# Average return per month

`GET` `https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/seasonality/{ticker}/monthly`

Returns the average return by month for the given ticker.


## Authentication

```
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
```

## Path Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `ticker` | SingleTicker | Yes | A single ticker |


## 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. |
| `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/{ticker}/monthly" \
  -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/{ticker}/monthly", headers=headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
print(response.read().decode("utf-8"))
```

## Response Example

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "avg_change": 0.0034,
      "max_change": 0.0635,
      "median_change": 0.0195,
      "min_change": -0.0727,
      "month": 1,
      "positive_closes": 2,
      "positive_months_perc": 0.6667,
      "years": 3
    },
    {
      "avg_change": 0.0006,
      "max_change": 0.0334,
      "median_change": 0.0057,
      "min_change": -0.0374,
      "month": 2,
      "positive_closes": 2,
      "positive_months_perc": 0.6667,
      "years": 3
    },
    {
      "avg_change": 0.0949,
      "max_change": 0.1497,
      "median_change": 0.0949,
      "min_change": 0.0402,
      "month": 3,
      "positive_closes": 2,
      "positive_months_perc": 1,
      "years": 2
    },
    {
      "avg_change": -0.0153,
      "max_change": 0.0724,
      "median_change": -0.0153,
      "min_change": -0.1029,
      "month": 4,
      "positive_closes": 1,
      "positive_months_perc": 0.5,
      "years": 2
    }
  ]
}
```