Overview
Barchart is a comprehensive market data and technology solutions provider serving traders, investors, and businesses worldwide. Founded in 1934, Barchart is one of the longest-standing financial data companies, providing real-time and historical data across equities, futures, options, forex, crypto, and commodities.
Barchart serves both retail users through its free website and institutional clients through its enterprise data solutions. The platform is particularly well-known for its commodities data, futures analytics, and embeddable market data widgets that power thousands of financial websites.
With coverage spanning all major global markets and data granularity down to the tick, Barchart provides the infrastructure that many financial applications and trading platforms rely on for market data delivery.
Key Features
- Real-Time Quotes: Streaming real-time data for equities, futures, options, forex, crypto, and commodities across global exchanges.
- Advanced Charting: Interactive charts with technical indicators, drawing tools, and customizable time frames.
- Options Analytics: Options chains, Greeks, unusual activity, and volume analysis for US equities.
- Futures Analytics: Commitment of Traders (COT) reports, basis charts, seasonal patterns, and spread analysis.
- Commodity Data: Cash commodity prices, commentary, and market statistics from Dow Jones.
- Screeners: Stock, ETF, mutual fund, and options screeners with extensive filter criteria.
- Charting Library: Embeddable charting widgets deployable in as few as three lines of code.
- Market Data APIs: REST API (OnDemand) for integrating market data into applications and workflows.
Data Coverage
| Data Type | Details | |-----------|---------| | Equities | US and international stocks | | Futures | All major futures markets globally | | Options | Complete US options chains | | Forex | Major and minor currency pairs | | Crypto | Major cryptocurrencies | | Commodities | Cash commodities, energy, metals, agriculture | | Indices | Major global market indices |
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Features | |------|-------|----------| | Free Website | $0 | Delayed quotes, basic charting, news | | Barchart Premier | $29.95/mo | Real-time data, advanced tools, screeners | | OnDemand API | Custom | REST API, custom data packages | | Enterprise | Custom | Real-time feeds, exchange licensing, SLA |
Enterprise data solutions include real-time streaming at $2,000/mo and delayed feeds at $1,500/mo, plus exchange licensing fees.
API Access
Barchart OnDemand is a cloud-based API platform providing market data in JSON, XML, and CSV formats. APIs cover real-time quotes, historical data, options chains, and charting. Embeddable charts can be deployed with minimal code. Custom pricing based on data needs and volume. Enterprise solutions available with dedicated support and SLA.
Getting Started
- Visit barchart.com to access free delayed market data, charts, and news.
- Explore the commodity and futures sections for specialized analytics.
- Use the screeners to find stocks, options, and ETFs matching your criteria.
- Sign up for Barchart Premier for real-time data and advanced tools.
- Contact sales for OnDemand API access or enterprise data solutions.