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volume_burst_5x

Current minute volume ≥ 5× recent average.

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At a glance

Definition
volume >= 5 * avg(volume, 30 min prior)
Typeevent (boolean)
GroupVolume
CategoryRelative & unusual volume
Update cadence1 min · mkt hrs
Universeall tickers
Historynone — live row only, not historized (no as-of reads)
Firingcontinuous

Trading activity relative to baseline: relative volume, bursts, unusual-volume flags, liquidity conditions.

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 where it fires now
curl "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/volume_burst_5x" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:26:03.886Z",
 "signal": "volume_burst_5x",
 "condition": null,
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "ABCL",
   "name": "AbCellera Biologics Inc. Common Shares",
   "value": true
  },
  {
   "ticker": "ACM",
   "name": "Aecom",
   "value": true
  }
 ]
}
Subscribe — webhook when a ticker starts matching
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/volume_burst_5x/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.

Use scan /v2/scan

The whole market through a WHERE clause — this signal composed freely with any other column. Docs →

Live — the whole market, filtered on this signal
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  --data-urlencode "q=volume_burst_5x" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:26:04.226Z",
 "query": {
  "q": "volume_burst_5x",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "day_change_pct",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "DUOT",
   "name": "Duos Technologies Group, Inc. Common Stock",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 11.097,
   "day_change_pct": 0.2181,
   "gap_pct": 0.1361,
   "relative_volume": null,
   "market_cap": 286174215
  },
  {
   "ticker": "YDES",
   "name": "YD Bio Limited Ordinary Shares",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 3.575,
   "day_change_pct": 0.1997,
   "gap_pct": 0.0436,
   "relative_volume": 1.6,
   "market_cap": 211077411
  }
 ]
}
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": "volume_burst_5x", "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 events /v2/events

The flag as a timeline: each edge as a point event, and the spans it stayed true. Docs →

Firings — every enter edge as a point event
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/events" \
  -d "kind=signal" -d "signal=volume_burst_5x" -d "transition=enter" -d "since=2026-01-10" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:26:04.368Z",
 "query": {
  "kind": "signal",
  "tickers": null,
  "universe": null,
  "since": "2026-01-10T00:00:00.000Z",
  "until": null,
  "limit": 2,
  "signal": "volume_burst_5x",
  "transition": "enter"
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "YSPC",
   "ts": "2026-08-17T23:59:36.668Z",
   "kind": "signal",
   "payload": {
    "signal": "volume_burst_5x",
    "transition": "enter",
    "price": 49.18,
    "definition_version": 6
   }
  },
  {
   "ticker": "XRP",
   "ts": "2026-08-17T23:59:36.668Z",
   "kind": "signal",
   "payload": {
    "signal": "volume_burst_5x",
    "transition": "enter",
    "price": 11.227,
    "definition_version": 6
   }
  }
 ]
}
Spans — when it was true for one ticker (YSPC)
curl "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/volume_burst_5x/YSPC/events" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:26:04.490Z",
 "ticker": "YSPC",
 "signal": "volume_burst_5x",
 "count": 2,
 "events": [
  {
   "started_at": "2026-08-17T23:59:36.668Z",
   "ended_at": null,
   "start_price": 49.18,
   "end_price": null,
   "definition_version": 6
  },
  {
   "started_at": "2026-08-17T19:40:57.875Z",
   "ended_at": "2026-08-17T19:45:43.012Z",
   "start_price": 50.124,
   "end_price": 49.99,
   "definition_version": 6
  }
 ]
}

Same grammar on scan and webhooks. This column is live-tense only — it isn't historized, so ?asof= reads and series pulls don't carry it.

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