Expired Instruments API Launch

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We are rolling out our four new Expired Instruments APIs within the Upstox Plus plan. This dedicated endpoints allows traders and developers to access comprehensive data on expired derivatives, enabling enhanced historical analysis and backtesting capabilities.

For more details, refer to the Expired Instruments API Documentation.

What is Upstox Plus?

Upstox Plus is our premium service that unlocks exclusive perks such as complimentary access to selected features, discounts, faster performance and priority customer support.

For more details on what's included, please refer to the Help Center.

What are Expired Instruments?

Expired instruments refer to derivatives contracts that have reached their expiration date. This includes options and futures contracts that are no longer available for trading. The Expired Instruments APIs provides access to historical data on these contracts, allowing users to analyze past market behavior, conduct research, and develop trading strategies based on historical performance.

What's New?

The Expired Instruments feature includes the following specialized API endpoints:

1. Get Expiries:

   • Description: Retrieve all available expiry dates of expired instruments for a given underlying instrument.
   • Documentation: Get Expiries

2. Get Expired Option Contracts:

   • Description: Access detailed information about expired option contracts, including strike prices, option types, and other contract specifications.
   • Documentation: Get Expired Option Contracts

3. Get Expired Future Contracts:

   • Description: Obtain comprehensive data on expired futures contracts, including trading symbol and instrument specifications.
   • Documentation: Get Expired Future Contracts

4. Get Expired Historical Candle Data:

   • Description: Retrieve historical OHLC (Open, High, Low, Close) candle data for expired derivatives, enabling detailed technical analysis on past contracts.
   • Documentation: Get Expired Historical Candle Data

Each API is designed with consistent parameters and response structures to facilitate seamless integration with your trading applications.

Use Cases

• Historical Analysis: Analyze patterns across expired contracts for strategy development.
• Backtesting: Use actual historical derivative data for robust strategy backtesting.
• Research: Conduct comprehensive research on derivatives market behavior.
• Educational Purposes: Study past market conditions and contract behaviors.

Implementation Note

The Expired Instruments APIs follows our standard authentication and rate limiting guidelines. Response data is structured consistently with our other instrument APIs to ensure seamless integration with existing systems.

We've developed this API based on repeated requests from our developer community. We're confident it will provide valuable capabilities for your trading systems and analytical tools.

Thank You

We appreciate your continued support and look forward to seeing the innovative ways you'll utilize this new API. Your feedback helps us continuously improve our offerings.

For any questions or feedback, please reach out to us through our developer community.