Stooq

aid: stooq
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/stooq/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Stooq
kind: company
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Fintech
- Market Data
- Stocks
- Indices
- Currencies
- Crypto
- Commodities
- Historical Data
- Free
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
description: Stooq is a Poland-based financial data platform offering free access to historical and current market data for
  global equities, indices, currencies, cryptocurrencies, commodities, bonds, and economic indicators. Data is delivered as
  CSV via a simple REST-style URL interface at https://stooq.com/q/d/l/ using query parameters for ticker symbol, date range,
  and interval. As of early 2026 an API key (obtained via CAPTCHA on the site) is required. A known daily request quota applies;
  exceeding it returns an "Exceeded the daily hits limit" message. Bulk point-in-time snapshots of the full database (12,000+
  securities) are also available as ZIP-compressed CSVs from https://stooq.com/db/h/.
apis:
- aid: stooq:historical-data-api
  name: Stooq Historical Data API
  tags:
  - Stocks
  - Indices
  - Currencies
  - Crypto
  - Commodities
  - OHLCV
  - Historical Data
  - CSV
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: https://stooq.com/q/d/l/
  humanURL: https://stooq.com/db/h/
  description: 'CSV-based REST endpoint returning OHLCV (Open, High, Low, Close, Volume) time series for a given ticker. Accepts
    query parameters: s (ticker symbol with optional exchange suffix such as .US, .UK, .DE, .JP, .HK, .HU), d1 (start date
    YYYYMMDD), d2 (end date YYYYMMDD), i (interval: d=daily, w=weekly, m=monthly, q=quarterly, y=yearly), and apikey. Covers
    21,000+ global securities and ETFs, 1,980+ currency pairs, 130+ cryptocurrencies, global indices, commodities, and economic
    indicators. Daily history extends 30+ years for major instruments; hourly data spans ~9 months; 5-minute data ~1 month.'
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://stooq.com/db/h/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/stooq-historical-data-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/stooq-ohlcv-record.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/stooq-query-parameters.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/stooq-apple-daily-ohlcv-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/stooq-bitcoin-weekly-ohlcv-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/stooq-quota-exceeded-example.json
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/stooq-vocabulary.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/stooq-jsonld.json
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/stooq-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/stooq-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/stooq-finops.yml
  x-features:
  - OHLCV CSV download for 21,000+ global securities
  - Multiple intervals - daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly
  - Hourly (9 months) and 5-minute (1 month) intraday data
  - Exchange-suffixed ticker convention (.US, .UK, .DE, .JP, .HK)
  - Bulk ZIP/CSV database snapshots at stooq.com/db/h/
  - Currencies, crypto, commodities, bonds, economic indicators
  - Free access via API key obtained on-site
  x-use-cases:
  - Download 30+ years of daily OHLCV data for backtesting strategies
  - Bulk-ingest cross-sectional snapshots for quantitative research
  - Source free historical FX and crypto price series
common:
- type: Portal
  url: https://stooq.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://stooq.com/db/h/
- type: BulkData
  url: https://stooq.com/db/h/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/stooq-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/stooq-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/stooq-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com