Zerodha Historical data

Historical API without Kite Connect access

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For historical data on Indian equity / F&O without a Kite Connect subscription:

SourceData
NSE / BSE bhav copyDaily OHLC, volume; freely downloadable
Zerodha ConsoleYour trade history (not market historical)
Third-party APIs (paid)Alpha Vantage, Quandl, etc.
Kite chart historicalVisible on Kite charts; not API-accessible without Connect

For programmatic / API access to historical Kite data:

Free alternatives

  • NSE bhav copy: Download daily files at nseindia.com.
  • BSE bhav copy: Daily data.
  • Yahoo Finance / Alpha Vantage: Some Indian data available.

For backtesting and analytics, free sources work; for real-time integration, Kite Connect is needed.

See also

External references

References

  1. NSE / BSE, Daily bhav copy, exchange websites.
  2. Zerodha, Kite Connect data access, kite.trade.

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