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bollinger_pct_b

Position within Bollinger bands. 0 = at lower band, 1 = at upper band, >1 = outside.

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At a glance

Typenumeric
GroupTechnicals
CategoryVolatility & bands
Update cadencepost-close daily
Intervals1d
Universeall tickers
Historyfull · since 2003
Nullableyes — NULL where not applicable

Volatility measures and deviation envelopes: ATR, Bollinger machinery, VWAP σ-bands.

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 bollinger_pct_b above a cutoff
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/bollinger_pct_b" \
  --data-urlencode "condition=> 1.3241" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:22:58.885Z",
 "signal": "bollinger_pct_b",
 "condition": "> 1.3241",
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "LEGO.WS",
   "name": "Legato Merger Corp. IV Redeemable Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable to purchase one ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share",
   "value": 105425.287
  },
  {
   "ticker": "SAC.WS",
   "name": "Safeguard Acquisition Corp. Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share",
   "value": 99192.7282
  }
 ]
}
As-of — the same read at a past date
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/bollinger_pct_b" \
  --data-urlencode "condition=> 1.3241" \
  -d "asof=2026-05-20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-05-20",
 "signal": "bollinger_pct_b",
 "condition": "> 1.3241",
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "XFLH",
   "name": "XFLH Capital Corporation",
   "value": 1.5666652590937122
  },
  {
   "ticker": "LWACU",
   "name": "LightWave Acquisition Corp. Units",
   "value": 1.5550772493969267
  }
 ]
}
Subscribe — webhook when a ticker starts matching
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/bollinger_pct_b/subscribe" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"condition": "> 1.3241", "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=bollinger_pct_b IS NOT NULL" \
  -d "order=bollinger_pct_b" -d "columns=bollinger_pct_b" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:23:01.590Z",
 "query": {
  "q": "bollinger_pct_b IS NOT NULL",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "bollinger_pct_b",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [
   "bollinger_pct_b"
  ],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "LEGO.WS",
   "name": "Legato Merger Corp. IV Redeemable Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable to purchase one ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "WARRANT",
   "price": 22150.1905,
   "day_change_pct": null,
   "gap_pct": null,
   "relative_volume": null,
   "market_cap": null,
   "bollinger_pct_b": 105425.287
  },
  {
   "ticker": "SAC.WS",
   "name": "Safeguard Acquisition Corp. Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "WARRANT",
   "price": 22150.1905,
   "day_change_pct": 36922.138,
   "gap_pct": null,
   "relative_volume": null,
   "market_cap": null,
   "bollinger_pct_b": 99192.7282
  }
 ]
}
As-of — the same scan at a past date
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  --data-urlencode "q=bollinger_pct_b IS NOT NULL" \
  -d "order=bollinger_pct_b" -d "columns=bollinger_pct_b" \
  -d "asof=2026-05-20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-05-20",
 "query": {
  "q": "bollinger_pct_b IS NOT NULL",
  "asof": "2026-05-20",
  "interval": "auto",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "bollinger_pct_b",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [
   "bollinger_pct_b"
  ],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "XFLH",
   "name": "XFLH Capital Corporation",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 10.225,
   "day_change_pct": 2.867203219315897,
   "gap_pct": 0.10060362173038015,
   "relative_volume": 0.41417157893825685,
   "market_cap": null,
   "bollinger_pct_b": 1.5666652590937122
  },
  {
   "ticker": "LWACU",
   "name": "LightWave Acquisition Corp. Units",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "UNIT",
   "price": 11.43,
   "day_change_pct": 11.949069539666981,
   "gap_pct": 1.988246816846223,
   "relative_volume": null,
   "market_cap": null,
   "bollinger_pct_b": 1.5550772493969267
  }
 ]
}
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": "bollinger_pct_b > 1.3241", "target_url": "https://example.com/hooks/tickerbot"}'

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

Use series /v2/series

Its history over time, on one aligned grid. Docs →

History — the column on an aligned time grid
curl "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/series?tickers=AAPL,MSFT&columns=close,bollinger_pct_b" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:23:04.552Z",
 "interval": "1d",
 "tickers": [
  "AAPL",
  "MSFT"
 ],
 "columns": [
  "close",
  "bollinger_pct_b"
 ],
 "count": 6,
 "series": {
  "AAPL": [
   {
    "t": "2026-08-12",
    "close": 302.25,
    "bollinger_pct_b": 0.1136
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-08-13",
    "close": 305.26,
    "bollinger_pct_b": 0.2061
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-08-14",
    "close": 305.93,
    "bollinger_pct_b": 0.2524
   }
  ],
  "MSFT": [
   {
    "t": "2026-08-12",
    "close": 492.43,
    "bollinger_pct_b": 0.7802
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-08-13",
    "close": 496.88,
    "bollinger_pct_b": 0.7512
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-08-14",
    "close": 495.4,
    "bollinger_pct_b": 0.7242
   }
  ]
 }
}

Same grammar on scan, series, and webhooks; state reads take ?asof= for point-in-time answers.

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