Stocks data API for snapshots, trades, quotes, bars, and reference
CuteMarkets now supports stock REST data alongside options: snapshots, movers, ticker reference, trades, quotes, aggregates, open-close records, and indicators.
Use `/v1/stocks/` endpoints with the same Bearer token or API key used across CuteMarkets. Stocks are a separate subscription product from options.
Evidence path
Adjusted bar policy
Record adjusted=true or adjusted=false in every stock bar artifact before comparing long-window research results.
Indicator windows
SMA, EMA, MACD, and RSI requests should preserve the window, timespan, and bar timestamp that produced the signal.
Signal-to-options handoff
A completed stock bar can trigger option expiration discovery only after the bar timestamp is available.
Stock workflow path
A stock data API separates reference, trades, quotes, and bars
Start stock workflows with ticker reference so symbol search, active status, ticker type, and related tickers are resolved before a market-data request. Then use stock snapshots for current state, stock trades and quotes for prints and bid/ask context, and stock aggregates and indicators for bars, open-close records, SMA, EMA, MACD, and RSI.
Stock workflows often need to explain how underlying signals connect to options. The stock and options join workflow shows how a stock event timestamp hands off into listed option expirations, options chains, selected contracts, quote windows, and replay artifacts.
Provider evaluation
Use the stock data provider evaluation, market-data due diligence checklist, and market-data access methods pages when comparing stock vendors.
Plan fit
Open pricing and live and delayed entitlements before assuming quote access, live data, WebSockets, or commercial display rights.
Why teams use it
A stock market data API that fits the existing CuteMarkets workflow
Each capability below is tied to a specific decision a developer has to make before shipping a scanner, dashboard, or research workflow.
Adjusted bar policy
Record adjusted=true or adjusted=false in every stock bar artifact before comparing long-window research results.
Indicator windows
SMA, EMA, MACD, and RSI requests should preserve the window, timespan, and bar timestamp that produced the signal.
Signal-to-options handoff
A completed stock bar can trigger option expiration discovery only after the bar timestamp is available.
Endpoint map
Match stock endpoints to the workflow instead of saying stock price API
Use a concrete request order for watchlists, research screens, event studies, and options-aware workflows.
| Endpoint layer | Use it for | Avoid this shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| Ticker reference | Build symbol search, active ticker lists, ticker detail, and related-ticker flows. | Assuming every typed ticker is active or mapped to the right security. |
| Snapshots and movers | Populate current watchlists, market panels, and high-level state. | Using a snapshot as historical evidence for a past signal. |
| Trades | Inspect recent or historical prints around a signal timestamp. | Treating last trade as a complete current market. |
| Quotes | Study bid/ask context and spread-aware panels on Expert or Commercial plans. | Promising quote-aware behavior on plans that do not include quotes. |
| Aggregates | Build charts, OHLC backtests, grouped bars, and open-close reviews. | Using bars as proof of executable bid/ask fills. |
| Indicators | Request SMA, EMA, MACD, and RSI for signal context. | Treating indicator output as a trading system without timestamp and execution checks. |
Plan fit
Which stock plan fits which data job
| Buyer job | Best starting plan | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluate endpoint shape | Free | Use delayed access and limited lookback to confirm request and response conventions. |
| Delayed research screens | Developer | Unlimited delayed stock data and longer lookback fit notebooks, screeners, and prototypes. |
| Live internal tools | Expert | Live data plus stock quote endpoints support dashboards, spread checks, and active monitoring. |
| Customer-facing or resale workflows | Commercial | Commercial use, higher support expectations, and licensing conversations belong here. |
| Stock plus options research | Separate stock and options subscriptions | Use one account, but keep product-scoped keys and plan assumptions explicit. |
Stock data depth
A stock data API guide explains coverage, freshness, and object boundaries
Stock-data evaluations should be exact about coverage, freshness, endpoint boundaries, and how underlying stock signals connect to options workflows.
Reference before prices
Ticker reference, types, related tickers, and active status belong before market-data calls so watchlists and scanners do not rely on stale symbols.
Trades, quotes, and bars are different
Trades show prints, quotes show bid/ask markets on Expert or Commercial, and aggregates support charting and signals. They should not be described as one interchangeable stock price.
Stocks and options share workflows
Options research often needs the underlying stock context first: session bars, mover state, recent trades, quote behavior, and indicators before a chain is selected.
Buyer checklist
How a developer should evaluate stock market data providers
Massive emphasizes exchange and infrastructure breadth, and Intrinio emphasizes product packaging across equities, options, ETFs, fundamentals, and support. CuteMarkets should be transparent about plan fit, lookback, quote access, and where the product is intentionally narrower.
Check access method and entitlement
Confirm whether the workflow needs delayed REST, live REST, stock quote endpoints, WebSockets, or a commercial display license.
Check adjusted versus raw bars
Historical stock research should record whether bars are adjusted, which date window was used, and how corporate actions affect interpretation.
Check cross-product joins
When the strategy uses both stocks and options, store the stock event timestamp beside the option chain, quote, and selected OCC contracts.
Developer examples
Two code paths teams usually need first
Request 01
Ticker snapshot
curl "https://api.cutemarkets.com/v1/stocks/snapshot/AAPL/" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"Request 02
Custom bars
curl "https://api.cutemarkets.com/v1/stocks/aggs/AAPL/5/minute/2026-05-01/2026-05-06/?adjusted=true&limit=5000" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"Use cases
What you can build with this stock market data API
Research screens
Combine ticker reference, snapshots, movers, trades, and bars before promoting a signal.
Open how-toStep 02Event review
Pull open-close, grouped bars, and technical indicators around earnings or market events.
Open how-toStep 03Cross-asset context
Join stock history with options chain and quote workflows through one account.
Open how-toEvaluate and compare
Match stock endpoints to the workflow you are building
Stock workflows usually need both reference and market-data endpoints. Start from the docs, then compare plans by live access, lookback, and quote requirements.
Open next
Docs and research for the next step
Docs to open next
Relevant API docs
Tutorials and research
Related articles
FAQ
Common questions about this stock data API
Does CuteMarkets now provide stock REST data?
Yes. CuteMarkets supports stock REST endpoints for snapshots, movers, ticker reference, trades, quotes, aggregates, open-close, and technical indicators.
Are stocks bundled with options?
No. Stocks and options are separate subscriptions with the same Free, Developer, Expert, and Commercial plan ladder, managed from the same CuteMarkets account.
Which stock plans include quotes?
Stock quote endpoints require the Expert or Commercial stock subscription. Developer includes unlimited delayed stock data but not quote endpoint access.
Start with a stock API key
Create an account, choose the Stocks API product when upgrading, and keep options subscriptions independent.