Deriv ticks_history

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Returns past prices of one symbol, as single ticks or as candles of a chosen width. With subscribe set to 1 it then keeps sending each new tick or the candle now forming.

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Independent and unofficialdevelopers.deriv.comchecked 12 Oct 2026The definition file it was checked against

This is a message of the Deriv WebSocket API, not an HTTP endpoint. It has no method and no path: it is sent as JSON over an open WebSocket connection.

The message

Name: ticks_history
Direction: Request, sent by the client
Carried by: WebSocket. Deriv's page marks this call as needing no login, so it can be sent on the public connection as well. The demo and real addresses are not opened as printed: POST /trading/v1/options/accounts/{accountId}/otp returns the address for one account with a one time password already in it.
Public market data, no login: wss://api.derivws.com/trading/v1/options/ws/public
Demo account: wss://api.derivws.com/trading/v1/options/ws/demo
Real account: wss://api.derivws.com/trading/v1/options/ws/real

Fields

Name	Type	Description
ticks_historyrequired	string	The symbol, by the short name that active_symbols returns.
adjust_start_time	integer	1 moves the interval back where the market is closed at the end time or the licence limit falls before it. The only value allowed is 1.
count	integer	The most ticks or candles to return.
endrequired	string	The newest moment wanted: the word latest, or Unix time in seconds as a string.
granularity	integer	The width of a candle in seconds, used only with the style candles. One of 60, 120, 180, 300, 600, 900, 1800, 3600, 7200, 14400, 28800 and 86400. The definition gives 60 as the default.
start	integer	The oldest moment wanted, as Unix time in seconds. The definition says it defaults to one day ago for ticks, and for candles where neither count nor granularity is given.
style	string	candles or ticks: which of the two shapes to return.
subscribe	integer	1 keeps the stream open after the history has been sent. The only value allowed is 1.
passthrough	object	Anything you want carried through the call. It comes back unchanged inside echo_req.
req_id	integer	A number of your own that is returned on the answer, so answers can be matched to requests.

What arrives

The history comes first, with msg_type history for ticks or candles for candles. On a stream, each later message has msg_type tick or ohlc.

Name	Type	Description
candles	array of objects	Sent for the style candles only. Each entry holds open, high, low, close and epoch.
candles[].open	number	The opening price of the candle.
candles[].high	number	The highest price of the candle.
candles[].low	number	The lowest price of the candle.
candles[].close	number	The closing price of the candle.
candles[].epoch	integer	The time of the candle, as Unix time in seconds.
history.prices	array	The tick prices, in the same order as history.times.
history.times	array	The time of each price, as Unix time in seconds.
pip_size	number	How many decimal places the prices are meant to be shown with.
subscription.idrequired	string	The id of the stream on this connection. Sent with forget to stop it. The subscription object is present only where the request asked for a stream.
echo_reqrequired	object	A copy of the request that was sent.
msg_typerequired	string	Names the kind of answer. One of history, tick, candles and ohlc, by the style asked for and by whether it is the first answer or a later one.
req_id	integer	The number the request carried. Present only where the request had one.

Sample

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{
  "ticks_history": "R_50",
  "adjust_start_time": 1,
  "count": 10,
  "end": "latest",
  "start": 1,
  "style": "ticks"
}

Limits that apply at Deriv

Limit	Value	Scope	Source
Headline limit	80/min per logged in user (REST)Sources conflict developers.deriv.com states 60, checked 12 Oct 2026. Deriv's API overview in the text form it publishes for AI tools gives REST 60 requests a minute per token, where its Limits page gives 80 a minute per logged in user. The same overview also gives 100 WebSocket requests a second per connection, 100 active subscriptions per connection and 5 concurrent WebSocket connections per user, none of which the Limits page mentions. Deriv's own pages disagree; the conflict is labelled, not resolved. Pace against 60.	user, REST	developers.deriv.comchecked 12 Oct 2026