Symbol Information

Retrieves comprehensive metadata about a specific trading symbol including name, type, exchange, tick size, trading hours, and supported order types. Essential for understanding symbol characteristics before placing trades.

Use Case: Validate symbol details and retrieve trading specifications before executing orders or building symbol-specific trading interfaces.

GET /v1/chart/symbols

Get Symbol Information

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.aries.com/v1/chart/symbols \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

200

Example

{
  "description": "Apple Inc.",
  "exchange": "NASDAQ",
  "format": "price",
  "has_intraday": true,
  "has_seconds": true,
  "has_weekly_and_monthly": true,
  "intraday_multipliers": [
    "1",
    "5",
    "15",
    "30",
    "60"
  ],
  "listed_exchange": "NASDAQ",
  "minmov": 1,
  "name": "AAPL",
  "pricescale": 100,
  "session": "0930-1600",
  "supported_resolutions": [
    "1",
    "5",
    "15",
    "30",
    "60",
    "1D",
    "1W",
    "1M"
  ],
  "ticker": "AAPL",
  "timezone": "America/New_York",
  "type": "stock",
  "visible_plots_set": "ohlcv",
  "volume_precision": 0
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

OAuth2 Bearer token: obtain an access token from the token endpoint and send it in the Authorization header.

Query Parameters

symbol · string · required

Symbol to resolve for charting. Use equities like AAPL or futures with a leading slash such as /ES. Prefer values returned by chart search.

Response

200

application/json

Symbol information retrieved successfully

description · string

Full description of the symbol/company

exchange · string

Exchange code where the data originates. Format depends on the upstream data source and may use MIC, ISO 10383, or a vendor-specific code.

format · string

Price format (usually 'price')

has_intraday · boolean

Whether intraday data is available

has_seconds · boolean

Whether seconds resolution is available

has_weekly_and_monthly · boolean

Whether weekly and monthly data is available

intraday_multipliers · string[]

Available intraday time multipliers

listed_exchange · string

Primary exchange where the symbol is listed

minmov · number

Minimum price movement

name · string

Symbol name

pricescale · integer

Price scale (e.g., 100 means divide price by 100)

session · string

Trading session hours (e.g., '0930-1600')

supported_resolutions · string[]

Resolutions supported for this symbol

ticker · string

Symbol ticker

timezone · string

Timezone of the exchange (e.g., 'America/New_York')

type · string

Instrument class or provider category returned by the market data service. This value is not the trading order type.

Example:

"stock"

visible_plots_set · string

Visible plots (e.g., 'ohlcv' for OHLC + Volume)

volume_precision · number

Volume precision (decimal places)