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macd_signal
MACD signal line (9-EMA of MACD line).
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At a glance
| Type | numeric |
| Group | Technicals |
| Category | Trend & direction |
| Unit | USD |
| Update cadence | post-close daily |
| Intervals | 1d |
| Universe | all tickers |
| History | full · since 2003 |
| Nullable | yes — NULL where not applicable |
Trend direction and strength: MACD, ADX/±DI, SMA-based trend reads, and reversal composites.
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 macd_signal above a cutoff
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/macd_signal" \
--data-urlencode "condition=> 8.576822" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
"as_of": "2026-08-18T00:24:36.222Z",
"signal": "macd_signal",
"condition": "> 8.576822",
"universe": null,
"count": 2,
"results": [
{
"ticker": "BRK.A",
"name": "Berkshire Hathaway Inc.",
"value": 8072.714016
},
{
"ticker": "MTD",
"name": "Mettler-Toledo International",
"value": 42.983655
}
]
}As-of — the same read at a past date
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/macd_signal" \
--data-urlencode "condition=> 8.576822" \
-d "asof=2026-05-20" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
"as_of": "2026-05-20",
"signal": "macd_signal",
"condition": "> 8.576822",
"universe": null,
"count": 2,
"results": [
{
"ticker": "BRK.A",
"name": "Berkshire Hathaway Inc.",
"value": 990.6762882805937
},
{
"ticker": "X:BTCUSD",
"name": "Bitcoin",
"value": 795.7923231205122
}
]
}Subscribe — webhook when a ticker starts matching
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/macd_signal/subscribe" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
-d '{"condition": "> 8.576822", "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=macd_signal IS NOT NULL" \
-d "order=macd_signal" -d "columns=macd_signal" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
"as_of": "2026-08-18T00:24:39.729Z",
"query": {
"q": "macd_signal IS NOT NULL",
"limit": 2,
"order": "macd_signal",
"dir": "desc",
"fields": [
"macd_signal"
],
"full": false,
"universe": null,
"asset_class": null
},
"count": 2,
"results": [
{
"ticker": "BRK.A",
"name": "Berkshire Hathaway Inc.",
"asset_class": "stocks",
"asset_type": "CS",
"price": 747658.72,
"day_change_pct": -0.0105,
"gap_pct": 0,
"relative_volume": null,
"market_cap": 1078304184071,
"macd_signal": 8072.714016
},
{
"ticker": "MTD",
"name": "Mettler-Toledo International",
"asset_class": "stocks",
"asset_type": "CS",
"price": 1417.42,
"day_change_pct": -0.0011,
"gap_pct": -0.0071,
"relative_volume": null,
"market_cap": 28432277952,
"macd_signal": 42.983655
}
]
}As-of — the same scan at a past date
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
--data-urlencode "q=macd_signal IS NOT NULL" \
-d "order=macd_signal" -d "columns=macd_signal" \
-d "asof=2026-05-20" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
"as_of": "2026-05-20",
"query": {
"q": "macd_signal IS NOT NULL",
"asof": "2026-05-20",
"interval": "auto",
"limit": 2,
"order": "macd_signal",
"dir": "desc",
"fields": [
"macd_signal"
],
"full": false,
"universe": null,
"asset_class": null
},
"count": 2,
"results": [
{
"ticker": "BRK.A",
"name": "Berkshire Hathaway Inc.",
"asset_class": "stocks",
"asset_type": "CS",
"price": 720840,
"day_change_pct": 0.03330557868442965,
"gap_pct": 0.05550929780738274,
"relative_volume": 1.7831074035453596,
"market_cap": null,
"macd_signal": 990.6762882805937
},
{
"ticker": "X:BTCUSD",
"name": "Bitcoin",
"asset_class": "crypto",
"asset_type": null,
"price": 77547.62,
"day_change_pct": 0.09245444943651589,
"gap_pct": -0.000012907224559909754,
"relative_volume": 0.937883233067203,
"market_cap": null,
"macd_signal": 795.7923231205122
}
]
}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": "macd_signal > 8.576822", "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,macd_signal" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
"as_of": "2026-08-18T00:24:41.427Z",
"interval": "1d",
"tickers": [
"AAPL",
"MSFT"
],
"columns": [
"close",
"macd_signal"
],
"count": 6,
"series": {
"AAPL": [
{
"t": "2026-08-12",
"close": 302.25,
"macd_signal": 1.594916
},
{
"t": "2026-08-13",
"close": 305.26,
"macd_signal": 0.849003
},
{
"t": "2026-08-14",
"close": 305.93,
"macd_signal": 0.186832
}
],
"MSFT": [
{
"t": "2026-08-12",
"close": 492.43,
"macd_signal": 20.930091
},
{
"t": "2026-08-13",
"close": 496.88,
"macd_signal": 24.179727
},
{
"t": "2026-08-14",
"close": 495.4,
"macd_signal": 25.056314
}
]
}
}Same grammar on scan, series, and webhooks; state reads take ?asof= for point-in-time answers.