Impactopia APIThe Impactopia equities correlations database is now accessible through a programming interface. The first release of this service is currently available for free and allows automatic querying of the stocks correlations. The access point presents itself in the form of a SOAP based webservice. This protocol allows programmer to access the service for virtually any platform and programming language. The WSLD descriptor for the service is found at the following URL: https://api.impactopia.com:8443/ImpactopiaWS0.5/ImpactopiaWS?wsdl Database contentAbout 4000 stocks among the most liquid are selected in the Nasdaq, AMEX and NYSE exchanges and correlations are computed using one year and 3 months of daily close to close fluctuations. The database is updated every week-end. DocumentationThe methods implemented in the current version of the API are documented in detail here. In short, the API provides the following: - login: use your username and password to open a session - getLastDate: obtain the last day used in the current database, usually corresponds to previous Friday. - getStock: get the details of a stock symbol. Details are the symbol, the description, daily volatility (standard deviation of daily return in percent), average daily volume. - getStockList: get the list of all stocks found in the database. - getCorrelationsToSymbol: get the sorted correlations of all stocks to a given symbol Code examplesAn example of a perl script accessing the service is provided here. Users contributions are welcome! Terms of useWe ask the API users to follow the following rules to avoid overloading of the server: - Do not send queries in parallel, if serial queries are not meeting your needs, please be patient multiple symbol methods are scheduled for the next release. - Do not redistribute the information you get from the Impactopia service. ContactFor any question regarding this service please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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