# Recent Lit Flow Trades

`GET` `https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/lit-flow/recent`

Returns the latest lit exchange trades.


## Authentication

```
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
```

## Query Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `limit` | Default 100 Max 200 Min 1 | No | How many items to return. Default: 100. Max: 200. Min: 1. |
| `date` | Optional Market Date | No | A trading date in the format of YYYY-MM-DD.
This is optional and by default the last trading date.
 |
| `min_premium` | StockTradesMinPremium | No | The minimum premium requested trades should have. |
| `max_premium` | StockTradesMaxPremium | No | The maximum premium requested trades should have. |
| `min_size` | StockTradesMinSize | No | The minimum size requested trades should have. Must be a positive integer. |
| `max_size` | StockTradesMaxSize | No | The maximum size requested trades should have. Must be a positive integer. |
| `min_volume` | StockTradesMinVol | No | The minimum consolidated volume requested trades should have. Must be a positive integer. |
| `max_volume` | StockTradesMaxVol | No | The maximum consolidated volume requested trades should have. Must be a positive integer. |


## Response (200)

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `canceled` | Single Trade Is Trade Cancelled | Whether the trade has been cancelled. |
| `executed_at` | Single Trade Execution Time | The time with timezone when a trade was executed. |
| `ext_hour_sold_codes` | Single Trade External Hour Sold Code | The code describing why the trade happened outside of regular market hours. Null if none applies. |
| `market_center` | Single Trade Market Center | The market center code. |
| `nbbo_ask` | ToBeDone |  |
| `nbbo_ask_quantity` | ToBeDone |  |
| `nbbo_bid` | ToBeDone |  |
| `nbbo_bid_quantity` | ToBeDone |  |
| `premium` | Option Contract Premium | The total option premium. |
| `price` | Single Trade Price | The price of the trade. |
| `sale_cond_codes` | Single Trade Sale Cond Code | The sale condition code. Null if none applies. |
| `size` | Single Trade Size | The size of the transaction. |
| `ticker` | Stock Ticker | The stock ticker. |
| `tracking_id` | Single Trade Tracking ID | The tracking ID of the trade. |
| `trade_code` | Single Trade Trade Code | The trade code. Null if none applies. |
| `trade_settlement` | Single Trade Settlement | The kind of trade settlement. |
| `volume` | Stock Day Stock Volume | The volume of the ticker for the trading day. |


## Example

### curl

```bash
curl -X GET "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/lit-flow/recent" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"
```

### Python

```python
import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.unusualwhales.com")
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Accept": "application/json"}
conn.request("GET", "/api/lit-flow/recent", headers=headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
print(response.read().decode("utf-8"))
```

## Response Example

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "canceled": false,
      "executed_at": "2023-02-16T14:30:44Z",
      "ext_hour_sold_codes": null,
      "market_center": "Q",
      "nbbo_ask": "185.50",
      "nbbo_ask_quantity": 400,
      "nbbo_bid": "185.45",
      "nbbo_bid_quantity": 800,
      "premium": "1854500.00",
      "price": "185.45",
      "sale_cond_codes": "regular_sale",
      "size": 10000,
      "ticker": "AAPL",
      "tracking_id": 71984388012245,
      "trade_code": null,
      "trade_settlement": "regular_settlement",
      "volume": 15946819
    },
    {
      "canceled": false,
      "executed_at": "2023-02-16T14:30:42Z",
      "ext_hour_sold_codes": null,
      "market_center": "N",
      "nbbo_ask": "185.52",
      "nbbo_ask_quantity": 300,
      "nbbo_bid": "185.48",
      "nbbo_bid_quantity": 600,
      "premium": "927400.00",
      "price": "185.48",
      "sale_cond_codes": "regular_sale",
      "size": 5000,
      "ticker": "AAPL",
      "tracking_id": 71984384768588,
      "trade_code": null,
      "trade_settlement": "regular_settlement",
      "volume": 15936819
    }
  ]
}
```