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change_ytd
Percent change since the first trading day of the calendar year.
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At a glance
| Type | numeric |
| Group | Price action |
| Category | Performance & change |
| Unit | % |
| Update cadence | post-close daily |
| Intervals | 1m/1h/1d |
| Universe | all tickers |
| History | full · since 2003 |
| Nullable | yes — NULL where not applicable |
Price change over standard horizons — today through 1 year — plus streaks and day-mover flags.
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 change_ytd above a cutoff
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/change_ytd" \
--data-urlencode "condition=> 2.6472" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
"as_of": "2026-08-18T00:23:09.926Z",
"signal": "change_ytd",
"condition": "> 2.6472",
"universe": null,
"count": 2,
"results": [
{
"ticker": "PHOS",
"name": "First Phosphate Corp. American Depositary Shares",
"value": 177339
},
{
"ticker": "ELOX",
"name": "Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common Stock",
"value": 16771.7273
}
]
}As-of — the same read at a past date
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/change_ytd" \
--data-urlencode "condition=> 2.6472" \
-d "asof=2026-05-20" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
"as_of": "2026-05-20",
"signal": "change_ytd",
"condition": "> 2.6472",
"universe": null,
"count": 2,
"results": [
{
"ticker": "ELOX",
"name": "Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common Stock",
"value": 5488.999999999999
},
{
"ticker": "ILLRW",
"name": "Triller Group Inc. Warrant",
"value": 276
}
]
}Subscribe — webhook when a ticker starts matching
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/change_ytd/subscribe" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
-d '{"condition": "> 2.6472", "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=change_ytd IS NOT NULL" \
-d "order=change_ytd" -d "columns=change_ytd" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
"as_of": "2026-08-18T00:23:13.104Z",
"query": {
"q": "change_ytd IS NOT NULL",
"limit": 2,
"order": "change_ytd",
"dir": "desc",
"fields": [
"change_ytd"
],
"full": false,
"universe": null,
"asset_class": null
},
"count": 2,
"results": [
{
"ticker": "PHOS",
"name": "First Phosphate Corp. American Depositary Shares",
"asset_class": "stocks",
"asset_type": "ADRC",
"price": 17.735,
"day_change_pct": 0.0193,
"gap_pct": 0.0632,
"relative_volume": null,
"market_cap": 329111482,
"change_ytd": 177339
},
{
"ticker": "ELOX",
"name": "Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common Stock",
"asset_class": "stocks",
"asset_type": "CS",
"price": 18.455,
"day_change_pct": -0.0163,
"gap_pct": 0.0059,
"relative_volume": null,
"market_cap": 64465250,
"change_ytd": 16771.7273
}
]
}As-of — the same scan at a past date
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
--data-urlencode "q=change_ytd IS NOT NULL" \
-d "order=change_ytd" -d "columns=change_ytd" \
-d "asof=2026-05-20" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
"as_of": "2026-05-20",
"query": {
"q": "change_ytd IS NOT NULL",
"asof": "2026-05-20",
"interval": "auto",
"limit": 2,
"order": "change_ytd",
"dir": "desc",
"fields": [
"change_ytd"
],
"full": false,
"universe": null,
"asset_class": null
},
"count": 2,
"results": [
{
"ticker": "ELOX",
"name": "Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common Stock",
"asset_class": "stocks",
"asset_type": "CS",
"price": 6.039,
"day_change_pct": 997.9999999999999,
"gap_pct": 0,
"relative_volume": 4.393151941302354,
"market_cap": null,
"change_ytd": 5488.999999999999
},
{
"ticker": "ILLRW",
"name": "Triller Group Inc. Warrant",
"asset_class": "stocks",
"asset_type": "WARRANT",
"price": 0.0277,
"day_change_pct": 1.4652014652014562,
"gap_pct": 1.4652014652014562,
"relative_volume": 0.0166596845376694,
"market_cap": null,
"change_ytd": 276
}
]
}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": "change_ytd > 2.6472", "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,change_ytd" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
"as_of": "2026-08-18T00:23:15.038Z",
"interval": "1d",
"tickers": [
"AAPL",
"MSFT"
],
"columns": [
"close",
"change_ytd"
],
"count": 6,
"series": {
"AAPL": [
{
"t": "2026-08-12",
"close": 302.25,
"change_ytd": 0.11158316780695939
},
{
"t": "2026-08-13",
"close": 305.26,
"change_ytd": 0.1228279261384536
},
{
"t": "2026-08-14",
"close": 305.93,
"change_ytd": 0.12526668138012215
}
],
"MSFT": [
{
"t": "2026-08-12",
"close": 492.43,
"change_ytd": 0.01832843968404941
},
{
"t": "2026-08-13",
"close": 496.88,
"change_ytd": 0.02745957569992964
},
{
"t": "2026-08-14",
"close": 495.4,
"change_ytd": 0.023892725693726493
}
]
}
}Same grammar on scan, series, and webhooks; state reads take ?asof= for point-in-time answers.