# Stock Quote

`GET` `https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/stock/{ticker}/quote`

Returns the latest trade, national best bid and ask, derived quote values, and quote change statistics for each market session.

## Authentication

```
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
```

## Path Parameters

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


## Response (200)

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `last_trade` | object | Latest price forming trade, or null when unavailable. |
| `market_time` | Stock Quote Market Time | Current US equity market session. |
| `quote` | object | Latest national best bid and ask, or null when unavailable. |
| `quote_statistics` | Stock Quote Statistics | Quote change statistics grouped by US equity market session. |
| `quote_values` | object | Values derived from the latest quote, or null when no quote is available. |


## Example

### curl

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

## Response Example

```json
{
  "data": {
    "last_trade": {
      "price": "775.645",
      "time": 1786636349747,
      "vol": 13548986
    },
    "market_time": "regular",
    "quote": {
      "ask": {
        "price": "775.660",
        "size": 240
      },
      "bid": {
        "price": "775.650",
        "size": 80
      },
      "time": 1786636351248
    },
    "quote_statistics": {
      "postmarket": {
        "midpoint_changes": 0,
        "quote_changes": 0,
        "size_only_changes": 0,
        "spread_tightened": 0,
        "spread_unchanged": 0,
        "spread_widened": 0
      },
      "premarket": {
        "midpoint_changes": 12540,
        "quote_changes": 105322,
        "size_only_changes": 92782,
        "spread_tightened": 6440,
        "spread_unchanged": 92782,
        "spread_widened": 6100
      },
      "regular": {
        "midpoint_changes": 145814,
        "quote_changes": 1255891,
        "size_only_changes": 1110077,
        "spread_tightened": 74875,
        "spread_unchanged": 1110077,
        "spread_widened": 70939
      }
    },
    "quote_values": {
      "midpoint": "775.655",
      "quote_age_ms": 89,
      "size_imbalance": 0.5238095238095238,
      "size_weighted_midpoint": 775.657619047619,
      "spread": "0.010",
      "spread_bps": 0.12892329708428238
    }
  }
}
```