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Hi, I’m Rachel, the CEO of Intrinio. At Intrinio, we have been hard at work building the “Stripe” of financial data. In this article, I’m going to explain what that means, why it’s important, and list some other companies that are also becoming the “Stripes” of their own categories.

My name is Rachel Carpenter, the Founder and CEO of Intrinio. Some of you may have heard my story before, but for those who haven’t, I taught myself how to program and built an investment research app.

Javascript is a popular language for developers that are working on fintech and investment applications. It’s one of the core programming languages behind most websites and web-apps that you use every day. 

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2022 has not been a good year for tech. Apple, the best performer of the FAANG stocks, is down 16%. Meta tanked 66%, Nasdaq fell 30%, ARKK lost 61%, and Bitcoin is down 70% since its high last November.

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Trading options has become an increasingly popular investment strategy among retail and professional traders over the past few years. In this article, we will cover the best options trading strategies, platforms, and data providers.

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Choosing the right tech stack is critical for investors and fintech app developers, and Python has been increasing in popularity for a decade - for good reason. It’s simple syntax means quicker deployment and less code, and the open source libraries are a lifesaver. Plus - it’s the language of choice for most quants and financial institutions.

If you’re reading this, you’re likely part of the explosive trend that has been dubbed fintech. Thanks to the internet - information, data, and education are now at the fingertips of the masses. This means that everyone - if they want to - can become an investor. Naturally, this has created a significant need for apps, tools, websites, and software to help investors (both retail and professional) learn to invest, execute trades, or get more alpha.

15-minute delayed options is a real-time feed of calls, puts, and trades from an options exchange like OPERA that has been delayed 15 minutes from the time the data was created. When you receive 15-minute delayed options, you are looking at data that was created a minimum of 15 minutes ago.

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Stock fundamental data is a critical component of most investment strategies. Investors of all kinds leverage this type of data to gain an understanding of the underlying operations, strength, and performance of a business. It’s a “fundamental” (pun intended) part of analyzing the value of a stock. Sometimes this data is used in it’s raw format to analyze within software like Excel, and in other cases developers integrate the data via API to display it inside of websites and software.

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The newest addition to Intrinio’s product offering is the US Stock Prices API. This is our most requested data type so we are very excited to tell you about this data feed. We designed it specifically for fintech businesses that need to display stock prices in their web applications, terminals solutions, and research platforms. It is designed to save businesses money on exchange fees while also providing the US stock price data businesses need to satisfy their users.