# bid

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

A numeric signal column on the Tickerbot computed state table (20,798+ ticker rows) — computed by the platform, queryable by bare name across the API. Values are NULL on rows the signal doesn't apply to.

- Group: Price
- Category: Trades & quotes
- Type: numeric
- Unit: USD
- Update cadence: 1 min · mkt hrs
- Universe: all tickers
- History: intraday state only (as-of by timestamp at interval=1h; no daily history)
- Nullable: yes

## Query it

Every applicable form factor, grouped by endpoint family. 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. (https://tickerbot.io/docs/endpoints/signals.md)

#### Live — every ticker with bid above a cutoff

```bash
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/bid" \
  --data-urlencode "condition=> 430.26" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
```

Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed):

```json
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:22:56.202Z",
 "signal": "bid",
 "condition": "> 430.26",
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "BRK.A",
   "name": "Berkshire Hathaway Inc.",
   "value": 746847.81
  },
  {
   "ticker": "NVR",
   "name": "NVR, Inc.",
   "value": 6215.87
  }
 ]
}
```

#### Subscribe — webhook when a ticker starts matching

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/bid/subscribe" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"condition": "> 430.26", "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. (https://tickerbot.io/docs/endpoints/scan.md)

#### Live — the whole market, ranked by this column

```bash
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  --data-urlencode "q=bid IS NOT NULL" \
  -d "order=bid" -d "columns=bid" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
```

Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed):

```json
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:22:56.463Z",
 "query": {
  "q": "bid IS NOT NULL",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "bid",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [
   "bid"
  ],
  "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,
   "bid": 746847.81
  },
  {
   "ticker": "NVR",
   "name": "NVR, Inc.",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 6241,
   "day_change_pct": -0.0106,
   "gap_pct": -0.0037,
   "relative_volume": null,
   "market_cap": 16809750339,
   "bid": 6215.87
  }
 ]
}
```

#### As-of — a past intraday moment (hourly state)

```bash
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  --data-urlencode "q=bid IS NOT NULL" \
  -d "order=bid" -d "columns=bid" \
  -d "asof=2026-05-20T17:45:00Z" -d "interval=1h" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
```

Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed):

```json
{
 "as_of": "2026-05-20T17:45:00Z",
 "query": {
  "q": "bid IS NOT NULL",
  "asof": "2026-05-20T17:45:00Z",
  "interval": "1h",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "bid",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [
   "bid"
  ],
  "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,
   "bid": 771.5
  },
  {
   "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,
   "bid": 388.74
  }
 ]
}
```

#### Subscribe — webhook on a market-wide condition

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan/subscribe" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"q": "bid > 430.26", "target_url": "https://example.com/hooks/tickerbot"}'
```

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

## Related signals (Trades & quotes)

- [ask](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/ask.md)
- [ask_size](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/ask_size.md)
- [bid_size](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/bid_size.md)
- [price](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/price.md)

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