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consolidation

Price is range-bound — the last 5 sessions span less than 5%.

definition
(max(high) − min(low)) / midpoint < 0.05 over 5 bars

Swap YOUR_KEY for a key from /dashboard/keys. Responses are real captures from 2026-09-18, trimmed.

Every ticker matching this signal /v2/signals/{signal}

Live — every ticker where it fires now
curl "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/consolidation" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:37:57.202Z",
 "signal": "consolidation",
 "condition": null,
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "AAA",
   "name": "Alternative Access First Priority CLO Bond ETF",
   "value": true
  },
  {
   "ticker": "AAAA",
   "name": "Amplius Aggressive Asset Allocation ETF",
   "value": true
  }
 ]
}
As-of — the same read at a past date
curl "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/consolidation?asof=2026-07-04" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-06-20",
 "signal": "consolidation",
 "condition": null,
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "AAA",
   "name": "Alternative Access First Priority CLO Bond ETF",
   "value": true
  },
  {
   "ticker": "AAAA",
   "name": "Amplius Aggressive Asset Allocation ETF",
   "value": true
  }
 ]
}
Subscribe — webhook when a ticker starts matching
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/consolidation/subscribe" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"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.

The whole market, filtered on it /v2/scan

Live — the whole market, filtered on this signal
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{ "q": "consolidation" }'
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:37:57.662Z",
 "query": {
  "q": "consolidation",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "change_1d_pct",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "COLA",
   "name": "Columbus Acquisition Corp Ordinary Shares",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 11.795,
   "change_1d_pct": 10.751173708920184,
   "gap_pct": 0.1972,
   "relative_volume": 0.0008,
   "market_cap": 48674774
  },
  {
   "ticker": "X:BTCUSD",
   "name": "Bitcoin",
   "asset_class": "crypto",
   "asset_type": null,
   "price": 80598.01,
   "change_1d_pct": 5.637669986433297,
   "gap_pct": null,
   "relative_volume": 2.1274,
   "market_cap": null
  }
 ]
}
As-of — the same scan at a past date
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{ "q": "consolidation", "asof": "2026-07-04" }'
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-06-20",
 "query": {
  "q": "consolidation",
  "asof": "2026-06-20",
  "interval": "auto",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "change_1d_pct",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "MGYR",
   "name": "Magyar Bancorp, Inc.",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 18.15,
   "change_1d_pct": 5.523255813953484,
   "gap_pct": 0.29069767441860883,
   "relative_volume": 6.458728097255636,
   "market_cap": 111158938
  },
  {
   "ticker": "CTEX",
   "name": "ProShares S&P Kensho Cleantech ETF",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "ETF",
   "price": 44.6076,
   "change_1d_pct": 5.1887415344564,
   "gap_pct": 1.4096662830840032,
   "relative_volume": 0.6548387667380114,
   "market_cap": null
  }
 ]
}
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": "consolidation", "target_url": "https://example.com/hooks/tickerbot"}'

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

Its history /v2/series

History — the column on an aligned time grid
curl "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/series?tickers=AAPL,MSFT&columns=close,consolidation" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:37:59.627Z",
 "interval": "1d",
 "tickers": [
  "AAPL",
  "MSFT"
 ],
 "columns": [
  "close",
  "consolidation"
 ],
 "count": 6,
 "series": {
  "AAPL": [
   {
    "t": "2026-09-15",
    "close": 331.34,
    "consolidation": false
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-16",
    "close": 332.41,
    "consolidation": false
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-17",
    "close": 337.002,
    "consolidation": true
   }
  ],
  "MSFT": [
   {
    "t": "2026-09-15",
    "close": 497.12,
    "consolidation": true
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-16",
    "close": 490.3,
    "consolidation": true
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-17",
    "close": 497.75,
    "consolidation": true
   }
  ]
 }
}

Its firings /v2/events

Firings — every enter edge as a point event
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/events" \
  -d "kind=signal" -d "signal=consolidation" -d "transition=enter" -d "from=2026-02-24" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:38:00.163Z",
 "query": {
  "kind": "signal",
  "tickers": null,
  "universe": null,
  "since": "2026-02-10T00:00:00.000Z",
  "until": null,
  "limit": 2,
  "signal": "consolidation",
  "transition": "enter"
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "XRN",
   "ts": "2026-09-17T20:00:00.000Z",
   "kind": "signal",
   "payload": {
    "signal": "consolidation",
    "transition": "enter",
    "price": 36.086,
    "definition_version": 6
   }
  },
  {
   "ticker": "WSBC",
   "ts": "2026-09-17T20:00:00.000Z",
   "kind": "signal",
   "payload": {
    "signal": "consolidation",
    "transition": "enter",
    "price": 39.184,
    "definition_version": 6
   }
  }
 ]
}

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

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