Query an ETF-only site. For example,
https://etfdb.com/etf/TSLA/#etf-ticker-profile has
But https://etfdb.com/etf/GUNR/#etf-ticker-profile has
This doesn't look too hard to determine ETF or not.
Knowing if a symbol is an ETF or a stock...
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Query an ETF-only site. For example,
https://etfdb.com/etf/TSLA/#etf-ticker-profile has
But https://etfdb.com/etf/GUNR/#etf-ticker-profile has
This doesn't look too hard to determine ETF or not.
Update: NxCore has deprecated ETF classifications, so that field is always is 0. Confirmed by their support.
Given that I would rather classify too many symbols as ETF rather than too few, if I can't find an API source, I will go with a combination of name rules (thanks @guru) and scraping as suggested by @ph1l.
Given that I would rather classify too many symbols as ETF rather than too few, if I can't find an API source, I will go with a combination of name rules (thanks @guru) and scraping as suggested by @ph1l.
This is easy. NASDAQ symbol lists have a field called "ETF" (Y/N). That's what I use. Scraping is so unnecessary for this.
It's been around for 10 years or more I believe. It's official NASDAQ.
I'll just add the links for memo:
Not NASDAQ listed: http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/dynamic/SymDir/otherlisted.txt
NASDAQ listed: http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/dynamic/SymDir/nasdaqlisted.txt
All traded on NASDAQ (Complete list of stocks and ETFs): http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/dynamic/SymDir/nasdaqtraded.txt
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