# Total Insider Buy & Sells

`GET` `https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/market/insider-buy-sells`

Returns the total amount of purchases & sells as well as notional values for insider transactions
across the market


## Authentication

```
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
```

## Query Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `limit` | Min Limit 1 | No | How many items to return. If no limit is given, returns all matching data. Min: 1. |


## Response (200)

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `filing_date` | Insider Trades Filing Date | The filing date as ISO date. |
| `purchases` | Insider Trades Purchases | The amount of purchase transactions. |
| `purchases_notional` | Insider Trades Notional Purchases | The total notional value of purchase transactions. |
| `sells` | Insider Trades Sells | The amount of sell transactions. |
| `sells_notional` | Insider Trades Notional Sells | The total notional value of sell transactions. |


## Example

### curl

```bash
curl -X GET "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/market/insider-buy-sells" \
  -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/market/insider-buy-sells", headers=headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
print(response.read().decode("utf-8"))
```

## Response Example

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "filing_date": "2023-12-13",
      "purchases": 12,
      "purchases_notional": "14317122.490",
      "sells": 10,
      "sells_notional": "-1291692.4942"
    },
    {
      "filing_date": "2023-12-12",
      "purchases": 78,
      "purchases_notional": "46598915.1911",
      "sells": 211,
      "sells_notional": "-182466466.7165"
    },
    {
      "filing_date": "2023-12-11",
      "purchases": 96,
      "purchases_notional": "431722108.8184",
      "sells": 210,
      "sells_notional": "-1058043617.3548"
    }
  ]
}
```