akshare

AKShare financial data aggregator (18k+ stars). Free, no API key. Covers A-shares, US, HK, futures, macro, forex. Primary fallback for tushare and yfinance.

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Overview

AKShare is a completely free, open-source Python financial data library. No registration or API key required. It aggregates data from public sources (Sina, East Money, etc.) covering Chinese and global markets.

GitHub: https://github.com/akfamily/akshare (18k+ stars)
Install: pip install akshare

Quick Start

import akshare as ak

# A-share daily OHLCV (前复权)
df = ak.stock_zh_a_hist(symbol="000001", period="daily",
                         start_date="20240101", end_date="20260101", adjust="qfq")

# US stock daily
df = ak.stock_us_hist(symbol="105.AAPL", period="daily",
                       start_date="20240101", end_date="20260101", adjust="qfq")

# HK stock daily
df = ak.stock_hk_hist(symbol="00700", period="daily",
                       start_date="20240101", end_date="20260101", adjust="qfq")

Top 10 High-Frequency Interfaces

A-shares

Function	Description	Key Params
`stock_zh_a_hist()`	A-share OHLCV	symbol, period, start_date, end_date, adjust
`stock_zh_a_spot_em()`	Real-time A-share quotes	(none)
`stock_individual_info_em()`	Stock basic info	symbol
`stock_zh_a_hist_min_em()`	Intraday bars	symbol, period(1/5/15/30/60)

US / HK

Function	Description	Key Params
`stock_us_hist()`	US stock OHLCV	symbol (e.g. "105.AAPL"), period, start_date, end_date
`stock_hk_hist()`	HK stock OHLCV	symbol (e.g. "00700"), period, start_date, end_date

Macro / Forex / Futures

Function	Description
`macro_china_gdp()`	China GDP data
`macro_china_cpi()`	China CPI data
`futures_main_sina()`	Futures main contract quotes
`currency_boc_sina()`	BOC forex rates

Column Names

AKShare returns Chinese column names by default:

Chinese	English	Description
日期	date	Trade date
开盘	open	Open price
最高	high	High price
最低	low	Low price
收盘	close	Close price
成交量	volume	Volume
成交额	amount	Turnover
涨跌幅	pct_change	% change
换手率	turnover_rate	Turnover rate

Date Format

Input: YYYYMMDD string (e.g. "20240101")
Output: 日期 column as string, convert with pd.to_datetime()

Symbol Format

A-shares: pure digits "000001" (no .SZ suffix)
US stocks: "105.AAPL" (NASDAQ prefix 105), "106.BABA" (NYSE prefix 106)
HK stocks: "00700" (5-digit zero-padded)

Built-in Loader

The project has a built-in AKShare DataLoader at backtest/loaders/akshare_loader.py. When backtesting, the runner automatically falls back to AKShare when tushare/yfinance are unavailable.

Reference Docs

For less common interfaces, see the references/ subdirectory or the official docs at https://akshare.akfamily.xyz/

Repository: HKUDS/Vibe-Trading
Path: agent/src/skills/akshare/SKILL.md
Commit: 8643fcd

Last updated: 2 days ago
First committed: 4 months ago

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