# Total Options Volume

`GET` `https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/market/total-options-volume`

Returns the total options volume and premium for all trade executions
that happened on a given trading date.

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This can be used to build a market options overview such as:

![Market State](https://i.imgur.com/IioJyq9.png)


## Authentication

```
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
```

## Query Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `limit` | Default 1 Max 500 Min 1 | No | How many items to return. Default: 1. Max: 500. Min: 1. |


## Response (200)

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `call_premium` | Market General Call Premium | The sum of the premium of all the call transactions that executed. |
| `call_volume` | Market General Call Volume | The sum of the size of all the call transactions that executed. |
| `date` | Market General Trading day | A trading date in ISO format.
 |
| `put_premium` | Market General Put Premium | The sum of the premium of all the put transactions that executed. |
| `put_volume` | Market General Put Volume | The sum of the size of all the put transactions that executed. |


## Example

### curl

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

## Response Example

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "call_premium": "7306144788.68",
      "call_volume": 22074116,
      "date": "2023-09-08",
      "put_premium": "8413594929.65",
      "put_volume": 19941285
    }
  ]
}
```