CEF data included?

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#1

Do you include all exchange-traded equity products in the core datasets included in the subscription, such as CEFs (closed-end funds)?

  • end-of-day and 1-minute intraday prices for US stocks and ETFs, included with software license
  • number of shares available to short from Interactive Brokers
  • stock borrow fees for short sellers
  • securities subject to special margin requirements from Interactive Brokers
  • easy-to-borrow stocks from Alpaca
#2

The short answer is yes.

The US Stock dataset includes all exchange-traded products, including CEFs. These are the counts (active and delisted) in the "Mutual Fund" (i.e. ETF/ETP) category:

Mutual Fund            Closed-End Fund            862
                       ETP                       7677
                       Mutual Fund                  1
                       Open-End Fund                6

Interactive Brokers and Alpaca support CEFs, but CEFs will only be in the datasets you mention if the CEFs are shortable, have borrow fees, have special margin requirements, or are easy-to-borrow, respectively.

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