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Jul 2, 2025 1:57 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to Pick Great Investment Ideas Using Financial Modeling Prep APIs
Investing in the stock market can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. With thousands of companies to choose from, how do you find the ones worth your money? The good news is that tools like the Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) API make it easier to dig through financial data and spot promis...
Jun 20, 2025 12:40 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to Gain Investment Insights from Form 13F Using FMP’s Filings Extract API
Investors are always looking for ways to make smarter decisions. One powerful tool for this is the SEC’s Form 13F, a quarterly report filed by institutional investment managers with over $100 million in assets. By combining this form with the Filings Extract API from Financial Modeling Prep (FMP), y...
Jun 5, 2025 8:15 AM - Samuel Abdelshahid
How to Use Technical Indicators That Work During Tariff Wars
US President Donald Trump's tariffs in his second administration are far more aggressive than those in his first term in office between 2016 and 2020. I compared Trump's tariffs then and now and concluded that forex traders cannot ignore factoring tariff wars into their trading strategy. This guide ...
Jun 3, 2025 6:34 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to Use EMA, Google Sheets, and FMP’s Technical Indicators to Forecast the Strength of the Trend
If you’re looking to understand where a stock price might be headed, the Exponential Moving Average (EMA) is a handy tool. It’s a line on a chart that smooths out price changes to help you spot trends and gauge how strong they are. By focusing on daily close prices and daily EMA data, you can get a ...
May 26, 2025 5:01 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to use FMP economic calendar with Google Sheets and why it’s important for traders.
Why the Economic Calendar is Important for Stock Traders An economic calendar is a critical tool for stock traders because it provides a schedule of key economic events, data releases, and policy announcements that can significantly influence financial markets. These events often drive market vol...
May 23, 2025 2:48 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to Create Your Own Stock Analysis Chrome Extension
Want to build a cool Chrome extension that pulls stock market data like news, financial estimates, and price targets? This guide will walk you through creating the same stock analysis extension I made, step by step. It’s beginner-friendly, uses simple code, and connects to the FinancialModelingPrep ...
May 21, 2025 2:42 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to forecast stock prices using FMP news, stock price targets and financial statements estimates.
Today I want to show you one simple way of forecasting stock prices using Financial Modeling Prep’s news, stock price targets and financial statements estimates and one cool Chrome extension. But before we start, it’s worth mentioning that no one can accurately forecast the stock price, as there are...
May 13, 2025 6:07 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to Fetch Financial News Using the FMP Articles API on Wix: A Step-by-Step Guide
If you’re looking to add financial news to your Wix website, the Financial Modeling Prep Articles API is a great choice. It provides access to stock market news and updates that can keep your visitors informed. In this guide, I’ll walk you through how to connect the FMP Articles API to your Wix site...
May 6, 2025 3:38 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
Financial Estimates API: How traders can use those estimates to analyze shares. Examples provided.
The Financial Estimates API is a valuable tool that provides traders with forward-looking data on a company's financial performance. It offers analyst forecasts on key metrics such as: Revenue (Low, High, and Average) EBITDA and EBIT Net Income Earnings Per Share (EPS) Number of Analysts cont...
Apr 29, 2025 12:04 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How Investors and Traders Can Use the Historical Ratings API to Analyze Stocks
If you're an investor or trader looking to find fundamentally strong stocks, the Historical Ratings API can be a powerful tool. This API helps you understand how a company’s financial health has changed over time — which is key when making long-term investment decisions. What is the Historical Ra...
Mar 19, 2025 1:34 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to Use the FMP Ratings Snapshot API to Find Great Stocks
Investing in stocks requires careful research and analysis. One of the most effective ways to evaluate a company’s financial health is by using key financial metrics. The FMP Ratings Snapshot API provides a quick and easy way to analyze companies based on critical financial scores, helping investors...
Mar 14, 2025 1:15 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How Investors Can Benefit from the Senate Trading Activity API
The Senate Trading Activity API endpoint provides real-time access to stock transactions made by U.S. senators. This is a valuable resource for investors looking to gain insights into how politicians are investing their money. Lawmakers often have access to high-level economic and regulatory informa...
Mar 11, 2025 12:47 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How Investors Can Use Institutional Ownership Filings to Make Better Investment Decisions
When it comes to investing, one valuable strategy is to track the movements of institutional investors. Institutional investors, such as hedge funds, mutual funds, and pension funds, are often thought to have more resources, knowledge, and experience than individual investors. The Institutional Owne...
Jan 7, 2025 5:00 AM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
Understanding ESG and How to Use It in Your Trade Ideas
In today’s market, sustainable investing is more than just a buzzword—it’s a way for investors to align their portfolios with companies that demonstrate responsible practices. That’s where an ESG score comes in. ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance—three key areas that capture a comp...
Dec 15, 2024 12:21 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to Start Analyzing Stocks for Smarter Investments
If you are new to the world of investing, understanding how to analyze a stock can feel overwhelming. However, by breaking it down into a few simple steps, you can start to get a better sense of whether a company is worth your money. Let’s look at a few key factors—EPS, social sentiment, and analyst...
Dec 11, 2024 11:38 AM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to Choose Top Stocks for 2025 Using Financial Modeling Prep’s APIs
When it comes to investing in the stock market, many people wonder how to find the top stocks for the future. While no one can predict the future with perfect accuracy, there are ways to gather helpful information that can guide our decisions. One great tool is the Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) API,...
Dec 6, 2024 9:34 AM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to find great undervalued stocks with amazing growth potential using Google Sheets and Financial Modeling Prep endpoints.
Stock selection is a very important process, as correct stock selection together with the right asset allocation can bring you positive return over the longer term. In this article let's focus on stock selection and how to choose great stocks with amazing growth potential. A lot of investment ana...
Nov 26, 2024 10:33 AM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to monitor your stocks' target prices change and undertake appropriate actions depending on the stock's fair value change.
Stock target price represents a valuable indication of companies' fair value based on companies' financials and peer comparisons. If you know the stock target price, you can understand analyst and traders' sentiment towards this stock and undertake appropriate actions depending on the stock target p...
Nov 25, 2024 7:57 AM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to analyze stocks quickly using the Stock Price Change API and how this API endpoint can help you in your trading
If you're interested in how stocks are doing over different time periods, the Stock Price Change API from Financial Modeling Prep can be a handy tool. Here’s how you can use it and what kind of analysis you can do with the data it provides. What is the Stock Price Change API? The Stock Price C...
Oct 21, 2024 4:03 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to Track Cryptocurrency Prices Using Financial Modeling Prep's API and JavaScript
Are you interested in tracking cryptocurrency prices and building your own simple app, but have no coding experience? Don't worry! This guide will walk you through how traders and analysts can use Financial Modeling Prep's Full Crypto Quote API to build a simple app that tracks prices using JavaScri...
