Need for ISIN in "instruments" list API call as ticker/symbol names subject to change.

ketanshah · June 10

Greetings,

I am hoping zerodha could consider adding isin to the instruments list.

Reasons

1. Ticker symbols can change due to corporate actions (e.g., mergers, rebranding).
2. ISIN is Permanent
3. Standardized Across Exchanges
4. Easier to map external data (e.g. financials for backtesting)

Sravanthi_bh · June 10

You may check out similar discussion here.

ketanshah · June 15

Thanks @Sravanthi_bh

It's seems that zerodha has acknowledged this for a long time but haven't yet integrated it

This is a basic building block for any quant based system. I am a bit surprised it's not yet implemented

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