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For fintech builders

Options Data API for Fintech Products & Dashboards

Embed licensed U.S. options market data in customer-facing products. live flow monitors, chain explorers, and internal analytics. without operating your own OPRA stack.

For fintech product and platform teams that need a developer-oriented options data API with predictable JSON, multi-language clients, and one key across streaming and REST. It is an API, not a white-label trading UI.

Build options features without owning market-data ops

Authenticate once, pick the access pattern that fits the UI, and keep research, production, and support on the same vendor.

Issue a customer-safe API key

Portal-minted keys map to your Stripe customer with active/trialing entitlement. suitable for server-side backends that power end-user features.

Ship live widgets over WebSocket

Power flow tickers and alert inboxes with filtered prints (~10M trades/day capacity on the feed) and ~50ms API responses in the US.

Render chains over REST

One POST returns strikes, expirations, bid/ask, OI, volume, IV, and Greeks for the latest session or a historical day.

Support power users with SQL

Offer advanced export/analytics paths via historical ClickHouse SQL without standing up your own warehouse of option prints.

Fintech-friendly platform details

  • Single Pro plan covers real-time, historical SQL, and option chain
  • List price $599/month; trial users request a promotion code and enter it on Billing before the trial ends for 50% off the first year
  • 14-day free trial and 30-day money-back guarantee
  • Clean JSON across WebSocket and REST for app backends
  • OPRA-licensed feed with 99.9% uptime (30-day) target signal
  • Docs and examples for Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Go, cURL
Example: one key across product surfaces
// One API key → three product surfaces
const KEY = process.env.OPTIONDATA_API_KEY;

// 1) Live flow for customer dashboards
const ws = new WebSocket(`wss://ws.optiondata.io?token=${KEY}&symbols=SPY`);

// 2) Chain snapshot for a symbol detail page
await fetch('https://www.optiondata.io/api/option-chain', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${KEY}`, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({ symbol: 'SPY' }),
});

// 3) SQL for internal analytics
await fetch('https://www.optiondata.io/api/historical/sql', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${KEY}`, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({ sql: 'SELECT count() FROM RawOptionTrades WHERE date = today()' }),
});

APIs fintech teams wire first

Start with flow and chains for UX; add SQL when power users need research depth.

Options data API for fintech. FAQ

Can I embed OptionData in a commercial fintech product?

Yes, subject to your subscription and OPRA/redistribution terms. The APIs are designed for application backends: WebSocket streaming, REST chains, and SQL analytics behind your own UX.

Do I need separate keys for real-time and historical?

No. One API key authenticates real-time WebSocket, historical SQL, option-chain REST, and Market Structure for the entitled customer.

What is the pricing model?

A single Pro plan includes all four APIs at $599/month list price. Trial users can get 50% off the first year by requesting a promotion code from Sales or Support, then entering it on Billing before the trial ends. The code applies to the existing subscription. Trial is 14 days; contact sales for enterprise needs.

How reliable is the service?

OptionData publishes a 99.9% uptime (30-day) signal and typical ~50ms API response times in the US for HTTP surfaces, alongside the live WebSocket feed.