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day_change

Absolute change vs `previous_close`.

metadata
typenumeric
unitUSD
cadence1 min · mkt hrs
intervals1m/1h/1d
universeall tickers
historyfull · since 2003
nullableyes — NULL where not applicable

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 with day_change above a cutoff
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/day_change" \
  --data-urlencode "condition=> 3.337" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:38:01.092Z",
 "signal": "day_change",
 "condition": "> 3.337",
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "X:BTCUSD",
   "name": "Bitcoin",
   "value": 4304.29
  },
  {
   "ticker": "X:ETHUSD",
   "name": "Ethereum",
   "value": 123.35
  }
 ]
}
As-of — the same read at a past date
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/day_change" \
  --data-urlencode "condition=> 3.337" \
  -d "asof=2026-07-04" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-06-20",
 "signal": "day_change",
 "condition": "> 3.337",
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "X:BTCUSD",
   "name": "Bitcoin",
   "value": 747.7900000000009
  },
  {
   "ticker": "SNDK",
   "name": "Sandisk Corporation Common Stock",
   "value": 225.95000000000005
  }
 ]
}
Subscribe — webhook when a ticker starts matching
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/day_change/subscribe" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"condition": "> 3.337", "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, ranked by this column
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{ "q": "day_change IS NOT NULL", "order": "day_change", "columns": "day_change" }'
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:38:04.408Z",
 "query": {
  "q": "day_change IS NOT NULL",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "day_change",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [
   "day_change"
  ],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "X:BTCUSD",
   "name": "Bitcoin",
   "asset_class": "crypto",
   "asset_type": null,
   "price": 80653.03,
   "change_1d_pct": 5.637669986433297,
   "gap_pct": null,
   "relative_volume": 2.1274,
   "market_cap": null,
   "day_change": 4304.29
  },
  {
   "ticker": "X:ETHUSD",
   "name": "Ethereum",
   "asset_class": "crypto",
   "asset_type": null,
   "price": 2568.79,
   "change_1d_pct": 5.04408204658466,
   "gap_pct": null,
   "relative_volume": 1.5844,
   "market_cap": null,
   "day_change": 123.35
  }
 ]
}
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": "day_change IS NOT NULL", "order": "day_change", "columns": "day_change", "asof": "2026-07-04" }'
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-06-20",
 "query": {
  "q": "day_change IS NOT NULL",
  "asof": "2026-06-20",
  "interval": "auto",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "day_change",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [
   "day_change"
  ],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "X:BTCUSD",
   "name": "Bitcoin",
   "asset_class": "crypto",
   "asset_type": null,
   "price": 64222.99,
   "change_1d_pct": 1.1780821486186746,
   "gap_pct": -0.00018905021172890105,
   "relative_volume": 0.4125663243882887,
   "market_cap": null,
   "day_change": 747.7900000000009
  },
  {
   "ticker": "SNDK",
   "name": "Sandisk Corporation Common Stock",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 2184.75,
   "change_1d_pct": 11.53512354502757,
   "gap_pct": 4.38763528691035,
   "relative_volume": 1.0087857478110183,
   "market_cap": 326184542000,
   "day_change": 225.95000000000005
  }
 ]
}
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": "day_change > 3.337", "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,day_change" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:38:08.897Z",
 "interval": "1d",
 "tickers": [
  "AAPL",
  "MSFT"
 ],
 "columns": [
  "close",
  "day_change"
 ],
 "count": 6,
 "series": {
  "AAPL": [
   {
    "t": "2026-09-15",
    "close": 331.34,
    "day_change": -1.8000000000000114
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-16",
    "close": 332.41,
    "day_change": 1.149000000000001
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-17",
    "close": 337.002,
    "day_change": 4.5919999999999845
   }
  ],
  "MSFT": [
   {
    "t": "2026-09-15",
    "close": 497.12,
    "day_change": -8.618000000000052
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-16",
    "close": 490.3,
    "day_change": -6.6580000000000155
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-17",
    "close": 497.75,
    "day_change": 7.427999999999997
   }
  ]
 }
}

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

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