Web sockets vs Historical Data API

trader007

Hi All,

I have tried google a bit but didnt find answers. What is the difference between Web sockets & Historical Data API.

Can i backtest my strategy using historical api.

can i calculate moving avergaes, vols of intra day using web sockets?

sujith

Hi,
Kite ticker Websocket will only give you live data.
If you wish to do back test on historical data(OHLCV), you can subscribe for historical data API.

Historical data will give you candle data for 1min, 5min, 1hour, 1day etc.

Historical data is an add on subscription.

trader007

Thanks for your reply. Is there any documentation on how can I backtest using historical api?

If I don't want to backtest I don't need historic api right? (I mean web sockets can be used to calculate all measures like volatility, etc for that trading day)

sujith

Hi,
Checkout https://kite.trade/docs/connect/v1/#publisher-js-plugin

We also have different KiteConnect clients checkout https://github.com/rainmattertech

trader007

sorry to say but i dont think you got my question.

I am asking how to back test using candles api. Its not relevant to js plugin right?

also i use only python

AnkitDoshi

Historical Data is available in OHLC format. You can use Pandas library over it to do backtesting

trader007

I'm not really clear.. Any help with sample code or documentation

sujith

Checkout documentation here https://kite.trade//docs/connect/v1/ and examples here https://github.com/rainmattertech/javakiteconnect/blob/master/sample/src/Examples.java

trader007

thats for java, can you please give python examples

sujith

Hi,
You can checkout python documentation here https://kite.trade//docs/pykiteconnect/