Data Licensing
Terms governing market data accessed via the Partner API — permitted vs. restricted use, exchange attribution requirements, the data-accuracy disclaimer, intellectual-property terms, and how to arrange bulk historical or research data licensing.
Market data accessed via the Partner API is sourced from licensed exchange feeds and MyStocks Africa's own research. Your use of that data is governed by your Partner Agreement and the terms below.
Permitted use
- Display stock prices, quotes, and market data to your end-users within your application.
- Cache price data for up to 24 hours to reduce API calls.
- Display company profiles, logos, and descriptions as returned by the API.
- Run portfolio analytics and performance calculations using your sub-accounts' data.
- Use market intelligence articles as editorial content in your product.
- Build derived data products (e.g. portfolio value, gain/loss) for your users.
Restricted use
- Reselling or redistributing raw exchange data (prices, OHLCV, ticks) to third parties.
- Creating a data feed, data product, or market-data service using MyStocks data.
- Sublicensing API access — all end-users must flow through MyStocks sub-accounts.
- Bulk-exporting the full instrument catalogue beyond normal application use.
- Using data to train machine-learning models for resale without a separate data agreement.
- Displaying data in a way that removes or obscures required exchange attribution.
Attribution requirements
When displaying market data to end-users, include the following attribution in a reasonably visible location in your UI:
Market data provided by MyStocks Africa
Some exchanges (NSE, JSE) require their own attribution on data derived from their feeds. MyStocks will notify you if a specific exchange imposes additional requirements.
Data accuracy & disclaimer.
- Production API prices are real-time or near-real-time as received from exchange partners. Latency is typically under 60 seconds during trading hours.
- Sandbox prices are static test values and do not reflect any live market.
- MyStocks Africa makes no warranty of accuracy, completeness, or fitness for any particular purpose.
- Partners are solely responsible for compliance with applicable securities laws in their jurisdictions.
- Market data must not be used as the sole basis for investment advice to end-users without appropriate regulatory authorisation.
Intellectual property
Editorial content — company descriptions, market intelligence articles, sector summaries, and data enrichments — is the intellectual property of MyStocks Africa Limited. Exchange price data is subject to each exchange's own data-license terms, which are incorporated into your Partner Agreement by reference.
Bulk data & research licensing. For bulk historical data exports, academic research, index construction, or commercial data partnerships, contact data@mystocks.africa. A separate data-license agreement is required.