Market data for your _
Ignite curiosity and cultivate genius with real-time market data, immersive tutorials, example projects, and intuitive, easy-to-use APIs.
- Rows of Data
- 0 Trillion+
- Tickers
- 0 Million+
- API Access
- Unlimited
Intuitive & easy to use
Data for virtually any use case
Create lessons that pay dividends
Polygon for educators
- Ensure students' success
- Ensure success with extensive documentation, sample projects, and a customer support team ready to answer your questions.
- Incorporate real-time data
- Incorporate real-time data and hands-on projects using industry-standard technology into your curriculum.
- Access student discounts
- Access discounts for Educators and Universities or contact us about opportunities for account sponsorship.
Spark ideas that will move markets
Polygon for students
- Get unique experience
- Get experience with the tools used by investors, brokerages, and major tech companies.
- Access discounts
- Access student discounts, or contact us about opportunities for account sponsorship.
- Power your next big idea
- Power your projects, research, and next big idea, spend classroom time creating, not integrating.
Power innovative curriculums
Polygon for universities
- Easy onboarding
- Easily onboard entire classes at a time. With our simple setup and no-fuss administration, professors can focus on teaching.
- Innovative curriculums
- Excite your students with hands-on, real-world projects that forge the path to the FinTech of tomorrow.
- Stay compliant
- We are your partner to navigate the complicated world of exchange approvals, education discounts, and compliance.
What will you build?
Discover the power of a market data platform that breaks down barriers and levels the playing field.
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Frequently asked questions
- Title
- Does Polygon offer pre-market and after-hours data?
- FAQ Category
FAQ
- Stocks Category
Stocks
- Description
- Yes, we provide data for every trade that occurs, including during pre-market and after-hours. Our tick-level market data streams during these extended hours as well.
- Title
- How do you read an options symbol?
- FAQ Category
FAQ
- How To Category
How To
- Options Category
Options
- Description
- Reading option symbols can be quite confusing at first glance. An option contract symbol is separated into 4 parts.
- Title
- How does Polygon create the OHLCV (open, high, low, close, volume) aggregate bars?
- Aggregates Category
Aggregates
- FAQ Category
FAQ
- Stocks Category
Stocks
- Description
- Polygon uses the “Sale Conditions” attached to each trade to determine if that trade is eligible to update the aggregate
- Title
- How to get started with Flat Files & S3 on Polygon.io
- FAQ Category
FAQ
- How To Category
How To
- Description
- Explore vast financial datasets with Polygon.io’s S3 integration. Easy setup with AWS CLI, Rclone, MinIO, or Boto3. See guide for details.
- Title
- Where does Polygon’s Options data come from?
- FAQ Category
FAQ
- Options Category
Options
- Sources Category
Sources
- Description
- We receive our options data directly from the Options Price Reporting Authority (OPRA)