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ask

Best ask from the consolidated NBBO at the most recent snapshot tick.

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At a glance

Typenumeric
GroupPrice
CategoryTrades & quotes
UnitUSD
Update cadence1 min · mkt hrs
Universeall tickers
Historyintraday state only — as-of by timestamp at interval=1h
Nullableyes — NULL where not applicable

Last trade and the current quote: price, bid/ask, and depth.

Query it

Every applicable form factor, grouped by endpoint family. Swap YOUR_KEY for the value from /dashboard/keys. Response payloads are real captures, sampled 2026-08-18 and trimmed — your run's values and dates will differ.

Use signals /v2/signals/{signal}

One signal across the market: who matches now, who matched then, and a push when someone starts. Docs →

Live — every ticker with ask above a cutoff
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/ask" \
  --data-urlencode "condition=> 611.09" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:22:43.682Z",
 "signal": "ask",
 "condition": "> 611.09",
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "BRK.A",
   "name": "Berkshire Hathaway Inc.",
   "value": 749215.05
  },
  {
   "ticker": "DJCO",
   "name": "Daily Journal Corp",
   "value": 214748.36
  }
 ]
}
Subscribe — webhook when a ticker starts matching
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/ask/subscribe" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"condition": "> 611.09", "target_url": "https://example.com/hooks/tickerbot"}'

Returns 201 with the created webhook — the same shape as GET /v2/webhooks/{id}, plus a one-time signing_secret for HMAC verification.

Use scan /v2/scan

The whole market through a WHERE clause — this signal composed freely with any other column. Docs →

Live — the whole market, ranked by this column
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  --data-urlencode "q=ask IS NOT NULL" \
  -d "order=ask" -d "columns=ask" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:22:44.060Z",
 "query": {
  "q": "ask IS NOT NULL",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "ask",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [
   "ask"
  ],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "BRK.A",
   "name": "Berkshire Hathaway Inc.",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 747658.72,
   "day_change_pct": -0.0105,
   "gap_pct": 0,
   "relative_volume": null,
   "market_cap": 1078304184071,
   "ask": 749215.05
  },
  {
   "ticker": "DJCO",
   "name": "Daily Journal Corp",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 604.705,
   "day_change_pct": 0.0023,
   "gap_pct": -0.0055,
   "relative_volume": null,
   "market_cap": 831359780,
   "ask": 214748.36
  }
 ]
}
As-of — a past intraday moment (hourly state)
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  --data-urlencode "q=ask IS NOT NULL" \
  -d "order=ask" -d "columns=ask" \
  -d "asof=2026-05-20T17:45:00Z" -d "interval=1h" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-05-20T17:45:00Z",
 "query": {
  "q": "ask IS NOT NULL",
  "asof": "2026-05-20T17:45:00Z",
  "interval": "1h",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "ask",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [
   "ask"
  ],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "USBpA",
   "name": "U.S. Bancorp Depositary Shares (each representing a 1/100th interest in a share of Series A Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock)",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "PFD",
   "price": 775.94,
   "day_change_pct": -0.0017,
   "gap_pct": -0.001,
   "relative_volume": 0.082,
   "market_cap": null,
   "ask": 783.4
  },
  {
   "ticker": "WSO.B",
   "name": "Watsco, Inc. Class B",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 404.565,
   "day_change_pct": null,
   "gap_pct": null,
   "relative_volume": null,
   "market_cap": null,
   "ask": 401.08
  }
 ]
}
Subscribe — webhook on a market-wide condition
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan/subscribe" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"q": "ask > 611.09", "target_url": "https://example.com/hooks/tickerbot"}'

Returns 201 with the created webhook object; deliveries carry the tickers matching the condition at each evaluation.

Same grammar on scan and webhooks. This column lives in intraday state: ?asof= reads carry it at interval=1h with a timestamp, not at daily resolution.

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