Alternative Data

Crypto

iexfinance.altdata.get_crypto_quote(symbol, **kwargs)

Crypto Quotes

Single quote for Cryptocurrency supported by IEX Cloud.

Reference: https://iexcloud.io/docs/api/#crypto Data Weighting: 1 per symbol

Parameters

symbol (str) – A cryptocurrency symbol for retrieval

Notes

Each element contains Stocks quote fields.

Social Sentiment

iexfinance.altdata.get_social_sentiment(symbol, period_type=None, date=None, **kwargs)

Social Sentiment

Warning

This premium-only endpoint is not tested by iexfinance and may be unstable.

Social sentiment data from StockTwits. Data can be viewed as a daily value, or by minute for a given date.

Reference: https://iexcloud.io/docs/api/#social-sentiment

Data Weighting: 30,000 per symbol per sentiment record

Parameters

• symbol (str) – One valid symbol

• period_type (str, default daily, optional) – daily or minute. Translates to type parameter in IEX Cloud documentation

• date (str or datetime.datetime) – Date to retrieve

CEO Compensation

iexfinance.altdata.get_ceo_compensation(symbol, **kwargs)

CEO Compensation

This endpoint provides CEO compensation for a company by symbol

Reference: https://iexcloud.io/docs/api/#ceo-compensation

Data Weighting: 20 per symbol

Parameters

symbol (str) – A single symbol for retrieval