# Pre open market historical data

**URL:** https://tradingqna.com/t/pre-open-market-historical-data/20509
**Category:** General
**Created:** [September 16, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/pre-open-market-historical-data/20509 "2017-09-16T16:06:23Z")
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### Author: ![nithin](https://tradingqna.com/user_avatar/tradingqna.com/nithin/32/5_2.png) [@nithin](https://tradingqna.com/u/nithin)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2017, 7:53am UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/pre-open-market-historical-data/20509/2 "2017-09-17T07:53:31Z")

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> [@letstrade2earn](#):
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> I am at big confusion on searching PRE-OPEN MARKET HISTORICAL DATA from any server (preferably ZERODHA).
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> Can anyone help out to locate and download historical PRE-OPEN MARKET HISTORICAL DATA?
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> I need this data to do “backtesting” on pre-open market strategy?

In pre-open, the first 7 minutes orders are collected. Then they are matched for a min to get equilibrium price for the opening. Collecting this data isn’t really of any help, cause it is just random ticks. I can’t think of anyone who is collecting this.

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