kibot

About Kibot

Kibot is a vendor of historical market data covering US stocks and ETFs, futures, and forex pairs, with depth ranging from daily stock bars since 1962 down to tick-by-tick records (since September 2009) that include bid and ask. The company sells data packages outright and offers an optional monthly update subscription on top, with delivery through a free desktop agent, an FTP server, an HTTP GET API, and direct browser-friendly download links. Customer support and contact run through the contact form.

Products and data coverage

The product line is organized around historical data packages that are bought once and optionally kept fresh through subscription Data updates. Daily stock data starts in 1962, minute-by-minute data in 1998, and tick-by-tick data (including bid and ask prices recorded at the moment of each transaction) in September 2009. For intraday data the earliest record is January 2, 1998 or the company's IPO date, whichever is later. Packages cover stocks, ETFs, forex pairs, and futures contracts including continuous-contract series, and many delisted companies are included alongside the active ones. The Buy page lists every instrument together with its start date and file size.

Daily data is bundled free with any tick or minute purchase: a 1-minute package automatically includes the daily equivalent, and a tick package includes both 1-minute and daily data for the same instruments. Free sample data (the most recent three months of one-minute bars for IBM and OIH, plus the most recent month of tick and aggregate bid/ask for IVE and WDC) is available from the Free samples page, along with a large amount of free daily US stock and ETF data that can be kept current with Kibot Agent.

Tools and delivery

Data is delivered through four channels, three of them Kibot's own tools. Kibot Agent is a free Windows GUI that downloads and updates data on a schedule, supports custom timezone offsets, and natively writes NinjaTrader formats. Kibot API is an HTTP GET API at api.kibot.com that powers Kibot Agent internally and is also offered directly to customers; a guest account exists for testing. The FTP server distributes compressed RAR archives of weekly and daily updates and is intended only for updates, not for first-time bulk delivery. Direct download links to the most recent file versions are also available from the My Account area for use with browsers, Python, wget, or any download manager. See Data updates for all four channels in detail.

Data philosophy

Kibot sources price and volume data from multiple exchanges and ECNs rather than from a single venue, and the recorded bid and ask prices represent the National Best Bid and Offer (NBBO), the same SEC-mandated construct that brokers must honor under Regulation NMS. This means a real-time feed from a customer's broker should match Kibot's data, since both are NBBO-consolidated rather than single-exchange. Tick records are not aggregated: every transaction is included in consecutive order, with the prevailing best bid and ask captured at the moment of the trade.

Some trades fall outside the best bid/ask spread because available liquidity at the first level is exhausted, because large block trades are reported by upstairs desks, because some liquidity pools are not public, or because marketable limit orders sweep multiple price levels. Kibot does not record bid and ask volume: most orders are cancelled, so volume on the cancellable side is an unreliable foundation for any trading strategy. Reference data on contract specifications, trading hours, expiration rules, and holiday calendars is compiled from official exchange sources, primarily CME Group divisions (CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX) and CBOE for VIX, and cross-referenced against Interactive Brokers, Charles Schwab, and NinjaTrader documentation. The source list is on the Data sources page.

Instrument and platform coverage

Kibot assembles ready-to-buy bundles around the S&P 500, NASDAQ 100, and Dow 30, which means the usual high-liquidity tickers (AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, XOM, INTC, CSCO, WMT) arrive in one purchase rather than having to be hand-picked. On the ETF side there are intraday quotes for more than a thousand funds, including SPY, QQQ (and QQQQ, its former symbol), DIA, IWM, leveraged pairs like SDS, SKF, FAZ, and FAS, sector funds such as USO and GLD, and the full SPDR, PowerShares, ProShares, and iShares families.

The files are designed to drop into any mainstream technical-analysis or backtesting stack. TradeStation, NinjaTrader, AmiBroker, Wealth-Lab, and MetaStock all accept Kibot exports after a light conversion; one-minute files can be rolled up to any higher interval a strategy needs (2, 3, 5, 10, 15, or 30 minutes) without loss of information. A single one-minute package therefore gives you every common chart-trading resolution, without paying per timeframe.

Delivery is oriented around self-service: the automated ordering system processes credit-card payments within seconds through FastSpring and unlocks downloads immediately, which makes Kibot usable for one-off research needs without a sales call. For ongoing work, keeping an on-disk archive current is handled through the update service backed by Kibot Agent, Kibot Updater, and the historical data API, all covered in Data updates and Kibot Agent.

Payments and support

Kibot does not run its own checkout. All ordering (single purchases and recurring subscriptions) is handled by FastSpring acting as Merchant of Record, which collects the payment, issues the invoice, applies any required VAT/GST/sales tax mandated by the buyer's jurisdiction, and manages subscription rebilling. Cancellations and card updates are self-served through the FastSpring portal linked in every receipt email. See FastSpring payment for details. Customer support is reached through the contact form. Send your first message through the form rather than from a personal mail client, which avoids spam-filter problems on the outbound side.

Key takeaways

  • Kibot sells historical market data for US stocks and ETFs, futures, and forex, with daily stock data since 1962, minute data since 1998, and tick history since September 2009 including NBBO bid/ask.
  • Daily data is included free with any minute or tick purchase for the same instruments.
  • Four delivery channels (Kibot Agent, Kibot API, FTP, and direct download links) all carry the same data.
  • Prices are NBBO-consolidated across multiple exchanges and ECNs, matching the construct brokers must honor under Regulation NMS.
  • Bid and ask volume is not recorded, because most orders are cancelled.
  • Reference data (contracts, trading hours, holidays) is compiled from CME Group, CBOE, and broker docs, and the source list is on the Data sources page.
  • Payments and subscription billing are handled end-to-end by FastSpring as Merchant of Record; Kibot's role is data delivery and support.