Stock Signals API

getSignal

The getSignal API provides the Barchart Technical Opinion / Signal (buy, sell or hold) based on a variety of short, medium and long-term technical indicators based on a symbol.

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Inputs

symbols^required

A symbol or code that identifies a financial instrument. Multiple symbols separated by a comma may be used. For futures, notation such as for the active contract or for the first nearby is supported, as is for all futures contracts for a given root symbol, as is for all options contracts for a given underlying futures symbol.

Type

list (A comma or semi-colon delimited string.)

Example

AAPL,GOOG

fields^optional

The fields requested.

Type

list (A comma or semi-colon delimited string.)

Example

trendspotterOpinion,adi7DayOpinion,parabolic50DaySignal

maxRecords^optional

The maximum number of records to show in the return.

Type

int (A numeric type defining a whole number. (example: 2))

Example

10

Default

30

Outputs

symbol
always returned

A symbol or code that identifies a financial instrument.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

name
always returned

The full name of the instrument.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

trendspotterOpinion

The Trend Seeker® (composite indicator) buy, sell or hold opinion.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

trendspotterStrength
always returned

The Trend Seeker® Strength

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

trendspotterDirection
always returned

The Trend Seeker® Direction

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

adx7DayOpinion

7-day Average Directional Indicator (short-term indicator) buy, sell or hold signal.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

adx7DayStrength

7-Day Average Strengthal Indicator Strength

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

adx7DayDirection

7 Day Average Directional Indicator Direction

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

maHiLo10_8DayOpinion

10 - 8 Day Moving Average Hilo Channel (short-term indicator) buy, sell or hold signal.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

maHiLo10_8DayStrength

10 - 8 Day Moving Average Hilo Channel Strength

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

maHiLo10_8DayDirection

10 - 8 Day Moving Average Hilo Channel Direction

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

ma20DaySignal

20-Day Moving Average vs Price Indicator (short-term indicator) buy, sell or hold signal.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

ma20DayStrength

20-Day Moving Average vs Price Strength

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

ma20DayDirection

20-Day Moving Average vs Price Direction

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd20_50DaySignal

20-50 Day MACD Oscillator (short-term indicator) buy, sell or hold signal.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd20_50DayStrength

20-50 Day MACD Oscillator Strength

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd20_50DayDirection

20-50 Day MACD Oscillator Direction

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd20_200DaySignal

20-200 Day MACD Oscillator (short-term indicator) buy, sell or hold signal.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd20_200DayStrength

20-200 Day MACD Oscillator Strength

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd20_200DayDirection

20-200 Day MACD Oscillator Direction

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

bbands20DaySignal

20-Day Bollinger Bands (short-term indicator) buy, sell or hold signal.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

bbands20DayStrength

20-Day Bollinger Bands Strength

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

bbands20DayDirection

20-Day Bollinger Bands Direction

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

shortTermAverageSignal
always returned

Average signal based on all short-term indicators.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

shortTermAveragePercent
always returned

The percentage / weight of the average signal.

int
A numeric type defining a whole number. (example: 2)

cci40DaySignal

40-Day Commodity Channel Index (medium-term indicator) buy, sell or hold signal.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

cci40DayStrength

40-Day Commodity Channel Index Strength

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

cci40DayDirection

40-Day Commodity Channel Index Direction

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

ma50DaySignal

50-Day Moving Average vs Price (medium-term indicator) buy, sell or hold signal.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

ma50DayStrength

50-Day Moving Average vs Price Strength

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

ma50DayDirection

50-Day Moving Average vs Price Direction

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd20_100DaySignal

20 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator (medium-term indicator) buy, sell or hold signal.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd20_100DayStrength

20 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Strength

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd20_100DayDirection

20 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Direction

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd50_150DaySignal

50 - 150 Day MACD Oscillator (medium-term indicator) buy, sell or hold signal.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd50_150DayStrength

50 - 150 Day MACD Oscillator Strength

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd50_150DayDirection

50 - 150 Day MACD Oscillator Direction

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd50_200DaySignal

50 - 200 Day MACD Oscillator (medium-term indicator) buy, sell or hold signal.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd50_200DayStrength

50 - 200 Day MACD Oscillator Strength

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd50_200DayDirection

50 - 200 Day MACD Oscillator Direction

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

parabolic50DaySignal

50-Day Parabolic Time/Price (medium-term indicator) buy, sell or hold signal.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

parabolic50DayStrength

50-Day Parabolic Time/Price Strength

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

parabolic50DayDirection

50-Day Parabolic Time/Price Direction

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

mediumTermAverageSignal
always returned

Average signal based on all medium-term indicators.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

mediumTermAveragePercent
always returned

The percentage / weight of the average signal.

int
A numeric type defining a whole number. (example: 2)

cci60DaySignal

60-Day Commodity Channel Index (long-term indicator) buy, sell or hold signal.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

cci60DayStrength

60-Day Commodity Channel Index Strength

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

cci60DayDirection

60-Day Commodity Channel Index Direction

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

ma100DaySignal

100-Day Moving Average vs Price (long-term indicator) buy, sell or hold signal.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

ma100DayStrength

100-Day Moving Average vs Price Strength

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

ma100DayDirection

100-Day Moving Average vs Price Direction

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

ma150DaySignal

150-Day Moving Average vs Price (long-term indicator) buy, sell or hold signal.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

ma150DayStrength

150-Day Moving Average vs Price Strength

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

ma150DayDirection

150-Day Moving Average vs Price Direction

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

ma200DaySignal

200-Day Moving Average vs Price (long-term indicator) buy, sell or hold signal.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

ma200DayStrength

200-Day Moving Average vs Price Strength

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

ma200DayDirection

200-Day Moving Average vs Price Direction

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd50_100DaySignal

50 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator (long-term indicator) buy, sell or hold signal.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd50_100DayStrength

50 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Strength

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd50_100DayDirection

50 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Direction

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd100_200DaySignal

100 - 200 Day MACD Oscillator (long-term indicator) buy, sell or hold signal.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd100_200DayStrength

100 - 200 Day MACD Oscillator Strength

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd100_200DayDirection

100 - 200 Day MACD Oscillator Direction

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

longTermAverageSignal
always returned

Average signal based on all long-term indicators.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

longTermAveragePercent
always returned

The percentage / weight of the average signal.

int
A numeric type defining a whole number. (example: 2)

overallAverageSignal
always returned

Average signal based on all indicators.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

overallAveragePercent
always returned

The percentage / weight of the average signal.

int
A numeric type defining a whole number. (example: 2)

overallAverageStrength
always returned

Average strength based on all indicators.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

overallAverageDirection
always returned

Average direction based on all indicators.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

previousDaySignal
always returned

Signal based on previous business day's performance.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

previousDayPercent
always returned

The percentage / weight of previous business day's signal.

int
A numeric type defining a whole number. (example: 2)

lastWeekSignal
always returned

Average signal based on last week's performance.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

lastWeekPercent
always returned

The percentage / weight of last week's signal.

int
A numeric type defining a whole number. (example: 2)

lastMonthSignal
always returned

Average signal based on last month's performance.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

lastMonthPercent
always returned

The percentage / weight of last month's signal.

int
A numeric type defining a whole number. (example: 2)

trendspotterNewSignal

Indicates that the symbol made a NEW Trend Seeker® signal today.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

adx7DayNewSignal

7-Day Average Directional Indicator.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

maHiLo10_8DayNewSignal

10-8-Day Moving Average Hilo Channelю

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

ma20DayNewSignal

20-Day Moving Average Versus Price.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd20_50DayNewSignal

20-50-Day MACD Oscillator.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

bbands20DayNewSignal

20-Day Bollinger Bands.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

cci40DayNewSignal

40-Day Commodity Channel Index.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

ma50DayNewSignal

50-Day Moving Average Versus Price.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd20_100DayNewSignal

20-100-Day MACD Oscillator.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

parabolic50DayNewSignal

50-Day Parabolic Time / Price.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

cci60DayNewSignal

60-Day Commodity Channel Index.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

ma100DayNewSignal

100-Day Moving Average Versus Price.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd50_100DayNewSignal

50-100 Day MACD Oscillator.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd20_200DayNewSignal

20-200-Day MACD Oscillator.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd50_150DayNewSignal

50-150-Day MACD Oscillator.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd50_200DayNewSignal

50-200-Day MACD Oscillator.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

ma150DayNewSignal

150-Day Moving Average Versus Price.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

ma200DayNewSignal

200-Day Moving Average Versus Price.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd100_200DayNewSignal

100-200-Day MACD Oscillator.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd9_18DaySignal

9-18 Day MACD Oscillator (short-term indicator) buy, sell or hold signal.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd9_18DayStrength

9-18 Day MACD Oscillator Strength.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd9_18DayDirection

9-18 Day MACD Oscillator Direction.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd9_18DayNewSignal

9-18 Day Mov Avg.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd12_26_9DayStrength

The strength of the signal compared to its historical performance where Maximum is the strongest this signal has been and Minimum is the weakest.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd12_26_9DayDirection

Indicates whether the Buy or Sell signal is strengthening or weakening or whether a Hold signal is heading towards a buy or sell signal.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd12_26_9DaySignal

The signal from the 12-26-9 Day eMACD, which uses a Exponential Moving Averages in its calculation.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

macd12_26_9DayNewSignal

Indicates that the symbol made a NEW 12-26-9 Day eMACD signal today.

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

Status Code Responses

200

OK

Success

400

Bad Request

The request was invalid, please see the message for more information.

500

Internal Server Error

Something is not working correctly, please contact support.

JSON

GET

GET https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/getSignal.json?apikey=YOUR_API_KEY&symbols=AAPL%2CGOOG&fields=trendspotterOpinion%2Cadi7DayOpinion%2Cparabolic50DaySignal&maxRecords=10
Host: ondemand.websol.barchart.com

POST

POST https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/getSignal.json
Host: ondemand.websol.barchart.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

apikey=YOUR_API_KEY&symbols=AAPL%2CGOOG&fields=trendspotterOpinion%2Cadi7DayOpinion%2Cparabolic50DaySignal&maxRecords=10

Response

{
    "status": {
        "code": 200,
        "message": "Success."
    },
    "results": [
        {
            "symbol": "AAPL",
            "name": "Apple Inc",
            "trendspotterOpinion": "Hold",
            "trendspotterStrength": "Minimum",
            "trendspotterDirection": "Bearish",
            "shortTermAverageSignal": "Buy",
            "shortTermAveragePercent": 50,
            "parabolic50DaySignal": "Buy",
            "mediumTermAverageSignal": "Buy",
            "mediumTermAveragePercent": 50,
            "longTermAverageSignal": "Buy",
            "longTermAveragePercent": 100,
            "overallAverageSignal": "Buy",
            "overallAveragePercent": 64,
            "overallAverageStrength": "Strong",
            "overallAverageDirection": "Weakest",
            "previousDaySignal": "Buy",
            "previousDayPercent": 80,
            "lastWeekSignal": "Buy",
            "lastWeekPercent": 80,
            "lastMonthSignal": "Buy",
            "lastMonthPercent": 100
        },
        {
            "symbol": "GOOG",
            "name": "Alphabet Cl C",
            "trendspotterOpinion": "Hold",
            "trendspotterStrength": "Minimum",
            "trendspotterDirection": "Bearish",
            "shortTermAverageSignal": "Buy",
            "shortTermAveragePercent": 100,
            "parabolic50DaySignal": "Buy",
            "mediumTermAverageSignal": "Buy",
            "mediumTermAveragePercent": 100,
            "longTermAverageSignal": "Buy",
            "longTermAveragePercent": 100,
            "overallAverageSignal": "Buy",
            "overallAveragePercent": 96,
            "overallAverageStrength": "Maximum",
            "overallAverageDirection": "Average",
            "previousDaySignal": "Buy",
            "previousDayPercent": 96,
            "lastWeekSignal": "Buy",
            "lastWeekPercent": 96,
            "lastMonthSignal": "Buy",
            "lastMonthPercent": 100
        }
    ]
}

XML

GET

GET https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/getSignal.xml?apikey=YOUR_API_KEY&symbols=AAPL%2CGOOG&fields=trendspotterOpinion%2Cadi7DayOpinion%2Cparabolic50DaySignal&maxRecords=10
Host: ondemand.websol.barchart.com

POST

POST https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/getSignal.xml
Host: ondemand.websol.barchart.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

apikey=YOUR_API_KEY&symbols=AAPL%2CGOOG&fields=trendspotterOpinion%2Cadi7DayOpinion%2Cparabolic50DaySignal&maxRecords=10

Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<getSignal>
  <status>
    <code>200</code>
    <message>Success.</message>
  </status>
  <item>
    <symbol>AAPL</symbol>
    <name>Apple Inc</name>
    <trendspotterOpinion>Hold</trendspotterOpinion>
    <trendspotterStrength>Minimum</trendspotterStrength>
    <trendspotterDirection>Bearish</trendspotterDirection>
    <shortTermAverageSignal>Buy</shortTermAverageSignal>
    <shortTermAveragePercent>50</shortTermAveragePercent>
    <parabolic50DaySignal>Buy</parabolic50DaySignal>
    <mediumTermAverageSignal>Buy</mediumTermAverageSignal>
    <mediumTermAveragePercent>50</mediumTermAveragePercent>
    <longTermAverageSignal>Buy</longTermAverageSignal>
    <longTermAveragePercent>100</longTermAveragePercent>
    <overallAverageSignal>Buy</overallAverageSignal>
    <overallAveragePercent>64</overallAveragePercent>
    <overallAverageStrength>Strong</overallAverageStrength>
    <overallAverageDirection>Weakest</overallAverageDirection>
    <previousDaySignal>Buy</previousDaySignal>
    <previousDayPercent>80</previousDayPercent>
    <lastWeekSignal>Buy</lastWeekSignal>
    <lastWeekPercent>80</lastWeekPercent>
    <lastMonthSignal>Buy</lastMonthSignal>
    <lastMonthPercent>100</lastMonthPercent>
  </item>
  <item>
    <symbol>GOOG</symbol>
    <name>Alphabet Cl C</name>
    <trendspotterOpinion>Hold</trendspotterOpinion>
    <trendspotterStrength>Minimum</trendspotterStrength>
    <trendspotterDirection>Bearish</trendspotterDirection>
    <shortTermAverageSignal>Buy</shortTermAverageSignal>
    <shortTermAveragePercent>100</shortTermAveragePercent>
    <parabolic50DaySignal>Buy</parabolic50DaySignal>
    <mediumTermAverageSignal>Buy</mediumTermAverageSignal>
    <mediumTermAveragePercent>100</mediumTermAveragePercent>
    <longTermAverageSignal>Buy</longTermAverageSignal>
    <longTermAveragePercent>100</longTermAveragePercent>
    <overallAverageSignal>Buy</overallAverageSignal>
    <overallAveragePercent>96</overallAveragePercent>
    <overallAverageStrength>Maximum</overallAverageStrength>
    <overallAverageDirection>Average</overallAverageDirection>
    <previousDaySignal>Buy</previousDaySignal>
    <previousDayPercent>96</previousDayPercent>
    <lastWeekSignal>Buy</lastWeekSignal>
    <lastWeekPercent>96</lastWeekPercent>
    <lastMonthSignal>Buy</lastMonthSignal>
    <lastMonthPercent>100</lastMonthPercent>
  </item>
</getSignal>

CSV

GET

GET https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/getSignal.csv?apikey=YOUR_API_KEY&symbols=AAPL%2CGOOG&fields=trendspotterOpinion%2Cadi7DayOpinion%2Cparabolic50DaySignal&maxRecords=10
Host: ondemand.websol.barchart.com

POST

POST https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/getSignal.csv
Host: ondemand.websol.barchart.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

apikey=YOUR_API_KEY&symbols=AAPL%2CGOOG&fields=trendspotterOpinion%2Cadi7DayOpinion%2Cparabolic50DaySignal&maxRecords=10

Response

symbol,name,trendspotterOpinion,trendspotterStrength,trendspotterDirection,shortTermAverageSignal,shortTermAveragePercent,parabolic50DaySignal,mediumTermAverageSignal,mediumTermAveragePercent,longTermAverageSignal,longTermAveragePercent,overallAverageSignal,overallAveragePercent,overallAverageStrength,overallAverageDirection,previousDaySignal,previousDayPercent,lastWeekSignal,lastWeekPercent,lastMonthSignal,lastMonthPercent
"AAPL","Apple Inc","Hold","Minimum","Bearish","Buy","50","Buy","Buy","50","Buy","100","Buy","64","Strong","Weakest","Buy","80","Buy","80","Buy","100"
"GOOG","Alphabet Cl C","Hold","Minimum","Bearish","Buy","100","Buy","Buy","100","Buy","100","Buy","96","Maximum","Average","Buy","96","Buy","96","Buy","100"

PHP

<?php

$ondemand = new SoapClient('https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/service?wsdl');

$params = [
    'apikey' => 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'symbols' => 'AAPL,GOOG',
    'fields' => 'trendspotterOpinion,adi7DayOpinion,parabolic50DaySignal',
    'maxRecords' => '10',
];

$result = $ondemand->getSignal($params);
var_dump($result);

Classic ASP

Dim ondemand
Dim result

Set ondemand = Server.CreateObject("MSSOAP.SoapClient30")
ondemand.ClientProperty("ServerHTTPRequest") = True
ondemand.MSSoapInit("https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/service?wsdl")

Set result = ondemand.getSignal("YOUR_API_KEY", "AAPL,GOOG", "trendspotterOpinion,adi7DayOpinion,parabolic50DaySignal", "10")

Perl

use SOAP::Lite;
use SOAP::WSDL;

my $ondemand = SOAP::Lite
    -> service('https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/service?wsdl');

my $result = $ondemand->getSignal('YOUR_API_KEY', 'AAPL,GOOG', 'trendspotterOpinion,adi7DayOpinion,parabolic50DaySignal', '10');

print $result;

Python

from suds.client import Client
ondemand = Client('https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/service?wsdl')

result = ondemand.service.getSignal('YOUR_API_KEY', 'AAPL,GOOG', 'trendspotterOpinion,adi7DayOpinion,parabolic50DaySignal', '10')

print(result)

Ruby

require 'savon'

ondemand = Savon.client(wsdl: 'https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/service?wsdl')

response = ondemand.call(
    :getSignal,
    message: {
        apikey: 'YOUR_API_KEY',
        symbols: 'AAPL,GOOG',
        fields: 'trendspotterOpinion,adi7DayOpinion,parabolic50DaySignal',
        maxRecords: '10',
    }
)

response.body