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Welcome to the TickDB Online Documentation. TickDB is a developer-first unified real-time market data API that provides access to real-time and historical market data across multiple financial markets through a single connection, allowing developers to focus on products and strategies without managing multiple data sources or protocols.

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🎯 What is TickDB?

TickDB is built for developers who require reliable, low-latency, and production-grade market data. Through one connection, you can seamlessly access market data across Forex, precious metals, indices, US stocks, HK stocks, A-shares, and cryptocurrencies. TickDB supports multiple data types, including tick-level trades, order book depth, and candlestick (K-line) data,
and can be accessed via REST APIs and WebSocket streams, making it suitable for quantitative trading, real-time market systems, trading platforms, and data analytics.

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✨ Key Features

  • 🔌 Unified Access
    One API covering multiple markets and asset classes
  • ⚡ Real-time Data
    WebSocket-based streaming suitable for real-time market applications
  • 🌍 Multi-Market Support
    Forex, precious metals, indices, US stocks, HK stocks, A-shares, and crypto
  • 🛠️ Developer-Friendly
    REST APIs and WebSocket with clear interfaces, complete documentation, and practical examples

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🏗️ Typical Use Cases

  • Quantitative Trading
    Real-time market data source for algorithmic and strategy systems
  • Market Dashboards
    Live price displays, asset tracking, and portfolio monitoring
  • Trading Applications
    Building TradingView-like market interfaces and charting systems
  • Data Analytics & Backtesting
    Historical market analysis, research, and strategy backtesting
  • Financial Services Integration
    Integration into existing trading platforms or financial infrastructure

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📚 Documentation Sections

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Getting Started

  • Quick Start - Get up and running in minutes
  • Authentication - API key setup and usage

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REST API

  • Available Symbols - Query supported trading symbols
  • Kline Intervals - Available time intervals
  • Kline (Candlesticks) - Historical candlestick data
  • Latest Kline - Current period kline data
  • Market Ticker - Real-time ticker snapshots
  • Order Book Depth - Real-time order book
  • Recent Trades - Latest trade executions

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WebSocket

  • WebSocket Overview - Connection and authentication
  • Quick Start - Get started with WebSocket
  • Subscribe & Unsubscribe - Channel subscription
  • Message Schema - Data format specifications

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Reference

  • Data Specification - Symbol naming and formats
  • Errors - Error codes and handling
Docs Version: v1.0.0