diff --git a/src/data/v2/historical_data.rs b/src/data/v2/historical_data.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 91ffc6aa..00000000
--- a/src/data/v2/historical_data.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-use serde::Deserialize;
-use serde_json::from_slice as from_json;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-
-/// A struct that represents the response from the API and can retreive generic 'items'
-pub trait HistoricalDataResponse<D> {
-  /// should return the top-level generic 'item' from the response
-  fn items<'de>(&self) -> &HashMap<String, D>
-  where
-    D: Deserialize<'de>;
-}
-
-/// Trait to implement parsing various historical data for multiple symbols
-pub trait HistoricalData<'a> {
-  /// A struct that represents the response from the API and can retreive generic 'items'
-  type Response: HistoricalDataResponse<Self::Point>;
-  /// An individual data item from the response
-  type Point: Deserialize<'a>;
-
-  /// return an instance of our data from a response datapoint
-  fn from_point(symbol: &str, point: &Self::Point) -> Self;
-
-  /// Parse historical data from a response
-  fn parse<'de>(body: &'de [u8]) -> Result<Vec<Self>, serde_json::Error>
-  where
-    Self: Sized,
-    <Self as HistoricalData<'a>>::Response: Deserialize<'de>,
-  {
-    from_json::<Self::Response>(body).map(|response| {
-      response
-        .items()
-        .into_iter()
-        .map(|(sym, point)| Self::from_point(&sym, point))
-        .collect()
-    })
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/data/v2/last_quote.rs b/src/data/v2/last_quote.rs
index 1500ba4d..d3d62451 100644
--- a/src/data/v2/last_quote.rs
+++ b/src/data/v2/last_quote.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use serde_json::from_slice as from_json;
 use serde_urlencoded::to_string as to_query;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
-use crate::data::v2::historical_data::{HistoricalData, HistoricalDataResponse};
 use crate::data::v2::Feed;
 use crate::data::DATA_BASE_URL;
 use crate::Str;
@@ -60,12 +59,9 @@ pub struct Quote {
   pub symbol: String,
 }
 
-impl<'a> HistoricalData<'a> for Quote {
-  type Response = LatestQuoteResponse;
-  type Point = QuoteDataPoint;
-
-  fn from_point(symbol: &str, point: &Self::Point) -> Self {
-    Quote {
+impl Quote {
+  fn from(symbol: &str, point: QuoteDataPoint) -> Self {
+    Self {
       time: point.t,
       ask_price: point.ap.clone(),
       ask_size: point.r#as,
@@ -74,6 +70,16 @@ impl<'a> HistoricalData<'a> for Quote {
       symbol: symbol.to_string(),
     }
   }
+
+  fn parse(body: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<Quote>, serde_json::Error> {
+    from_json::<LastQuoteResponse>(body).map(|response| {
+      response
+        .quotes
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|(sym, point)| Quote::from(&sym, point))
+        .collect()
+    })
+  }
 }
 
 /// fields for individual data points in the response JSON
@@ -88,19 +94,10 @@ pub struct QuoteDataPoint {
 
 /// A representation of the JSON data in the response
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
-pub struct LatestQuoteResponse {
+pub struct LastQuoteResponse {
   quotes: HashMap<String, QuoteDataPoint>,
 }
 
-impl HistoricalDataResponse<QuoteDataPoint> for LatestQuoteResponse {
-  fn items<'de>(&self) -> &HashMap<String, QuoteDataPoint>
-  where
-    Self: 'de,
-  {
-    &self.quotes
-  }
-}
-
 EndpointNoParse! {
   /// The representation of a GET request to the
   /// /v2/stocks/quotes/latest endpoint.
diff --git a/src/data/v2/last_trade.rs b/src/data/v2/last_trade.rs
index 1da47ca6..2c2914da 100644
--- a/src/data/v2/last_trade.rs
+++ b/src/data/v2/last_trade.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use serde_json::from_slice as from_json;
 use serde_urlencoded::to_string as to_query;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
-use crate::data::v2::historical_data::{HistoricalData, HistoricalDataResponse};
 use crate::data::v2::Feed;
 use crate::data::DATA_BASE_URL;
 use crate::Str;
@@ -56,43 +55,41 @@ pub struct Trade {
   pub symbol: String,
 }
 
-impl<'a> HistoricalData<'a> for Trade {
-  type Response = LastTradeResponse;
-  type Point = TradeDataPoint;
-
-  fn from_point(symbol: &str, point: &Self::Point) -> Self {
-    Trade {
+impl Trade {
+  fn from(symbol: &str, point: TradeDataPoint) -> Self {
+    Self {
       time: point.t,
-      price: point.p.clone(),
+      price: point.p,
       size: point.s,
       symbol: symbol.to_string(),
     }
   }
+
+  fn parse(body: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<Trade>, serde_json::Error> {
+    from_json::<LastTradeResponse>(body).map(|response| {
+      response
+        .trades
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|(sym, point)| Trade::from(&sym, point))
+        .collect()
+    })
+  }
 }
 
 /// fields for individual data points in the response JSON
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize)]
-pub struct TradeDataPoint {
+struct TradeDataPoint {
   t: DateTime<Utc>,
   p: Num,
   s: u64,
 }
 
 /// A representation of the JSON data in the response
-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
-pub struct LastTradeResponse {
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct LastTradeResponse {
   trades: HashMap<String, TradeDataPoint>,
 }
 
-impl HistoricalDataResponse<TradeDataPoint> for LastTradeResponse {
-  fn items<'de>(&self) -> &HashMap<String, TradeDataPoint>
-  where
-    Self: 'de,
-  {
-    &self.trades
-  }
-}
-
 EndpointNoParse! {
   /// The representation of a GET request to the
   /// /v2/stocks/trades/latest endpoint.
diff --git a/src/data/v2/mod.rs b/src/data/v2/mod.rs
index c62591b4..afc1a457 100644
--- a/src/data/v2/mod.rs
+++ b/src/data/v2/mod.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,4 @@ pub mod quotes;
 /// Definitions for real-time streaming of market data.
 pub mod stream;
 
-/// Trait for deserializing various historical data multi endpoints
-pub mod historical_data;
-
 pub use feed::Feed;