Economic News API

Overview

This API enables access to Economic News data since Januray 2020. The main use for this data is in the application of realtime Forex trading and also with backtesting strategies and expert advisors/trading robots.

Typically you don't want to trade on days with news of high importance as the market can be very volatile, spreads can be very wide leading to stop loss and take profit values of existing trades not being respected. This can potentially lead to loss of funds.

The Data

A typical entry in the database looks like this:

        
    {
        "Id": "482580",
        "Date": "03/10/2023",
        "Time": "15:00",
        "Zone": "united states",
        "Currency": "USD",
        "Importance": "high",
        "Event": "JOLTs Job Openings  (Aug)",
        "Actual": "9.610M",
        "Forecast": "8.800M",
        "Previous": "8.920M"
    }
    

Features

In order to access the API you'll need an API key, which you'll get from subscribing below and then to call one of the available methods. These are discussed in detail here.

Getting Started

Choose from the one of the available access tiers below. There is a free tier in order to try before you buy and evaluate the service without risk.

Once you have chosen a product, click the relevant button in order to be taken to the checkout page.

After completing the check out process your API key will be emailed to you so you can start using it straight away.

You can use the API directly from the browser by heading to thje Open API/Swagger Spec page here and clicking the Authorize button to use your API key.