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illiquid

Thinly traded — 10-day average volume is under 100k shares.

definition
avg_volume_10d < 100000

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/illiquid" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:39:10.012Z",
 "signal": "illiquid",
 "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/illiquid?asof=2026-07-04" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-06-20",
 "signal": "illiquid",
 "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/illiquid/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": "illiquid" }'
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:39:10.555Z",
 "query": {
  "q": "illiquid",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "change_1d_pct",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "IMCC",
   "name": "IM Cannabis Corp. Common Shares",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 7.49,
   "change_1d_pct": 330.45977011494256,
   "gap_pct": 86.2069,
   "relative_volume": 9.9125,
   "market_cap": 984391
  },
  {
   "ticker": "FVNNU",
   "name": "Future Vision II Acquisition Corporation Units",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "UNIT",
   "price": 27.293,
   "change_1d_pct": 94.94999999999999,
   "gap_pct": 6.25,
   "relative_volume": 0.023,
   "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": "illiquid", "asof": "2026-07-04" }'
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-06-20",
 "query": {
  "q": "illiquid",
  "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": "RDACR",
   "name": "Rising Dragon Acquisition Corp. Rights",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "RIGHT",
   "price": 0.0985,
   "change_1d_pct": 95.43650793650794,
   "gap_pct": 15.674603174603169,
   "relative_volume": null,
   "market_cap": null
  },
  {
   "ticker": "GIPRW",
   "name": "Generation Income Properties Inc Warrant",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "WARRANT",
   "price": 0.0479,
   "change_1d_pct": 90.07936507936508,
   "gap_pct": 130.55555555555557,
   "relative_volume": null,
   "market_cap": 267278
  }
 ]
}
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": "illiquid", "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,illiquid" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:39:14.027Z",
 "interval": "1d",
 "tickers": [
  "AAPL",
  "MSFT"
 ],
 "columns": [
  "close",
  "illiquid"
 ],
 "count": 6,
 "series": {
  "AAPL": [
   {
    "t": "2026-09-15",
    "close": 331.34,
    "illiquid": false
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-16",
    "close": 332.41,
    "illiquid": false
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-17",
    "close": 337.002,
    "illiquid": false
   }
  ],
  "MSFT": [
   {
    "t": "2026-09-15",
    "close": 497.12,
    "illiquid": false
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-16",
    "close": 490.3,
    "illiquid": false
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-17",
    "close": 497.75,
    "illiquid": false
   }
  ]
 }
}

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=illiquid" -d "transition=enter" -d "from=2026-02-24" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:39:14.320Z",
 "query": {
  "kind": "signal",
  "tickers": null,
  "universe": null,
  "since": "2026-02-10T00:00:00.000Z",
  "until": null,
  "limit": 2,
  "signal": "illiquid",
  "transition": "enter"
 },
 "count": 0,
 "results": []
}

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

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