ALPHA TIER
HISTORICAL
Historical Stock Quote API
Stock bid / ask / mid / last at any minute since 2018. The underlying spot reference for every other historical analytics call. Same shape as live /v1/stockquote.
Coverage
2018-04-16 → 2026-04-02
Granularity
1 minute
Tier
Alpha+
Format
JSON (REST)
Endpoint
Host:
historical.flashalpha.comAuth: X-Api-KeyTier: Alphacurl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
"https://historical.flashalpha.com/v1/stockquote/SPY?at=2026-03-05T15:30:00"
Response
{
"ticker": "SPY",
"bid": 679.45,
"ask": 679.47,
"mid": 679.46,
"lastPrice": 679.46,
"lastUpdate": "2026-03-05T15:30:00"
}
What This Unlocks
- Backtest event timing — compute returns at any specific minute against historical spot.
- Validate options-payoff scenarios against the actual underlying path.
- Build minute-bar studies over 8+ years without licensing a separate stock-tick feed.