US Equities OTC Quote

US Equities OTC Quote
Production
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Data Class

Equity

Data Type

TAQ

Delivery Method

CSV, SQL

Vendor

algoseek

Region

US

Documentation

Open Link

OTC quotes data includes pricing and transaction information for securities traded outside traditional exchanges. OTC Quote History is a dataset provided by OTC Markets, and generated in OTC Markets Link Quotation System. The OTC Quote History File is an end-of-day file that compiles all quotes from the OTC Link Quotation System throughout the entire day. It is presented as a single CSV file for per trading day per symbol

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Dataset Info
Dataset Name ID
eq_otc_taq
Algoseek Dataset ID
US1025
Data Format
Market Data
Data Class
Equity
Data Type
TAQ
Time Granularity
Tick
Region
US
Universe
All stocks, ETFs/ETNs from US exchanges
Version
1.0
Update Frequency Options
End of day
Historical Info
Data Size
65.5 GB / year
Update Size
1.3 GB
Update Frequency
1 Day
Start Date
2023-09-01
End Date
Ongoing

SQL (ArdaDB)

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Delivery Info
Update Time
00:30 ET
Database Table
USEquityMarketData.OTCQuote
Database Schema
USEquityMarketData
Object Type
Table
Primary Date Column
TradeDate
Timestamp Column
EventDateTime
Internal ID Column
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Identifier Column
Ticker
Data Fields
Preview Data
# name data type description
1 TradeDate Date The trading day
2 EventDateTime TimeStamp Event timestamp (EST) with a nanosecond resolution (milliseconds before 2016)
3 QuoteUpdateType Integer This numeric field signifies the nature of the quote update.
4 Ticker String Symbol name
5 Name String Name of the security
6 BidType String This field indicates the nature of the quote.
7 BidPrice Decimal This field represents the price of the quote.
8 BidSize Integer This field represents the size of the quote
9 AskType String This field indicates the nature of the quote.
10 AskPrice Decimal This field represents the price of the quote.
11 AskSize Integer This field represents the size of the quote
12 UnsolicitedFlag String This field is related to specific securities, and not specific quotes
13 MMID String The Market Maker ID is a character field that contains a unique identifier assigned to the market participant who submitted a specific quote or order
14 Trader String This field holds the identifier of the individual trader who submitted a specific quote or order in the market
15 OpenCloseStatus Integer This field complements the QuoteUpdateType field. Value will be populated (not empty) when QuoteUpdateType is 5. A value of 0 indicated the quote is closed, 1 indicated the quote is open.
16 QuoteId Integer This field is the unique quote identification number.
17 InsideReason String This field complements the QuoteUpdateType field. Value will only be populated (not empty) when QuoteUpdateType is 6.

CSV (S3)

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Delivery Info
S3 Bucket Name
us-equity-otc-quotes-yyyy
Update Time
00:30 ET
S3 Bucket Path
yyyymmdd/s/sss.csv.gz
S3 Bucket Path Description
One csv.gz file per symbol per trading date where yyyy-mm-dd is year, month and day, s - a single letter in A-Z range, sss - symbol
S3 Start Year
2023
S3 End Year
N/A
S3 Bucket Size
329 GB / year
Data Fields
Preview Data
# name data type description
1 TradeDate Date The trading day
2 EventDateTime String Event timestamp (EST) with a nanosecond resolution (milliseconds before 2016)
3 QuoteUpdateType Integer This numeric field signifies the nature of the quote update.
4 Ticker String Symbol name
5 Name String Name of the security
6 BidType String This field indicates the nature of the quote.
7 BidPrice Decimal This field represents the price of the quote.
8 BidSize Integer This field represents the size of the quote
9 AskType String This field indicates the nature of the quote.
10 AskPrice Decimal This field represents the price of the quote.
11 AskSize Integer This field represents the size of the quote
12 UnsolicitedFlag String This field is related to specific securities, and not specific quotes
13 MMID String The Market Maker ID is a character field that contains a unique identifier assigned to the market participant who submitted a specific quote or order
14 Trader String This field holds the identifier of the individual trader who submitted a specific quote or order in the market
15 OpenCloseStatus Integer This field complements the QuoteUpdateType field. Value will be populated (not empty) when QuoteUpdateType is 5. A value of 0 indicated the quote is closed, 1 indicated the quote is open.
16 QuoteId Integer This field is the unique quote identification number.
17 InsideReason String This field complements the QuoteUpdateType field. Value will only be populated (not empty) when QuoteUpdateType is 6.