Binance data download
Binance (crypto market data)
Coverage
- ·Spot candles: every spot pair such as BTC/USDT and ETH/USDT
- ·USD-margined perpetuals: USDT-quoted perpetual candles
- ·Coin-margined perpetuals: coin-margined perpetual candles
- ·Funding rates: historical funding rates for USD-margined perpetuals (one entry every 8 hours)
- ·Multiple timeframes: 1m / 5m / 15m / 1h / 4h / 1d
Quick start
- 1Public market data (candles / funding rates) can be downloaded without an API key
- 2For a wider rate-limit quota: sign in to binance.com → "API Management" and create a read-only API key
- 3In the Quant Data Fetch client, under Data Sources → Binance, enter it in `API Key:Secret` format (separated by a colon) and click Test
- 4In "Subscribe Pairs", search for and add the contracts you want to track (subscribe per market and timeframe), then click "Update" on the dashboard
Usage limits
- ·Public endpoints allow roughly 1,200 weight/minute/IP globally — daily incremental syncs stay well under the threshold
- ·With an API key configured, rate limits are counted per account, giving you a wider quota
- ·A single candle request returns at most 1,000 bars; large backfills are paginated automatically by the client
- ·Funding rates exist only for USD-margined perpetuals; spot and coin-margined have no such concept
Caveats
- ⚠In some regions (including some mainland-China IDC IPs) Binance officially blocks access (HTTP 451); you need a reachable network or proxy of your own
- ⚠Crypto has no adjustment concept — candles are the true traded prices, and the client never applies any adjustment factor to them
- ⚠We recommend granting API keys read-only permission; the key/secret is encrypted and stored on your machine and never uploaded to a server
FAQ
Do I need an API key to download Binance data?⌄
No. Both candles and funding rates are public endpoints and can be downloaded without a key. The only benefit of a read-only API key is a wider rate-limit quota, which helps with high-frequency or bulk backfills.
Which contract types are supported?⌄
Spot candles, USD-margined perpetual candles, coin-margined perpetual candles, and historical funding rates for USD-margined perpetuals. Each supports the 1m/5m/15m/1h/4h/1d timeframes.
Why can't I connect to Binance / why do I get a 451?⌄
This is Binance blocking access by IP region and is unrelated to this tool. It is common on mainland-China data-center IPs. Switch to a network, proxy or VPS relay that can reach Binance normally.
How do I use Binance data offline?⌄
Just like other sources, downloaded candles are written to a local DuckDB database, so they are fully queryable / exportable / available through the local API offline, even with no network.
Using Binance in Quant Data Fetch
It uses a "user subscription" model: under Data Sources → Binance, subscribe to the pairs you care about by market (spot / USD-margined / coin-margined / funding rate) and timeframe. When an update is triggered, only the subscribed contracts are synced, avoiding pointless full-market pulls. Crypto trades 24/7, so the client never uses a stock-market calendar to misjudge missing data.