
EOD historical data API
The EOD Historical Data Scraper Actor is designed to automate the extraction of end-of-day historical stock market data from various financial websites and APIs. This tool is essential for those involved in market analysis and research, offering comprehensive market information by systematically collecting historical pricing data. This includes open, high, low, close prices, trading volumes, and adjusted closing prices for stocks, ETFs, indices, and other financial instruments across multiple exchanges and time periods.
Key features
- Automated data collection: Gathers data from multiple financial data sources with customizable date ranges and symbol lists.
- Data validation and cleaning: Ensures accuracy and consistency of the collected data.
- Export options: Provides data in multiple formats including CSV, JSON, and Excel for easy integration with analysis tools.
- Scheduling functionality: Allows for regular automated data updates to keep datasets current.
Target audience
This Actor is perfect for financial analysts and researchers who need reliable historical data for market analysis. It also serves quantitative traders and algorithmic trading firms requiring backtesting datasets, investment firms and portfolio managers conducting performance analysis and risk assessment, and academic institutions and students studying financial markets and conducting research projects.
Benefits
- Time savings: Automates manual data collection processes.
- Comprehensive datasets: Access to historical datasets that would be costly from premium data providers.
- Improved accuracy: Automated validation processes enhance data quality.
- Cost-effective: An affordable alternative to expensive financial data subscriptions while maintaining data quality and reliability.