---
title: "Event Contract Rules"
method: GET
path: "/forecast/contract/rules"
tags: ["tradingEventContracts"]
---

# Event Contract Rules

`GET /forecast/contract/rules`

Provides trading rules for specific event contracts.

## Query parameters

- `conid` string, required

## Response `200`

Returns the corresponding contracts rules.

- ForecastRulesResponse
  - `asset_class` string — Product asset class.
  - `description` string — Long product description.
  - `market_name` string — Name of the contract's market.
  - `measured_period` string — Measured period of the contract.
  - `threshold` string — Either strike or strike label depending on contract type.
  - `source_agency` string — Name of the contract's source agency.
  - `data_and_resolution_link` string — Link to data from source agency.
  - `last_trade_time` integer — last trade time in epoch seconds.
  - `product_code` string — Product code (symbol).
  - `market_rules_link` string — Link to market rules document.
  - `release_time` integer — Release time in epoch seconds.
  - `payout_time` integer — Payout time in epoch seconds.
  - `payout` string — Formatted payout amount.
  - `price_increment` string — Formatted price increment amount.
  - `exchange_timezone` string — Exchange timezone.

## Other responses

- `401` — Missing, invalid, or unparseable Authorization token.
- `500` — internal server error, returned when incoming request cannot be processed. It can sometimes include subset of bad requests. For example, wrong accountId passed and it can only be detected later in handling request. Error contains reason of the problem.
- `503` — service is unavailable. For example if request takes more than 10s due to some internal service unavailability, request aborted and this status returned

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