# How to stream 5 minutes data on Alpaca

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/how-to-stream-5-minutes-data-on-alpaca/11095>\
**Category:** Alpaca Market Data\
**Created:** [November 17, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/how-to-stream-5-minutes-data-on-alpaca/11095 "2022-11-17T13:59:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![tamirg7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@tamirg7](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/tamirg7)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/how-to-stream-5-minutes-data-on-alpaca/11095/1 "2022-11-17T13:59:53Z")

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Hey, i am looking for a way to stream 5 minutes candle data  
I only found a way to stream 1 min data on the documation  
Is there a way to stream 2 or 5 min candle data?  
my stock list is very big about 2000 , I want to use streaming not historical data  
I couldn’t find any tutrial or documation on how to do so

> **[Real-time Data](https://alpaca.markets/docs/api-references/market-data-api/stock-pricing-data/realtime/)**
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> Real-time Stock Pricing Data # Alpaca Data API v2 provides websocket streaming for trades, quotes and minute bars. This helps receive the most up to date market information that could help your trading strategy to act upon certain market...

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**Author:** ![Mike\_Lavoo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/mike_lavoo/32/4887_2.png) [@Mike\_Lavoo](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Mike_Lavoo)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/how-to-stream-5-minutes-data-on-alpaca/11095/2 "2022-12-14T01:13:06Z")

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Did you ever figure this out? I’ve been trying to figure this out for about a month now myself. From what I’ve gathered after tearing my hair out trying to learn how to use market data. Companies would rather you ask thousands of requests than give people straight forward organized data.