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Finam Historical Data Downloads and Time Range Limits

Article Quant Q&A · Author: Jack_T
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Summary

The document describes a problem downloading free historical intraday data from Finam.ru: the resulting text or CSV file contains an unintelligible message instead of market data. A reply identifies the message as an error indicating that the requested time span is too large, and recommends requesting a shorter interval. It also points to a Python package intended to help export Finam data.

This is a narrow data-access tip rather than a discussion of trading methods or analysis. The document provides no tested download workflow, explanation of Finam’s precise limits, or comparison with alternative data providers. Its practical guidance is limited to reducing the requested time range and consulting the named export tool; users would need to check whether the service and package still work for their instruments and dates.

Key ideas

  • Finam may return an error when a historical data request covers too long a time period.
  • Breaking a large request into smaller time intervals is suggested as a workaround.
  • A Python export package is mentioned, but the document does not demonstrate its use.

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# Downloading Historical Data from Finam.ru


# Downloading Historical Data from Finam.ru












I am looking for free historical intraday data (e.g., 30 mins, 1 hour) and I have came up to this website finam.ru, which is in Russian but it can be translated.

The link to download the data is here.

However, after the download is completed I get a txt file (or csv) with this strange message:

> ¬˚ Á‡ÔÓÒËÎË ‰‡ÌÌ˚ Á‡ ÒÎ˯ÍÓÏ ·Óθ¯ÓÈ ‚ÂÏÂÌÌÓÈ ÔÂËÓ‰.

Has anyone used this source before? Do you know how to actually download the data?

Alternatively, do you know any other source I could use?

Thanks in advance!

## Answer by Holi (score 1)

https://quant.stackexchange.com/a/59330

You need to specify smaller timesteps, otherwise this is just some error in Russian.

Use https://pypi.org/project/finam-export/

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