Alpha Vantage
Free market data API covering equities, forex, crypto, and technical indicators.
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Overview
Alpha Vantage provides a free market data API covering equities, forex, and cryptocurrencies, with a large library of technical indicators and economic indicator series.
Output is available as JSON or CSV. The free tier is rate-limited, and real-time coverage is more limited than paid vendors. It is commonly used for prototypes, learning projects, and low-volume tools.
Common use cases
- Fetch daily and intraday price series
- Compute technical indicators without local libraries
- Pull economic indicator time series
- Prototype a finance project without payment details
Key features
- Free API for equities, forex, and crypto
- Over fifty technical indicators built in
- Fundamental data and earnings endpoints
- Economic indicator series
- JSON and CSV output
- Long-standing free tier with rate limits
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