# Market Seasonality

`GET` `https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/seasonality/market`

Returns the average return by month for the tickers SPY, QQQ, IWM, XLE, XLC, XLK, XLV, XLP, XLY, XLRE, XLF, XLI, XLB .


## Authentication

```
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
```


## Response (200)

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `avg_change` | Seasonality Average Change | The average relative price change per day for the month. |
| `max_change` | Seasonality Max Change | The maximum relative price change per day for the month. |
| `median_change` | Seasonality Median Change | The median relative price change per day for the month. |
| `min_change` | Seasonality Min Change | The minimum relative price change per day for the month. |
| `month` | Seasonality Month Number | The number indicating the month the data applies for. e.g. 1 -> January, 2 -> February, ... |
| `positive_closes` | Seasonality Positive Closes Count | The number of years, the month had a positive close. |
| `positive_months_perc` | Seasonality Positive Months Percent | The relative amount of times, the month had a positive close. Multiply with 100 to get the amount in percent. |
| `ticker` | Stock Ticker | The stock ticker. |
| `years` | Seasonality Year Count | The number of years used to calculate the data. |


## Example

### curl

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

## Response Example

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "avg_change": "-0.0068",
      "max_change": "0.0642",
      "median_change": "-0.0041",
      "min_change": "-0.0913",
      "month": 6,
      "positive_closes": 7,
      "positive_months_perc": "0.4375",
      "ticker": "SPY",
      "years": 16
    },
    {
      "avg_change": "0.0038",
      "max_change": "0.0666",
      "median_change": "0.0115",
      "min_change": "-0.0838",
      "month": 5,
      "positive_closes": 13,
      "positive_months_perc": "0.8125",
      "ticker": "SPY",
      "years": 16
    },
    {
      "avg_change": "0.0092",
      "max_change": "0.0791",
      "median_change": "0.0367",
      "min_change": "-0.1614",
      "month": 3,
      "positive_closes": 5,
      "positive_months_perc": "0.7142",
      "ticker": "XLRE",
      "years": 7
    },
    {
      "avg_change": "0.0044",
      "max_change": "0.0697",
      "median_change": "-0.0032",
      "min_change": "-0.0651",
      "month": 2,
      "positive_closes": 8,
      "positive_months_perc": "0.4705",
      "ticker": "QQQ",
      "years": 17
    },
    {
      "avg_change": "0.0201",
      "max_change": "0.1459",
      "median_change": "-0.0034",
      "min_change": "-0.0401",
      "month": 4,
      "positive_closes": 3,
      "positive_months_perc": "0.4285",
      "ticker": "XLRE",
      "years": 7
    }
  ]
}
```