The choice of institutional quant teams
Our clients require pristine, dependable data and precision-focused backtesting. A portion of our suite of tools and data is now accessible through a modular API. This grants you the opportunity to try out a subset of our capabilities before committing to the platform, and facilitates the integration of SigTech functionalities with other applications.
Backtest with unparalleled accuracy
Our backtesting framework offers an exceptionally precise simulation of real-world trading scenarios. Backtesting inaccuracies can lead to missed opportunities and inaccurate cost projections, undermining your research. At SigTech, we incorporate event-driven, point-in-time, and remodeled slippage approaches into our backtesting strategy, meeting the standards of clients and safeguarding against the pitfalls of overfitting models.
Financial data, ready to go
Save yourself months of work and dive into testing your ideas today. Utilize our meticulously cleaned, pre-ingested data instead of grappling with raw, messy datasets. Our data goes back to 2010, enabling you to conduct truly epic backtests.
Alternatively, seamlessly integrate your proprietary data into our backtesting tools and tap into our data validation endpoints for streamlined and effective cleanup.
Included data: Futures (equity index, commodity, FX, bond, interest rate, and volatility index). See the full range in our API data catalog.
Coming soon: Economic indicators, individual equities, equity index options, sovereign bonds.
Ultimate flexibility — integrate into any system
Use any language: Engineered for simplicity, our API accommodates your choice of programming language.
Integrate your app: Develop a personalized dashboard or leverage our capabilities to enhance your app and offer it to third parties.
User-friendly Python SDK: For Python fans, our SDK offers an even simpler and more straightforward experience. It incorporates all the major libraries, including NumPy, Pandas, and Matplotlib.
API Reference Python SDKDive in: Example notebooks
Experience the API’s performance firsthand with these example notebooks, hosted in Google Colab. You’ll need to sign up and grab an API key to run them.
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Pair trading — commodity futures
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FX futures momentum strategy
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NASDAQ momentum strategy XGBoost
APIfying a decade of premium tools & data
Our API, as powerful as it is, offers only a glimpse of the extensive feature set within our enterprise platform. These tools have been built up and refined from over a decade of usage at top global institutions. Although the complete capabilities of SigTech will always remain exclusive to the platform, we are gradually extending more of our platform functionalities to the API.
For current features, see the API reference.
For current data, see the API data catalog
Upcoming data: Economic indicators, individual stocks, equity index options, sovereign bonds.
Upcoming strategy tools: Reinvestment strategy (manages corporate actions within a timeline), equity factor basket strategy (creates strategies based on factor scores), rolling option strategy (maintains exposure to options contracts with the same terms).
Upcoming analytics tools: Summary statistics, performance report, inspect live orders/positions, calculate unallocated cash by weight, timeline (manages strategy actions within defined dates).
Pricing: it’s free (seriously)
Okay we admit the free ride won’t last indefinitely. However, throughout our beta phase, you can explore our API data and features without charge. Simply give it a try and see for yourself. In the future, we will transition to a per-call pricing model, allowing for a modular approach that aligns with your usage
FAQ
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Do you offer customer support?
Yes, we do. Our team of experienced quants is available on our Discord server to provide any help you require.
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What's the data's time interval frequency?
The data intervals are End of Day in the SigTech API. For intraday data, consider our enterprise platform.
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What is the historical range of your API data?
Our API data goes back to 2010. For even older data, explore our enterprise platform.
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Do you offer real-time data?
The SigTech API only provides historical data. Check out our enterprise platform for a comprehensive paper trading environment using real-time data.
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Who possesses the intellectual property rights for applications integrating the API?
You have sole ownership of the data generated through processing our data and utilizing our API, but not the underlying market data. For more information, refer to sections 9 and 16 in the API terms of service.
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What's the relationship between the API and the SigTech enterprise platform?
The SigTech enterprise platform offers a comprehensive range of quant research tools spanning many asset classes. While we’re progressively integrating more tools into the API, the complete capabilities of SigTech remain exclusive to the enterprise platform. The API serves as a flexible option for exploring platform features without immediate commitment, and for seamlessly integrating SigTech functionalities into other applications and systems. All Enterprise users have access to the API included. We suggest using the API to explore SigTech, if you’re not yet prepared for an in-depth trial of the enterprise platform.
