets without a paid data provider
• Portfolio analytics — reconstruct portfolio returns using historical close prices

Notes on Data Quality

• Adjusted close accounts for stock splits and dividends — always use adj_close for return calculations
• Gaps — market closures (weekends, holidays) appear as missing timestamps, not null rows
• Data freshness — typically reflects the previous session's close plus real-time (15-min delayed) for current session
• Crypto — BTC-USD and other crypto pairs run 24/7 with no weekend gaps

Pricing

Pay-per-event: $0.001 per symbol per run — fetch 10 symbols for $0.01 regardless of how many years of history you pull.

FAQ

How far back does Yahoo Finance data go? Varies by ticker. Most US large-cap stocks have data back to the 1980s or 1990s. BTC-USD goes back to 2014. Some tickers may have shorter history.

Are splits and dividends handled? Yes — the adj_close field is split and dividend-adjusted. close is the raw unadjusted price.

Can I fetch multiple symbols in one run? Yes — pass as many tickers as needed in the symbols array. All are fetched concurrently.

Does this work for international exchanges? Yes — use Yahoo Finance's suffix notation: 7203.T for Tokyo Stock Exchange, HSBA.L for London, etc.

What is the rate limit? Yahoo Finance does not publish a public rate limit. The actor uses standard browser-like headers and fetches all symbols concurrently. For very large batches (100+ symbols), consider splitting into multiple runs.

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