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6.15.26

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Neal O'Grady

Head of Marketing

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How to Build a Prediction-Market Watcher on the Elgon API

Build a read-only prediction-market watcher on the Elgon REST /predictions endpoint: poll simulated snapshots, flag probability moves, and log alerts. Elgon serves data only and cannot trade.

6.12.26

by

Neal O'Grady

Head of Marketing

Kalshi API: How to Access Prediction Market Data for Developers

Access Kalshi prediction-market data via API. Compare Kalshi's native API for real data with the Elgon REST /predictions sandbox (simulated) for prototyping. Python examples.

6.10.26

by

Neal O'Grady

Head of Marketing

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Prediction Markets API: How to Query Market Snapshots with Elgon

Query prediction-market snapshots (yes/no prices, volume, close dates) via the Elgon REST /predictions endpoint. Sandbox-simulated sample data, with Python and TypeScript examples.

6.9.26

by

Neal O'Grady

Head of Marketing

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Alpha Vantage API vs Twelve Data API: Which Should You Use in 2026?

Alpha Vantage API vs Twelve Data API compared: pricing, rate limits, data freshness, symbol coverage, and features. Plus when you need something more powerful.

6.5.26

by

Neal O'Grady

Head of Marketing

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The Best Market-Data APIs in 2026: A Developer's Comparison

Comparing the top market-data APIs for developers in 2026: Elgon, Polygon.io, Alpha Vantage, Twelve Data, and Finnhub. Pricing, speed, and coverage compared.

6.2.26

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Neal O'Grady

Head of Marketing

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Market-Data Developer Tools: The Essential Stack for Building Trading Apps in 2026

The complete market-data developer toolstack for 2026: market-data APIs, charting libraries, execution APIs, backtesting frameworks, streaming feeds, and more.

5.27.26

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Neal O'Grady

Head of Marketing

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How to Build a Market-Watching Bot on the Elgon API

Build a read-only market-watching bot with the Elgon REST API: poll live (delayed) quotes, compute a moving-average crossover, and log alerts. Elgon serves market data only — it cannot place trades.

5.21.26

by

Neal O'Grady

Head of Marketing

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The Complete Guide to Market Data APIs for Developers

Everything developers need to know about market-data APIs: raw exchange feeds, enriched REST endpoints, quotes, and how polling and WebSocket delivery methods compare.

4.17.26

by

Neal O'Grady

Head of Marketing

Elgon brings you verified issuer and instrument reference data.

Verified Securities Reference Data

Elgon now delivers verified issuer and instrument reference data. One query gives you accurate descriptions, logos, URLs, and socials.

3.18.26

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Neal O'Grady

Head of Marketing

Elgon Now Supports Metered, Usage-Based Billing for AI Agents

Software is rapidly changing from UI to API. Today, Elgon supports metered, usage-based billing so AI agents can pay for exactly the market data they request.

3.10.26

by

Neal O'Grady

Head of Marketing

Diagram of a market-data pipeline: raw venue feeds on the left flow through a normalization and enrichment engine, outputting structured cards for quotes, OHLCV bars, options chains, and volume on the right.

What Is a Market-Data Pipeline?

Market-data pipelines turn raw exchange and venue feeds into a clean, queryable API. Learn how they work, when to build vs buy, and how normalized market data powers trading apps.

3.3.26

by

Neal O'Grady

Head of Marketing

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New Listings and IPO Data: Tracking New Market Listings with the Elgon API

There's no single public feed for new stock listings and IPOs. This guide shows an honest approach with the Elgon REST API: search the instruments endpoint, diff against your own known set, and pull delayed quotes. No streaming.

6.19.26

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Architecture of a Trading‑Grade Market-Data Layer: How Elgon Streams Millions of Ticks per Second

Product teams building trading apps don’t want to build and run their own market-data infrastructure.