VWAP vs TWAP in Python: Formulas and Bar Estimates
Compare VWAP and TWAP with worked examples and runnable Python code. Learn what OHLCV bars can estimate, how volume changes the result and why the window matters.
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OHLCV
24 posts on OHLCV from the SiftingIO market data blog, spanning real-time and historical coverage across stocks, forex, crypto, commodities, and on-chain venues.
Posts tagged OHLCV
Candlestick Chart in Python with Plotly and OHLCV Data
Build a Python candlestick chart with Plotly and Bitcoin OHLCV data. Add volume, handle UTC timestamps, and save an interactive HTML chart with SiftingIO.
Stop-loss and take-profit in the same candle: OHLC backtests
Detect same-candle stop-loss and take-profit ambiguity in Python, compare fill assumptions, and see when finer OHLCV data can resolve the sequence.
Historical forex data in CSV and Excel: a practical guide
Download historical forex data as CSV or Excel. Start with EURUSD, check UTC timestamps and candle completeness, then calculate price changes in a worksheet.
Align stock and crypto returns in Python: use the same closing time
Compare stock and crypto close-to-close returns on one session calendar. A tested pandas example handles DST, early closes and missing observations.
Five DuckDB recipes for market data CSV exports
Check OHLCV CSV coverage, timestamp gaps, UTC daily bars, close returns and rolling means with five DuckDB SQL recipes.
R market data API: OHLCV to xts with httr2
Replace the quantmod getSymbols loading step with an R market data API: fetch US stock OHLCV bars with httr2, paginate by cursor and build an xts object.
Forex ATR in Python: calculate volatility from OHLCV
Calculate forex ATR in Python from OHLCV bars. Test Wilder smoothing, convert ATR to pips and percentages, and avoid seed and unfinished-candle errors.
Forex API in Grafana: build a EUR/USD price dashboard
Connect the SiftingIO Forex API to Grafana: chart EUR/USD OHLCV, show bid and ask, protect your API key, and choose a refresh rate that fits your plan.
Missing candles in OHLCV data: how to detect gaps and backfill them safely
Detect missing candles in OHLCV bar data with a UTC grid and a trading calendar, then backfill safely without forward-filling volume or range.
Economic calendar API: pull macro events as JSON and join each release to its price bar
Pull US economic calendar events (CPI, NFP, FOMC) as JSON and join each release to the one-minute OHLCV bar that was open when it hit, using the real field names.
Plotting trades on a price chart: get the exact 1-minute bar at the fill time
How to fetch the exact 1-minute OHLCV bar under each trade fill for stocks, forex, and crypto with one API, with verified page limits, intervals, and pagination.
When does the weekly candle open and close? Weekly bar boundaries by asset class
Weekly candle open and close times for forex, crypto, and US stocks, and how to rebuild either week convention from timestamped SiftingIO bars in pandas.
Cryptocurrency API: real-time and historical crypto data aggregated across venues
Cryptocurrency API guide: stream real-time crypto prices over WebSocket and pull 15+ years of historical OHLCV over REST, aggregated across venues.
How to store OHLCV data: a Postgres schema that survives gaps, corrections, and adjustments
A Postgres schema for OHLCV market data: primary key design, numeric types, honest gap handling, UPSERT for corrections, and an idempotent backfill pattern.
How to get historical stock price data from a REST API (daily and intraday OHLCV)
How to pull daily and intraday OHLCV stock bars from a REST API: request format, response fields, intervals, cursor pagination, history depth, and pitfalls.
Daily candle open and close times: forex, crypto and US stocks
Compare daily candle open and close times for forex, crypto and US stocks, including UTC vs New York cutoffs, daylight saving and regular trading sessions.
Why two backtests of the same strategy disagree: the historical price data faults to check first
Five ways historical price data silently corrupts a backtest: adjustment method, venue-dependent highs and lows, gap policy, session cuts, and restated bars.
Forex OHLCV data: how FX candles are built
Forex OHLCV data explained: how FX candles are built from aggregated quotes, why daily bars depend on the day boundary you pick, and how to pull them by API.
Adjusted vs unadjusted stock prices: total return vs price return in a backtest
Build a total-return series from as-traded prices, split factors, and cash dividends with reinvestment math, and see where the adjusted-close shortcut misleads a backtest.
Aligning economic calendar events with your backtest's bar timeline
How to pull scheduled US economic events from one endpoint and align them with OHLCV bars so a backtest knows when CPI, NFP, and FOMC actually hit.
What is OHLCV data? Bars, candles, and how providers build them
What OHLCV data is, how bars are built from ticks, why two providers disagree on the same candle, adjusted vs unadjusted bars, and how to pull bars via API.
Aligning economic calendar events with your backtest's bar timeline
How to pull scheduled US economic events from one endpoint and align them with OHLCV bars so a backtest knows when CPI, NFP, and FOMC actually hit.
Joining OHLCV bars and XBRL fundamentals for a US stock ticker
How to pull historical OHLCV bars and XBRL fundamentals for one stock ticker from SiftingIO, and avoid the split and fiscal-year pitfalls.