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
2017-01-03 → 2026-07-17
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.
Related Historical Endpoints
- Historical Options Chain
- Historical Stock Summary
- Stock Quote (live) - the live version of this endpoint
Related reading
- Point-in-time greeks for backtesting - why as-of quotes avoid lookahead bias
- Complete guide to quant options backtesting - end-to-end backtest workflow