---
title: "Market candles"
method: GET
path: "/timeseries-stream/market-candles"
tags: ["Timeseries stream"]
---

# Market candles

`GET /timeseries-stream/market-candles`

Returns a stream of candles for specified markets.<br/> If you are falling behind (slow client) you will get `warning` message first, then `error` message and disconnection will happen.

## Query parameters

- `markets` string[], required
- `frequency` string
- `backfill` 'latest' | 'none'
- `pretty` boolean

## Response `200`

Candle WebSocket message.

- StreamingMarketCandle — Information about market candle.
  - `market` string, required — Unique name of the market.
  - `time` string, required — The time in ISO 8601 date-time format. Always with nanoseconds precision.
  - `price_open` string, required — The opening price of the candle.
  - `price_close` string, required — The closing price of the candle.
  - `price_high` string, required — The high price of the candle.
  - `price_low` string, required — The low price of the candle.
  - `vwap` string, required — The volume-weighted average price of the candle.
  - `volume` string, required — The volume of the candle in units of the base asset.
  - `candle_usd_volume` string, required — The volume of the candle in USD.
  - `candle_trades_count` string, required — The number of trades used for candle calculation.
  - `cm_sequence_id` string, required — The monotonically increasing message number, resets on disconnection.

## Other responses

- `401` — Requested resource requires authorization.
- `403` — Requested resource is not available with supplied credentials.
- `414` — Provided URI is too long. It must not be greater than 10000 symbols.

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/coinmetrics/apis/coin-metrics-api-v4.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/coinmetrics/apis/coin-metrics-api-v4/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/coinmetrics/coin-metrics-api-v4/revisions/774268c0a4fe/schema)