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momentum_down

Sustained downward momentum on the daily bars.

definition
Three or more consecutive down days whose average daily move exceeds about 1%.

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/momentum_down" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:39:45.424Z",
 "signal": "momentum_down",
 "condition": null,
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "AHT",
   "name": "Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc.",
   "value": true
  },
  {
   "ticker": "ALHC",
   "name": "Alignment Healthcare, Inc. Common Stock",
   "value": true
  }
 ]
}
Subscribe — webhook when a ticker starts matching
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/momentum_down/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": "momentum_down" }'
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:39:45.749Z",
 "query": {
  "q": "momentum_down",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "change_1d_pct",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "TPEI",
   "name": "MicroSectors -3x Short Taiwan ETNs",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "ETF",
   "price": 41.08,
   "change_1d_pct": -0.1892710755407823,
   "gap_pct": 0.1752,
   "relative_volume": 0.0959,
   "market_cap": null
  },
  {
   "ticker": "TOPS",
   "name": "TOP Ships Inc.",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 0.722,
   "change_1d_pct": -0.5509641873278243,
   "gap_pct": 0.551,
   "relative_volume": 0.2505,
   "market_cap": 4088089
  }
 ]
}
As-of — a past intraday moment (minute state)
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{ "q": "momentum_down", "asof": "2026-07-04T17:45:00Z", "interval": "1m" }'
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": "momentum_down", "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 firings /v2/events

Firings — every enter edge as a point event
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/events" \
  -d "kind=signal" -d "signal=momentum_down" -d "transition=enter" -d "from=2026-02-24" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:40:16.230Z",
 "query": {
  "kind": "signal",
  "tickers": null,
  "universe": null,
  "since": "2026-02-10T00:00:00.000Z",
  "until": null,
  "limit": 2,
  "signal": "momentum_down",
  "transition": "enter"
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "ONMDW",
   "ts": "2026-09-18T14:38:15.222Z",
   "kind": "signal",
   "payload": {
    "signal": "momentum_down",
    "transition": "enter",
    "price": 0.0297,
    "definition_version": 6
   }
  },
  {
   "ticker": "TOPS",
   "ts": "2026-09-18T14:35:16.162Z",
   "kind": "signal",
   "payload": {
    "signal": "momentum_down",
    "transition": "enter",
    "price": 0.722,
    "definition_version": 6
   }
  }
 ]
}

Same grammar on scan and webhooks. This signal lives in intraday state: ?asof= reads carry it at interval=1m with a timestamp, not at daily resolution.

Related signals — Intraday momentum