OHLCV Data
Explore how to fetch and interpret OHLCV data using CoinAPI, covering the open, high, low, close, and volume metrics for cryptocurrencies. Understand how to obtain real-time and historical market data, and how this data helps in evaluating market trends and making informed decisions.
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OHLCV data
The OHLCV endpoint provides the OHLCV time series data relating to all or one specific symbol. OHLCV is the aggregated form for the Open, High, Low, Close, Volume data attributes of market data. The first four attributes represent the opening, closing, highest, and lowest prices in a specific time interval. Volume represents the total number of trades in that time interval.
We generally use OHLCV data to provide an overview of the cryptocurrency market in a human-readable form. We often use the OHLCV data in charts and reports to predict or understand market behavior.
OHLCV time series periods
We can get a complete list of supported time periods available on CoinAPI for the OHLCV time series data. Here's a list of the OHLCV time series periods available on CoinAPI:
Period Identifiers
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Minutes |
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Hours |
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Days |
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Months |
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Year |
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We can get the supported time periods on CoinAPI using the ...