[center][img=141839]d51500a7e3c0b122e42068e16f447b75f88617ec.png[/img][/center] Alpha Vantage is a Financial market data source available for traders to download historical market data (intraday and daly). With [product]8[/product] you can do in automatically and store it in local database for further use (strategy backtesting, market data analysing). Alpha Vantage has a free and premium options. In this article, will show you how to download historical market data from Alpha Vantage data sources via S#.Data using a free API connector and free market data option from Alpha Vantage. [center][youtube]https://youtu.be/SS3BxALupJM[/youtube][/center] 💥How can you download market data via S#.Data? This article has answers for you.💥 👉 Open up your S#.Data Application. 👉 Visit our instruction if you doesn\u0027t have [b][product]8[/product][/b] application. 👉 [b][url=https://stocksharp.com/articles/12374]How I can get S#.Data[/url][/b] [img=141836]Alpha 05.png[/img] 👉 The first page you found will be all possible supported [b]sources[/b]. 👉 Or click [b]Add Sources[/b] with the plus sign on your top left hand side. 👉 Find [b]AlphaVantage[/b] from the list. 👉 Select [b]Connection to AlphaVantage[/b]. 👉 And Click [b]OK[/b]. [img=141825]Alpha 01.png[/img] 👉 Navigate to the [b][url=https://www.alphavantage.co/]AlphaVantage[/url][/b] website. 👉 Click on the [b]GET YOUR FREE API KEY TODAY[/b] tab. [img=141822]Alpha 03.png[/img] 👉 Register to receive an API key and Click on the [b]GET FREE API KEY[/b] tab. 👉 After that you will receive your [b]API key code[/b], Copy it. [img=141828]Alpha 06.png[/img] 👉 Back to the [b]S#.Data(Hydra)[/b] application and paste the API Key in the [b]Token box[/b] on the top right hand side of the screen. 👉 After that Click [b]Add Securities[/b], which is a plus sign on the bottom row toolbar. [img=141829]Alpha 07.png[/img] 👉 Click on the Download Securities tab. [img=141834]Alpha 08.png[/img] 👉 Put [b]Instruments code[/b] search for AlphaVantage. You can use common codes such as AAPL for Apple Instrument. 👉 And click [b]OK[/b]. [img=141833]Alpha 09.png[/img] 👉 Double click on the Instruments tab on the left to move it to the right and click [b]OK[/b]. [img=141830]Alpha 10.png[/img] 👉 Select the [b]Time Frame candle[/b] and click [b]OK[/b]. [img=141832]Alpha 11.png[/img] 👉 Press to select a [b]Date[/b]. where you want to start with Market Data information. 👉 Press [b]start[/b] at the top left hand corner of the screen to begin downloading Market Data information from AlphaVantage. [img=141831]Alpha 12.png[/img] 👉 Once the data has finished downloading, press [b]Stop[/b]. 👉 Right-click on the top bar and select [b]View downloaded[/b]. [img=141835]Alpha 13.png[/img] 👉 Click [b]View Market Data information[/b] or [b]Click View Chart candle[/b]. [img=141826]Alpha 14.png[/img] 👉 Now everything is done. ⚡️That\u0027s it, you can now download the market data of the stocks you want via [b]S#.Data[/b] to be stored for use in your back testing. We also have many other interesting articles that you can find on the [color=blue]StockSharp[/color] website and on our many other social media sites. And we are also the leading provider of services and products for algorithm trading.