Futures Candles (OHLCV)
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/futures/{contract}/candles \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/futures/{contract}/candles"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/futures/{contract}/candles', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/futures/{contract}/candles",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/futures/{contract}/candles"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/futures/{contract}/candles")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/futures/{contract}/candles")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": [
{
"c": "<string>",
"date": "2023-12-25",
"end": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"h": "<string>",
"l": "<string>",
"o": "<string>",
"start": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"v": 123
}
]
}{
"code": "authentication_required",
"documentation_url": "https://api.unusualwhales.com/docs",
"expected_format": "uuid",
"message": "The API token provided is not in the expected format. Unusual Whales API tokens are UUIDs, such as 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000.",
"reason": "malformed_token",
"request_id": "GNI_YTC1CRnw2LACGBvE",
"retryable": false,
"support_email": "[email protected]",
"token_url": "https://unusualwhales.com/dashboard/api"
}{
"code": "missing_access",
"documentation_url": "https://api.unusualwhales.com/docs",
"message": "The API token provided is valid but is not permitted to access this route.",
"reason": "route_not_permitted",
"request_id": "GNI_YTC1CRnw2LACGBvE",
"retryable": false,
"support_email": "[email protected]",
"token_url": "https://unusualwhales.com/dashboard/api"
}{
"msg": "Invalid path input: MSFT12 (valid example: AAPL) - Invalid query input(s): date=2023-02-140 (valid example: date=2024-01-18)",
"path": "/api/darkpool/MSFT12",
"query": "date=2023-02-140",
"url": "localhost:4000/api/darkpool/MSFT12?date=2023-02-140"
}"Something went wrong"Futures
Futures Candles (OHLCV)
OHLCV candles for a contract. Available on the Advanced API tier, or with the futures add-on — contact [email protected], [email protected] or [email protected] for access.
GET
/
api
/
futures
/
{contract}
/
candles
Futures Candles (OHLCV)
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/futures/{contract}/candles \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/futures/{contract}/candles"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/futures/{contract}/candles', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/futures/{contract}/candles",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/futures/{contract}/candles"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/futures/{contract}/candles")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/futures/{contract}/candles")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": [
{
"c": "<string>",
"date": "2023-12-25",
"end": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"h": "<string>",
"l": "<string>",
"o": "<string>",
"start": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"v": 123
}
]
}{
"code": "authentication_required",
"documentation_url": "https://api.unusualwhales.com/docs",
"expected_format": "uuid",
"message": "The API token provided is not in the expected format. Unusual Whales API tokens are UUIDs, such as 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000.",
"reason": "malformed_token",
"request_id": "GNI_YTC1CRnw2LACGBvE",
"retryable": false,
"support_email": "[email protected]",
"token_url": "https://unusualwhales.com/dashboard/api"
}{
"code": "missing_access",
"documentation_url": "https://api.unusualwhales.com/docs",
"message": "The API token provided is valid but is not permitted to access this route.",
"reason": "route_not_permitted",
"request_id": "GNI_YTC1CRnw2LACGBvE",
"retryable": false,
"support_email": "[email protected]",
"token_url": "https://unusualwhales.com/dashboard/api"
}{
"msg": "Invalid path input: MSFT12 (valid example: AAPL) - Invalid query input(s): date=2023-02-140 (valid example: date=2024-01-18)",
"path": "/api/darkpool/MSFT12",
"query": "date=2023-02-140",
"url": "localhost:4000/api/darkpool/MSFT12?date=2023-02-140"
}"Something went wrong"Authorizations
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Path Parameters
Dated CME contract symbol, e.g. ESU6.
Query Parameters
Candle interval.
Available options:
1m, 5m, 1d History range.
Available options:
1d, 3d, 5d, 1w, 1m, 3m, 6m, 1y, 5y Response
OHLCV candles for a contract over the requested interval and range.
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Last modified on September 29, 2026
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