yfinance_get_price_history
Read-onlyIdempotent
Retrieve historical stock price data with configurable period and interval. Optionally generate candlestick, VWAP, or volume profile charts.
Instructions
Fetch historical price data and optionally generate technical analysis charts.
When chart_type is None, returns Markdown table with columns:
- Date: Trading date (index)
- Open: Opening price
- High: Highest price
- Low: Lowest price
- Close: Closing price
- Volume: Trading volume
- Dividends: Dividend payments (if any)
- Stock Splits: Split events (if any)
When chart_type is specified, returns a chart image:
- 'price_volume': Candlestick chart with volume bars
- 'vwap': Price with Volume Weighted Average Price overlay
- 'volume_profile': Volume distribution by price level
Set prepost=True to include pre-market and post-market data when available.
Note: Not all period/interval combinations are valid. Minute intervals (1m, 5m, etc.)
only work with short periods (1d, 5d).Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| symbol | Yes | Stock ticker symbol (e.g., 'AAPL', 'GOOGL', 'MSFT') | |
| period | No | Time range: '1d'/'5d' (days), '1mo'/'3mo'/'6mo' (months), '1y'/'2y'/'5y'/'10y' (years), 'ytd' (year-to-date), 'max' (all available data) | 1mo |
| interval | No | Data granularity: '1m'/'5m'/'15m'/'30m' (minutes), '1h' (hour), '1d'/'5d' (days), '1wk' (week), '1mo'/'3mo' (months). Short intervals require short periods (e.g., '1m' interval only works with '1d'/'5d' period) | 1d |
| chart_type | No | Optional visualization: 'price_volume' (candlestick chart with volume bars), 'vwap' (Volume Weighted Average Price overlay), 'volume_profile' (volume distribution by price level). Omit for tabular data | |
| prepost | No | Include pre-market and post-market data when available |
Output Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | Yes |