FinzData changelog

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1.0.2 → 1.0.3

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Point-in-time stocks, ETFs, ticks, futures, options GEX, FX, crypto, macro, COT, 13F; backtests. → Point-in-time stocks, ETFs, futures, GEX, crypto, FX, macro, COT, 13F, ships, ports, flights, power.

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1.0.1 → 1.0.2

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Point-in-time market data and server-side backtests: stocks, ETFs, futures, GEX, macro, crypto. → Point-in-time stocks, ETFs, ticks, futures, options GEX, FX, crypto, macro, COT, 13F; backtests.

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1.0.0 → 1.0.1

https://finzdata.com/llms.txt

− > FinzData is a market data API and Python client (`pip install finzdata`) built for quants, data scientists and financial analysts who backtest. Asset coverage, 26+ years: US equities (16,000+ stocks that have traded on NYSE and Nasdaq since January 2000, 8,500+ delisted, plus 231 ETFs); options (end-of-day chains and point-in-time dealer gamma, GEX, for 11,209 stocks, ETFs and indexes since 2010); futures (139 markets on CME, Eurex and ICE, every contract since 2007: equity index, currency, in− > We know of no other provider that puts all of this in one API at this price: survivorship-free history for every US stock, delisted names included, plus 231 ETFs, 1-minute, 5-minute, 15-minute, 30-minute, hourly and daily bars, COT positioning, 13F institutional holdings for every manager, point-in-time macro and SEC fundamentals, liquidity and money-supply data, and nightly dealer-gamma levels, from $195 once plus $19.95 a month.− > Coverage: Market data your backtests can trust. The whole market, remembered: every one of the 16,000+ US stocks that has traded on the NYSE and Nasdaq in the last 26+ years, delisted included, point in time. Around them: 139 futures markets with every contract since 2007, the VIX and Cboe volatility indexes with the VIX futures curve, options-market gamma for single stocks, ETFs and the major indexes, 231 ETFs, and crypto since 2015. Macro exactly as it was known: 18,000+ series including CPI− - Futures: 139 futures markets (ES, NQ, CL, GC, ZN, Bund, DAX, VIX, Bitcoin and more), 17,610 individual contracts with daily bars since 2007, intraday 1-, 5-, 30-minute and hourly bars since February 2007, back-adjusted or raw continuous series and the roll calendar. `Client().futures("ES", continuous=True)`. Free: last 30 days of daily bars; one market $39, Futures Daily $95, Futures Complete $295 (one-time). Details: https://finzdata.com/futures-data?ref=llms− - $19 GEX for one stock, ETF or index: 5 years of daily dealer gamma history (SPX, NDX, RUT, VIX and more included).− - $39 per futures market: every contract since 2007 plus continuous series.− - $195 for 5 years of the whole US market: 16,000+ stocks including delisted names, plus 231 ETFs.− - Equities: 16,000+ US stocks that have traded on NYSE and Nasdaq since 2000, delisted included, and 231 ETFs; SEC fundamentals as filed; 13F holdings; tick trades (every trade print) for 597 stocks and ETFs over the last 5 years, $49 per ticker ([tick data](https://finzdata.com/tick-data?ref=llms)).− - Cryptos: crypto prices since 2015, with point-in-time ETF and stablecoin flows.− - FinzData with Binance Agent OS: research crypto on FinzData (history since 2015, pair universe as of any date, US spot bitcoin ETF flows, macro liquidity) via https://api.finzdata.com/mcp or the finzdata-crypto-research skill, then trade through Binance's MCP server with confirmation on every order. Guide: https://finzdata.com/binance?ref=llms− - [Pricing](https://finzdata.com/pricing?ref=llms): plans, limits and feature comparison− - ETFs (231): https://finzdata.com/etfs?ref=llms− - Full sitemap: https://finzdata.com/sitemap.xml− - [Crypto historical data API](https://finzdata.com/crypto-data-api?ref=llms): daily bars for 15 USD pairs, BTC-USD back to July 2015 (BTC-USD, ETH-USD, SOL-USD and more)− Every US stock that has traded on the NYSE and Nasdaq since January 2000 (16,000+), delisted companies included, point in time: each date shows the market as it stood that day. Plus dealer gamma (GEX) from the options market for single stocks, ETFs and the major indexes, 231 ETFs, and crypto since 2015. Details: https://finzdata.com/datasets?ref=llms#universe− - [AI infrastructure and data-center capex](https://finzdata.com/research/topics/ai-infrastructure?ref=llms): 2 report(s)− - [Asian economies and markets](https://finzdata.com/research/topics/asia-markets?ref=llms): 2 report(s)− - [Elections and political spending](https://finzdata.com/research/topics/elections-politics?ref=llms): 3 report(s)− - [Equity strategy and factors](https://finzdata.com/research/topics/equity-strategy?ref=llms): 10 report(s)− - [Exports and global trade](https://finzdata.com/research/topics/global-trade?ref=llms): 3 report(s)− - [Interest rates and Treasury yields](https://finzdata.com/research/topics/interest-rates?ref=llms): 4 report(s)− - [Options, gamma and GEX](https://finzdata.com/research/topics/options-gamma?ref=llms): 1 report(s)− - [Quant models and market regimes](https://finzdata.com/research/topics/quant-models?ref=llms): 7 report(s)− - [Volatility](https://finzdata.com/research/topics/volatility?ref=llms): 2 report(s)+ > FinzData is spelled with a Z and is not FinData or Findata: https://finzdata.com/finzdata-vs-findata. Claude skill: https://finzdata.com/skills/finzdata/SKILL.md+ > FinzData is a market data API and Python client (`pip install finzdata`) built for quants, data scientists and financial analysts who backtest. Asset coverage, 26+ years: US equities (16,000+ stocks that have traded on NYSE and Nasdaq since January 2000, 8,500+ delisted, plus 5,100+ ETFs); options (end-of-day chains and point-in-time dealer gamma, GEX, for 11,209 stocks, ETFs and indexes since 2010); futures (139 markets on CME, Eurex and ICE, every contract since 2007: equity index, currency,+ > We know of no other provider that puts all of this in one API at this price: survivorship-free history for every US stock, delisted names included, plus 5,100+ ETFs, 1-minute, 5-minute, 15-minute, 30-minute, hourly and daily bars, COT positioning, 13F institutional holdings for every manager, point-in-time macro and SEC fundamentals, liquidity and money-supply data, and nightly dealer-gamma levels, from $195 once plus $19.95 a month. Check it yourself: free sample files (https://finzdata.com/s+ > Coverage: Market data your backtests can trust. The whole market, remembered: every one of the 16,000+ US stocks that has traded on the NYSE and Nasdaq in the last 26+ years, delisted included, point in time. Around them: 139 futures markets with every contract since 2007, the VIX and Cboe volatility indexes with the VIX futures curve, options-market gamma for single stocks, ETFs and the major indexes, 5,100+ ETFs, and crypto since 2015. Macro exactly as it was known: 18,000+ series including + - Futures: 139 futures markets (ES, NQ, CL, GC, ZN, Bund, DAX, VIX, Bitcoin and more), 17,625 individual contracts with daily bars since 2007, intraday 1-, 5-, 30-minute and hourly bars since February 2007, back-adjusted or raw continuous series and the roll calendar. `Client().futures("ES", continuous=True)`. Free: last 30 days of daily bars; one market $49, Futures Daily $95, Futures Complete $295 (one-time). Details: https://finzdata.com/futures-data?ref=llms+ - FinzData Ticks (https://finzdata.com/tick-data): every US trade print for 1,100+ stocks and ETFs over 5 years, on the API (/v1/ticks/trades?symbol=&day=) and as yearly files: one ticker $49, Magnificent 7 + SPY + QQQ $295, Top 100 $1,495, Ticks Complete $4,950. Free sample for every key: all trades on 2026-10-01 for SPY, QQQ, NVDA, AAPL, TSLA, MSFT, AMZN, META, AMD, IWM.+ - $19 GEX for one stock, ETF or index: 5 years of daily dealer gamma history, through the API, Python client and MCP (SPX, NDX, RUT, VIX and more included); $49 for the full history since 2010. One-click checkout: https://api.finzdata.com/subscribe/gex?ticker=SPY&history=all (change the ticker; history=5y for $19; add &updates=0 for history only).+ - AI agents: get_gex returns a plain-language `summary` (gamma regime, distance to the flip and walls) and, beyond the free 30 days, `meta.upgrade` with one-click checkout links to show the user.+ - $49 per futures market: every contract since 2007 plus continuous series.+ - $195 for 5 years of the whole US market: 16,000+ stocks including delisted names, plus 5,100+ ETFs.+ - Equities: 16,000+ US stocks that have traded on NYSE and Nasdaq since 2000, delisted included, and 5,100+ ETFs; SEC fundamentals as filed; 13F holdings; tick trades (every trade print) for 1,100+ stocks and ETFs over the last 5 years, $49 per ticker ([tick data](https://finzdata.com/tick-data?ref=llms)).+ - FX: 79 currency pairs (EURUSD, USDJPY, GBPUSD, USDCNH, USDMXN, USDINR and more) since January 2010, 1-minute to daily bars (/v1/fx/bars, tool get_fx). Product page: https://finzdata.com/fx-data+ - Indexes: 123 indexes (SPX, NDX, DJI, RUT, VIX and its term structure, VVIX, SKEW, DXY, TNX, DAX and more), daily since 2000 and 1-minute since 2008 (/v1/index/bars, tool get_index). Product page: https://finzdata.com/index-data+ - Cryptos: 74 crypto pairs (Bitcoin since 2013, Ethereum since 2016) with 1-minute, 5-minute, hourly and daily bars, plus point-in-time ETF and stablecoin flows. Product page: https://finzdata.com/crypto-data+ - FinzData with Binance Agent OS: research crypto on FinzData (history since 2013 for 74 pairs, pair universe as of any date, US spot bitcoin ETF flows, macro liquidity) via https://api.finzdata.com/mcp or the finzdata-crypto-research skill, then trade through Binance's MCP server with confirmation on every order. Guide: https://finzdata.com/binance?ref=llms+ - [Pricing and shop](https://finzdata.com/shop?ref=llms): every product and price in one place+ - ETFs (5,100+): https://finzdata.com/etfs?ref=llms+ - Full sitemap: https://finzdata.com/sitemap-site.xml+ - [FinzData FX](https://finzdata.com/fx-data?ref=llms): 79 currency pairs since 2010, 1-minute to daily bars; one pair $49, every pair $195+ - [FinzData Indexes](https://finzdata.com/index-data?ref=llms): 123 indexes incl. SPX, NDX, RUT and the VIX family, daily since 2000, 1-minute since 2008; one index $29, every index $149+ - [FinzData Crypto](https://finzdata.com/crypto-data?ref=llms): 74 pairs, Bitcoin since 2013, 1-minute to daily bars; one pair $29, Crypto Daily $95, Crypto Complete $295+ - [Crypto historical data API](https://finzdata.com/crypto-data-api?ref=llms): 74 pairs, BTC-USD back to April 2013 (BTC-USD, ETH-USD, SOL-USD, XRP-USD and more)+ Every US stock that has traded on the NYSE and Nasdaq since January 2000 (16,000+), delisted companies included, point in time: each date shows the market as it stood that day. Plus dealer gamma (GEX) from the options market for single stocks, ETFs and the major indexes, 5,100+ ETFs, and crypto since 2015. Details: https://finzdata.com/datasets?ref=llms#universe+ ## Global Macro Pulse+ - [Global Macro Pulse](https://finzdata.com/global-macro-pulse): daily ship transits through 28 chokepoints (Suez, Panama, Hormuz, Malacca, Bab el-Mandeb / Red Sea) since 2019, port calls and trade volumes for 2,000+ ports, flights by airport, airline and country, US flight delays since 1987, toll and congestion traffic, Taiwan and Korea chip exports. $195 one-time, themes $29, last 30 days free on any key. API: /v1/pulse/{chokepoints|ports|port_calls|air|air_europe|air_us|road}. MCP tool: get_g+ - [Global Macro Pulse dashboard](https://finzdata.com/global-macro-pulse-dashboard): daily scorecard of chokepoint transits, port calls, flights, city traffic and Asia chip exports vs a year ago.+ - [Global Macro Pulse use cases](https://finzdata.com/global-macro-pulse-use-cases): trade nowcasting, Red Sea/Hormuz/Panama shocks, oil and tankers, container shipping, airlines and travel, city mobility, the AI chip cycle, EM FX, systematic research, supply-chain risk.+ - [Chokepoint transit data](https://finzdata.com/guides/shipping-chokepoint-data)+ - [Suez Canal shipping data](https://finzdata.com/guides/suez-canal-shipping-data)+ - [Panama Canal shipping data](https://finzdata.com/guides/panama-canal-shipping-data)+ - [Strait of Hormuz tanker traffic](https://finzdata.com/guides/strait-of-hormuz-tanker-traffic-data)+ - [Strait of Malacca shipping data](https://finzdata.com/guides/strait-of-malacca-shipping-data)+ - [Red Sea / Bab el-Mandeb shipping](https://finzdata.com/guides/red-sea-bab-el-mandeb-shipping-data)+ - [Bosporus shipping data](https://finzdata.com/guides/bosporus-shipping-data)+ - [Taiwan Strait shipping data](https://finzdata.com/guides/taiwan-strait-shipping-data)+ - [Cape of Good Hope shipping data](https://finzdata.com/guides/cape-of-good-hope-shipping-data)+ - [Port activity data](https://finzdata.com/guides/port-activity-data)+ - [Port of Shanghai data](https://finzdata.com/guides/shanghai-port-data)+ - [Port of Singapore data](https://finzdata.com/guides/singapore-port-data)+ - [Port of Rotterdam data](https://finzdata.com/guides/rotterdam-port-data)

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https://finzdata.com/llms.txt

− > FinzData is a market data API and Python client (`pip install finzdata`) built for quants, data scientists and financial analysts who backtest. It provides survivorship-free US equity bars (1-minute, 5-minute, 15-minute, 30-minute, hourly and daily, including delisted companies, plus tick-level trades on Institutional), historical futures data for 139 markets (every contract since 2007, 1-minute, 5-minute, 15-minute, 30-minute, hourly and daily bars, back-adjusted continuous series), CFTC Comm− - Futures: 139 futures markets (ES, NQ, CL, GC, ZN, Bund, DAX, VIX, Bitcoin and more), 17,592 individual contracts with daily bars since 2007, intraday 1-, 5-, 30-minute and hourly bars since February 2007, back-adjusted or raw continuous series and the roll calendar. `Client().futures("ES", continuous=True)`. Free: last 30 days of daily bars; one market $29, Futures Daily $95, Futures Complete $295 (one-time). Details: https://finzdata.com/futures-data− - Data freshness for every dataset is published hourly at https://finzdata.com/status.− - MCP endpoint (streamable HTTP, spec 2026-07-28): https://api.finzdata.com/mcp — authenticate with `Authorization: Bearer <FinzData API key>` (free key at https://finzdata.com/account) or OAuth 2.1 (metadata: https://api.finzdata.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server).− - 11 tools: search_datasets, describe_dataset, get_universe (survivorship-free, as of a date), get_bars, get_fundamentals_pit, get_macro_vintage, get_cot, get_13f, get_events, run_backtest (server-side, deterministic, no look-ahead, reproducible run_id), compare_runs. Every data tool takes `as_of`.− - run_backtest takes your own signal as a formula, e.g. `"signal": {"type": "expr", "expr": "rank(ret(252)) - rank(vol(60))"}`, long-only or `"side": "long_short"`, and `"blind": true` to hide tickers from the model (guards against memorised history). Every result reports n_trials for your key and the deflated Sharpe ratio with a verdict, so overfitting is visible. Guide: https://finzdata.com/agents− - [Quick start](https://finzdata.com/docs): install, API key, yfinance-style usage, REST examples− - [Why FinzData](https://finzdata.com/why-finzdata): what FinzData offers that broker APIs (Interactive Brokers, Schwab) and yfinance do not: intraday bars since 2000, delisted stocks, point-in-time fundamentals, 13F/COT positioning, commercial licence− - Intraday bars by size (6,924 US stocks, back to January 2000, pre-market and after-hours included): [1-minute](https://finzdata.com/intraday-data/1-minute), [5-minute](https://finzdata.com/intraday-data/5-minute), [15-minute](https://finzdata.com/intraday-data/15-minute), [30-minute](https://finzdata.com/intraday-data/30-minute), [hourly](https://finzdata.com/intraday-data/hourly); overview at https://finzdata.com/intraday-data− - [Datasets](https://finzdata.com/datasets): coverage, fields and a code example for every dataset− - [Historical futures data](https://finzdata.com/futures-data): 139 futures markets, every contract since 2007, daily and intraday bars, continuous series; per-market pages such as https://finzdata.com/futures/es− - [Point-in-time valuation data](https://finzdata.com/valuation-data): daily P/E, P/B, P/S, EV/EBITDA, market cap and dividend yield for US stocks, rebuilt each day from SEC filings public at the time (GET /v1/valuation)− - [Free samples and file specification](https://finzdata.com/samples): 10-row sample files for 1-minute, 5-minute and hourly bars; timestamps, sessions, gaps and the adjustment formula− - [How to read the COT report](https://finzdata.com/guides/cot-report-explained): who reports, release timing, categories and net positioning− - [COT index](https://finzdata.com/guides/cot-index): formula, lookbacks and how to read positioning extremes, with pandas code− - [Legacy vs disaggregated vs TFF COT reports](https://finzdata.com/guides/legacy-vs-disaggregated-cot): which COT report to use for what− - [Alpha Vantage alternative for backtesting](https://finzdata.com/compare/alpha-vantage)− - [Polygon.io (Massive) alternative for research data](https://finzdata.com/compare/polygon)− - [Tiingo alternative](https://finzdata.com/compare/tiingo)− - [yfinance rate limits: causes and fixes](https://finzdata.com/guides/yfinance-rate-limits)− - [SEC XBRL API in Python](https://finzdata.com/guides/sec-xbrl-api-python)− - [Storing stock data in Parquet](https://finzdata.com/guides/parquet-stock-data)− - [FinzData Quantitative Model dashboard](https://finzdata.com/quantitative-model): live macro regime (Goldilocks / Reflation / Stagflation / Slowdown), growth and inflation nowcast, weekly financial-conditions direction (Chicago Fed NFCI), weekly Fed net liquidity direction, weekly credit-conditions direction and monthly credit stress (excess bond premium), daily Markov-switching market-stress probability, regime-conditioned returns for 22 ETFs as published vs revised, and the walk-forward trac− - [Margin Debt and Market Drawdowns: Is It a Leading Indicator? (1997–2026)](https://finzdata.com/research/margin-debt-leading-indicator): FINRA margin debt vs S&P 500 drawdowns, lead-lag, regimes.− - [The State of the US Consumer, October 2026](https://finzdata.com/research/state-of-us-consumer-2026): institutional research deck as a web report. Real spending +2.6% y/y, real wages -0.7%, saving rate 4.1% (first print 3.0% for July, revised to 4.6%), card rates 21.2%, delinquencies 2.85%, net worth +72% since 2019, UMich sentiment 51.7; every chart linked to its FinzData series, data as CSV and JSON. Research hub: https://finzdata.com/research/− - [13F, macro and flows: from institutional holdings to alpha signals](https://finzdata.com/research/13f-alpha): 13F filer count and reported value by quarter since 2013, and how AQR, Man Group and academic research use holdings, macro, liquidity and flow data for signals and factor models− - [Sample files overview and file specification](https://finzdata.com/samples)− - [Pricing](https://finzdata.com/pricing): plans, limits and feature comparison− - [Explore live charts](https://finzdata.com/explore): macro series, Treasury yield curve, COT positioning, prices− - [Data status](https://finzdata.com/status): freshness of every dataset− - [FinzData vs yfinance](https://finzdata.com/compare/yfinance)− - [FinzData vs Databento](https://finzdata.com/compare/databento)− - [COT positioning by market](https://finzdata.com/cot): weekly CFTC data for 1,000+ futures markets− - [About FinzData](https://finzdata.com/about)− - Macro and economic series (170, point-in-time): https://finzdata.com/macro− - US stocks, delisted included (16,000+), one page per name: https://finzdata.com/stocks− - ETFs (231): https://finzdata.com/etfs− - Futures (139 markets, every contract; symbols as /ES, /NQ, /CL): https://finzdata.com/futures-data− - COT markets: https://finzdata.com/cot− - 13F institutional holdings (every manager since 2013): https://finzdata.com/13f+ > FinzData is a market data API and Python client (`pip install finzdata`) built for quants, data scientists and financial analysts who backtest. Asset coverage, 26+ years: US equities (16,000+ stocks that have traded on NYSE and Nasdaq since January 2000, 8,500+ delisted, plus 231 ETFs); options (end-of-day chains and point-in-time dealer gamma, GEX, for 11,209 stocks, ETFs and indexes since 2010); futures (139 markets on CME, Eurex and ICE, every contract since 2007: equity index, currency, in+ - Futures: 139 futures markets (ES, NQ, CL, GC, ZN, Bund, DAX, VIX, Bitcoin and more), 17,610 individual contracts with daily bars since 2007, intraday 1-, 5-, 30-minute and hourly bars since February 2007, back-adjusted or raw continuous series and the roll calendar. `Client().futures("ES", continuous=True)`. Free: last 30 days of daily bars; one market $39, Futures Daily $95, Futures Complete $295 (one-time). Details: https://finzdata.com/futures-data?ref=llms+ - Data freshness for every dataset is published hourly at https://finzdata.com/status?ref=llms.+ ## Prices at a glance (one-time; buy at https://finzdata.com/shop?ref=llms)+ - $19 per ticker: 5 years of 1-minute to daily bars for one US stock or ETF.+ - $19 GEX for one stock, ETF or index: 5 years of daily dealer gamma history (SPX, NDX, RUT, VIX and more included).+ - $39 per futures market: every contract since 2007 plus continuous series.+ - $195 for 5 years of the whole US market: 16,000+ stocks including delisted names, plus 231 ETFs.+ - Free key, no card: https://api.finzdata.com/ . All other options are in the shop. No per-gigabyte metering: you buy what you need and keep it.+ ## Asset coverage+ - Equities: 16,000+ US stocks that have traded on NYSE and Nasdaq since 2000, delisted included, and 231 ETFs; SEC fundamentals as filed; 13F holdings; tick trades (every trade print) for 597 stocks and ETFs over the last 5 years, $49 per ticker ([tick data](https://finzdata.com/tick-data?ref=llms)).+ - Futures: 139 markets, every contract since 2007.+ - Options: Daily GEX, walls, gamma flip and open interest for 11,209 stocks, ETFs and indexes.+ - Cryptos: crypto prices since 2015, with point-in-time ETF and stablecoin flows.+ - Currencies: currency futures and the dollar.+ - Macros: 18,000+ economic series with every vintage kept.+ - Liquidity: Fed net liquidity, M1/M2/M3, central bank balance sheets, financial stress.+ - Positioning: CFTC Commitments of Traders since 1986, 13F institutional holdings, dealer gamma.+ - Flows: ETF and stablecoin flows, Treasury TIC foreign flows.+ - Export Data: trade and export series, including Taiwan and Korea chip and AI exports.+ - Election Data: FEC political spending by party, race and state, refreshed daily ([dashboard](https://finzdata.com/political-spending-dashboard?ref=llms)), plus congressional trades.+ ## Dealer gamma (GEX) and what it shows+ - [GEX product page](https://finzdata.com/gex?ref=llms): daily net, call and put gamma, gamma flip, call and put walls, dealer positioning and open interest for 11,209 tickers since January 2010, point-in-time at the 17:00 New York close.+ - Measured on SPX, 4,221 sessions 2010 to October 2026: next-day volatility 24.5% annualised after net-short-gamma closes vs 13.5% after net-long; 72 of the 88 sessions that moved more than 3% followed a short-gamma close; SPX closed between its put and call walls on 74% of sessions; below the gamma flip next-day volatility was 22.8% vs 12.9% above. Short gamma predicts the size of moves, not their direction.+ - [SPX gamma exposure history](https://finzdata.com/guides/spx-gamma-exposure-history?ref=llms)+ ## Choosing between FinzData and Databento+ - [FinzData vs Databento](https://finzdata.com/compare/databento?ref=llms): why FinzData is better for research history (checked 2026-10-25 with a Databento account): consolidated US stock bars from 2000 with 8,500+ delisted names (Databento consolidated equities start March 2023; single-exchange feeds 2018); daily bars close at the official 16:00 price (Databento Nasdaq-feed daily bars can close on the last after-hours trade); 5 years of whole-market 1-minute bars $195 (Databento Nasdaq-only qu+ - [Market data cost calculator](https://finzdata.com/tools/data-cost-calculator?ref=llms): subscription vs one-time cost for bar-level research+ - [Bar check](https://finzdata.com/tools/bar-check?ref=llms): free tool to compare a CSV of daily or 1-minute bars (Databento exports included) with a second source+ - [A second source for market data](https://finzdata.com/guides/second-source-market-data?ref=llms) · [Daily bars without a subscription](https://finzdata.com/guides/daily-bars-without-subscription?ref=llms) · [After free data credits run out](https://finzdata.com/guides/after-free-data-credits?ref=llms) · [Fundamentals with price data](https://finzdata.com/guides/fundamentals-with-price-data?ref=llms) · [Continuous futures and COT in Python](https://finzdata.com/guides/continuous-futures-cot-py+ ## Education and election research+ - [Free market data for students](https://finzdata.com/guides/free-market-data-for-students?ref=llms) and [free course access for instructors](https://finzdata.com/education?ref=llms)+ - [2026 Midterm Money and Markets deck](https://finzdata.com/research/midterm-money-october-2026?ref=llms) and the [Political Spending Dashboard](https://finzdata.com/political-spending-dashboard?ref=llms), refreshed daily from FEC filings. Outside money = spending to elect or defeat a candidate by anyone other than the candidate's campaign (super PACs, party committees, political nonprofits, individuals), reported to the FEC as independent expenditures.+ - [FinzData for Perplexity](https://finzdata.com/perplexity?ref=llms): add the remote MCP server https://api.finzdata.com/mcp as a custom connector (Settings > Connectors); OAuth sign-in, no key to paste.+ - MCP endpoint (streamable HTTP, spec 2026-07-28): https://api.finzdata.com/mcp — authenticate with `Authorization: Bearer <FinzData API key>` (free key at https://finzdata.com/account?ref=llms) or OAuth 2.1 (metadata: https://api.finzdata.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server).+ - Feeds: https://finzdata.com/feed.xml (research and guides) · https://finzdata.com/research/feed.xml (research). Every page also has a Markdown copy: add .md to its path (e.g. https://finzdata.com/guides/survivorship-bias-free-stock-data.md)+ - 34 tools, every data tool takes `as_of`:+   - Data: `search_datasets`, `describe_dataset`, `get_universe` (survivorship-free, as of a date), `get_bars`, `get_futures`, `get_crypto`, `get_gex`, `get_fundamentals_pit`, `get_macro_vintage`, `get_cot`, `get_13f`, `get_events`, `get_quant_model`, `get_political_spending`+   - Backtesting: `run_backtest` (server-side, deterministic, no look-ahead, reproducible run_id), `compare_runs`, `survivorship_audit`, `backtest_export`, `translate_stockcharts_scan`, `backtest_stockcharts_scan`+   - Strategy hub: `list_strategies`, `get_strategy`, `publish_strategy`, `fork_strategy`, `register_strategy`, `retire_strategy`, `star_strategy`, `comment_strategy`

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