{"id":213564,"date":"2024-10-10T12:54:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T16:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/?p=213564"},"modified":"2024-10-10T12:54:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T16:54:54","slug":"financedatabase-guide-a-comprehensive-database-of-financial-symbols-python-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/ibkr-quant-news\/financedatabase-guide-a-comprehensive-database-of-financial-symbols-python-package\/","title":{"rendered":"FinanceDatabase Guide \u2013 A Comprehensive Database of Financial Symbols (Python Package)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>The article &#8220;FinanceDatabase Guide \u2013 A Comprehensive Database of Financial Symbols (Python Package)&#8221; first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/algotrading101.com\/learn\/financedatabase-python-guide\/\">AlgoTrading101<\/a> blog.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Excerpt<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-financedatabase\">What is FinanceDatabase?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>FinanceDatabase is a Python package of 300.000+ symbols containing Equities, ETFs, Funds, Indices, Currencies, Cryptocurrencies, and Money Markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Link:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pypi.org\/project\/financedatabase\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/pypi.org\/project\/financedatabase\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-financedatabase-used-for\">What is FinanceDatabase used for?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>FinanceDatabase is mainly used for any type of financial product categorization. Moreover, it gives insights into the products that exist in each country, industry, and sector and gives the most essential information about each product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This allows algorithmic traders and investors to analyze specific financial segments and helps them find assets that are hard to uncover. For example, it is used within the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/algotrading101.com\/learn\/openbb-guide\/\">OpenBB<\/a>&nbsp;terminal.<a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why should I use FinanceDatabase?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The FinanceDatabase is comprehensive.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The FinanceDatabase has over 300k assets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is easy to use and beginner friendly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is open-sourced.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Has good filtering capabilities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Is actively maintained.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why shouldn\u2019t I use FinanceDatabase?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The FinanceDatabase doesn\u2019t provide up-to-date fundamentals or stock data (it doesn\u2019t have that goal).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The FinanceDatabase doesn\u2019t hold all possible assets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is maintained by an open-source community so some information might be 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class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Product<\/th><th>Quantity<\/th><th>Sectors<\/th><th>Industries<\/th><th>Countries<\/th><th>Exchanges<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Equities<\/td><td>155.705<\/td><td>16<\/td><td>242<\/td><td>111<\/td><td>82<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ETFs<\/td><td>36.727<\/td><td>364*<\/td><td>94*<\/td><td>100**<\/td><td>52<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Funds<\/td><td>57.816<\/td><td>1678*<\/td><td>438*<\/td><td>100**<\/td><td>34<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Product<\/th><th>Quantity<\/th><th>Category<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Currencies<\/td><td>2.590<\/td><td>174 Currencies<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cryptocurrencies<\/td><td>3.624<\/td><td>299 Cryptocurrencies<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Indices<\/td><td>86.353<\/td><td>49 Exchanges<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Money Markets<\/td><td>1.384<\/td><td>2 Exchanges<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-to-get-started-with-financedatabase\">How to get started with FinanceDatabase?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To get started with FinanceDatabase, you will need to install its Python library with the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"python\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">pip install financedatabase<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>In the following article sections, we will explore what the FinanceDatabase has to offer and how it can be used for conducting financial research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"python\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">import financedatabase as fd<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" 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data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">array(['Aerospace &amp; Defense', 'Air Freight &amp; Logistics', 'Airlines',\n       'Auto Components', 'Automobiles', 'Banks', 'Beverages', ...<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>We obtain all of the 55 industries in Singapore, feel free to experiment with other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, let\u2019s obtain all equities from a specific country such as the USA:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"python\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">equities_united_states = equities.select(country=\"United States\")\nequities_united_states.head()<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"263\" 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