Top Volatility Anomalies
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/volatility/anomaly/top \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/volatility/anomaly/top"
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/volatility/anomaly/top', 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/volatility/anomaly/top",
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/volatility/anomaly/top"
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/volatility/anomaly/top")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/volatility/anomaly/top")
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{}{
"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": "payment_required",
"documentation_url": "https://api.unusualwhales.com/docs",
"message": "This API token is paused because the payment for your API subscription failed. Update your card at https://unusualwhales.com/settings. The same token works again once a payment succeeds.",
"reason": "payment_failed",
"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 wrongvolatility
Top Volatility Anomalies
Screener of the top volatility anomalies on a date, by direction (short_vol or long_vol).
Supports the same filters as the website screener.
This is a point-in-time screen queryable by date and includes the full component fields. History is limited to roughly the last three to four weeks.
GET
/
api
/
volatility
/
anomaly
/
top
Top Volatility Anomalies
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/volatility/anomaly/top \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/volatility/anomaly/top"
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/volatility/anomaly/top', 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/volatility/anomaly/top",
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/volatility/anomaly/top"
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/volatility/anomaly/top")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/volatility/anomaly/top")
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{}{
"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": "payment_required",
"documentation_url": "https://api.unusualwhales.com/docs",
"message": "This API token is paused because the payment for your API subscription failed. Update your card at https://unusualwhales.com/settings. The same token works again once a payment succeeds.",
"reason": "payment_failed",
"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 wrongAuthorizations
Query Parameters
Response
Volatility analytics payload. The exact shape depends on the endpoint.
Variance risk premium, volatility windows, anomaly top, and character top return arrays of daily or ticker rows.
Anomaly, character, and VIX term structure return { latest, history } objects.
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