Alpha Vantage — Financial Market Data

Access 20+ years of global financial data: equities, options, forex, crypto, commodities, economic indicators, and 50+ technical indicators.

API Key Setup (Required)

• Get a free key at https://www.alphavantage.co/support/#api-key (premium plans available for higher rate limits)

• Set as environment variable:

export ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY="your_key_here"

Installation

uv pip install requests pandas

Base URL & Request Pattern

All requests go to:

https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=FUNCTION_NAME&apikey=YOUR_KEY&...params

import requests import os

API_KEY = os.environ.get("ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY") BASE_URL = "https://www.alphavantage.co/query"

def av_get(function, **params): response = requests.get(BASE_URL, params={"function": function, "apikey": API_KEY, **params}) return response.json()

Quick Start Examples

Stock quote (latest price)

quote = av_get("GLOBAL_QUOTE", symbol="AAPL") price = quote["Global Quote"]["05. price"]

Daily OHLCV

daily = av_get("TIME_SERIES_DAILY", symbol="AAPL", outputsize="compact") ts = daily["Time Series (Daily)"]

Company fundamentals

overview = av_get("OVERVIEW", symbol="AAPL") print(overview["MarketCapitalization"], overview["PERatio"])

Income statement

income = av_get("INCOME_STATEMENT", symbol="AAPL") annual = income["annualReports"][0] # Most recent annual

Crypto price

crypto = av_get("DIGITAL_CURRENCY_DAILY", symbol="BTC", market="USD")

Economic indicator

gdp = av_get("REAL_GDP", interval="annual")

Technical indicator

rsi = av_get("RSI", symbol="AAPL", interval="daily", time_period=14, series_type="close")

API Categories

Category Key Functions

Time Series (Stocks) GLOBAL_QUOTE, TIME_SERIES_INTRADAY, TIME_SERIES_DAILY, TIME_SERIES_WEEKLY, TIME_SERIES_MONTHLY

Options REALTIME_OPTIONS, HISTORICAL_OPTIONS

Alpha Intelligence NEWS_SENTIMENT, EARNINGS_CALL_TRANSCRIPT, TOP_GAINERS_LOSERS, INSIDER_TRANSACTIONS, ANALYTICS_FIXED_WINDOW

Fundamentals OVERVIEW, ETF_PROFILE, INCOME_STATEMENT, BALANCE_SHEET, CASH_FLOW, EARNINGS, DIVIDENDS, SPLITS

Forex (FX) CURRENCY_EXCHANGE_RATE, FX_INTRADAY, FX_DAILY, FX_WEEKLY, FX_MONTHLY

Crypto CURRENCY_EXCHANGE_RATE, CRYPTO_INTRADAY, DIGITAL_CURRENCY_DAILY

Commodities GOLD (WTI spot), BRENT, NATURAL_GAS, COPPER, WHEAT, CORN, COFFEE, ALL_COMMODITIES

Economic Indicators REAL_GDP, TREASURY_YIELD, FEDERAL_FUNDS_RATE, CPI, INFLATION, UNEMPLOYMENT, NONFARM_PAYROLL

Technical Indicators SMA, EMA, MACD, RSI, BBANDS, STOCH, ADX, ATR, OBV, VWAP, and 40+ more

Common Parameters

Parameter Values Notes

outputsize

compact / full

compact = last 100 points; full = 20+ years

datatype

json / csv

Default: json

interval

1min , 5min , 15min , 30min , 60min , daily , weekly , monthly

Depends on endpoint

adjusted

true / false

Adjust for splits/dividends

Rate Limits

• Free tier: 25 requests/day (as of 2026)

• Premium plans: higher limits, real-time data, intraday access

• HTTP 429 = rate limit exceeded

• Add delays between requests when processing multiple symbols

import time

Add delay to avoid rate limits

time.sleep(0.5) # 0.5s between requests on free tier

Error Handling

data = av_get("GLOBAL_QUOTE", symbol="AAPL")

Check for API errors

if "Error Message" in data: raise ValueError(f"API Error: {data['Error Message']}") if "Note" in data: print(f"Rate limit warning: {data['Note']}") if "Information" in data: print(f"API info: {data['Information']}")

Reference Files

Load these for detailed endpoint documentation:

• time-series.md — Stock OHLCV data, quotes, bulk quotes, market status

• fundamentals.md — Company overview, financial statements, earnings, dividends, splits

• options.md — Realtime and historical options chain data

• intelligence.md — News/sentiment, earnings transcripts, insider transactions, analytics

• forex-crypto.md — Forex exchange rates and cryptocurrency prices

• commodities.md — Gold, silver, oil, natural gas, agricultural commodities

• economic-indicators.md — GDP, CPI, interest rates, employment data

• technical-indicators.md — 50+ technical analysis indicators (SMA, EMA, MACD, RSI, etc.)

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