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GET markets/candles/:id

Retrieves historical market data in the form of OHLC candlesticks for a specified symbol.

This call is limited to returning 2,000 candlesticks in a single response.

Request parameters

Request parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
Parameterid	Typeinteger	DescriptionInternal symbol identifier. Can occur in the ‘location’ header only.
ParameterstartTime	TypeDateTime	DescriptionBeginning of the candlestick range.
ParameterendTime	TypeDateTime	DescriptionEnd of the candlestick range.
Parameterinterval	TypeEnumeration	DescriptionInterval of a single candlestick. See Historical Data Granularity for all allowed values.

Response properties

Response properties
Property	Type	Description
Propertycandles	TypeComplex	DescriptionList of Candle records.
PropertyNested property, level 2. Candle	TypeComplex	Description
PropertyNested property, level 3. start	TypeDateTime	DescriptionCandlestick start timestamp (in ISO format).
PropertyNested property, level 3. end	TypeDateTime	DescriptionCandlestick end timestamp (in ISO format).
PropertyNested property, level 3. open	TypeDouble	DescriptionOpening price.
PropertyNested property, level 3. high	TypeDouble	DescriptionHigh price.
PropertyNested property, level 3. low	TypeDouble	DescriptionLow price.
PropertyNested property, level 3. close	TypeDouble	DescriptionClosing price.
PropertyNested property, level 3. volume	TypeInteger	DescriptionTrading volume.

Sample request

HTTP

GET https://api01.iq.questrade.com/v1/markets/candles/38738?startTime=2014-10-01T00:00:00-05:00&endTime=2014-10-20T23:59:59-05:00&interval=OneDay

Sample JSON response:

JSON

{
     "candles": [
         {
             "start": "2014-01-02T00:00:00.000000-05:00",
             "end": "2014-01-03T00:00:00.000000-05:00",
             "low": 70.3,
             "high": 70.78,
             "open": 70.68,
             "close": 70.73,
             "volume": 983609
         },
              ...
      ]
 }

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