cTrader ProtoOAGetTickDataReq
Asks for historical ticks of one symbol, bid or ask, in a period of time.
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This is a message of the cTrader Open API, not an HTTP endpoint. It has no method and no path: it is sent over an open TCP or WebSocket connection, as Protocol Buffers or as JSON.
No JSON sample is given here. A required field of this message is an enumeration, and Spotware's page on sending and receiving JSON does not say how an enumeration value is written in JSON.
The message
- Name
- ProtoOAGetTickDataReq
- Direction
- Request, sent by the client
- Payload type
- PROTO_OA_GET_TICKDATA_REQ, number 2145. This number is what identifies the message on the wire.
- Answered by
Fields
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| payloadType | ProtoOAPayloadType | Identifies the message. Its default in the definition is PROTO_OA_GET_TICKDATA_REQ, which is number 2145. |
| ctidTraderAccountIdrequired | int64 | The account the message is about, by its cTrader account id. Responses and events carry the same id, which is how a program holding several accounts on one connection tells them apart. |
| symbolIdrequired | int64 | The symbol, by its id on the cTrader platform. Ids come from the symbol list. |
| typerequired | ProtoOAQuoteType | Which side to return, as a value of ProtoOAQuoteType: bid is 1 and ask is 2. |
| fromTimestamp | int64 | The start of the period, as Unix time in milliseconds. Not below zero, which is 1 January 1970. |
| toTimestamp | int64 | The end of the period, as Unix time in milliseconds. Not above 2147483646000, which the definition dates to 19 January 2038. |
Limits that apply at cTrader Open API
| Limit | Value | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Requests a second, not historical data | 50 | Per connection, requests that are not for historical data | help.ctrader.comchecked |
| Requests a second, historical data | 5 | Per connection, historical data requests only | help.ctrader.comchecked |