getLeaders
By Barchart
The getLeaders API provides leaderboard lists for equities, futures, forex, mutual funds and ETFs, including most active, gainers, losers, what's hot and what's not hot.
Query Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Data Type |
|---|---|---|
| assetType | The type of asset. Includes: equities ("STK"), mutual funds ("FUNDS"), ETFs ("ETF"), futures ("FUT"), forex ("FOREX") | |
| exchanges | Exchange code for the marketplace where the financial instruments are listed. | |
| maxRecords | The maximum number of records to show in the return. | |
| period | A value representing the time period. | |
| sortDirection | To determine the sort direction. | |
| type | The type of leaderboard to display. |
Response Fields
| Field | Description | Data Type |
|---|---|---|
| country | The instrument's country of origin. | string |
| exchange | Exchange code for the marketplace where the financial instruments are listed. | string |
| industry | A code that identifies a group of businesses that produce similar products or services. | string |
| lastPrice | The last price the instrument traded. | double |
| previousClose | The closing value of the instrument on the previous day. | double |
| previousVolume | The number of shares or contracts traded for the previous day. | int |
| priceNetChange | The difference between the last price and the previous day's settlement price. | double |
| pricePercentChange | The difference between the last price and the previous day's settlement price, expressed as a percentage. | double |
| sicSector | A four-digit code for classifying industries. | string |
| standardDeviation | The standard deviation using the past 20-days of data. | double |
| subIndustry | A more specific group of businesses within an industry that produce similar products or services. | string |
| symbol | A symbol or code that identifies a financial instrument. | string |
| symbolName | The full name of the instrument. | string |
| timestamp | The time the message was generated on the server. | dateTime |
| tradeTimestamp | The exchange timestamp for the last traded price. | dateTime |
| volume | The number of shares or contracts traded. | int |
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