Chaikin Money Flow
Get started with the cmf
Simply make an HTTPS [GET] request or call in your browser:
[GET] https://api.taapi.io/cmf?secret=MY_SECRET&exchange=binance&symbol=BTC/USDT&interval=1h
API response
The cmf
endpoint returns a JSON response like this:
{
"value": 0.23796234104165973
}
Example response from TAAPI.IO when querying cmf endpoint.
API parameters
binance
, binancefutures
or one of our supported exchanges. For other crypto / stock exchanges, please refer to our Client or Manual integration methods.
BTC/USDT
Bitcoin to Tether, or LTC/BTC
Litecoin to Bitcoin...
1m
, 5m
, 15m
, 30m
, 1h
, 2h
, 4h
, 12h
, 1d
, 1w
. So if you're interested in values on hourly candles, use interval=1h
, for daily values use interval=1d
, etc.
backtrack
parameter removes candles from the data set and calculates the cmf value X amount of candles back. So, if you are fetching the cmf on the hourly and you want to know what the cmf was 5 hours ago, set backtrack=5
. The default is 0
.
chart
parameter accepts one of two values: candles
or heikinashi
. candles
is the default, but if you set this to heikinashi
, the indicator values will be calculated using Heikin Ashi candles. Note: Pro & Expert Plans only.
true
or false
. Defaults to false
. By setting to true
the API will return a timestamp with every result (real-time and backtracked) to which candle the value corresponds. This is especially helpful when requesting a series of historical values using the results
parameter.
true
or false
. Defaults to true
. By setting to false
, the API will ensure that there are no candles missing. This often happens on lower timeframes in thin markets. Gaps will be filled by a new candle with 0 volume, and OHLC set the the close price of the latest candle with volume.
number
or max
. Use this parameter to access historical values on the past X candles until the most recent candle. Use max
to return all available historical values. Returns an array with the oldest value on top and most recent value returned the last.
Sets the number of candles used in the indicator calculation.
Default: 20
More examples
Let's say you want to know the cmf
value on the last closed candle on the 30m
timeframe. You are not interest in the real-time value, so you use the backtrack=1
optional parameter to go back 1 candle in history to the last closed candle.
[GET] https://api.taapi.io/cmf?secret=MY_SECRET&exchange=binance&symbol=BTC/USDT&interval=30m&backtrack=1
Get cmf values on each of the past X candles in one call
Let's say you want to know what the cmf
daily value was each day for the previous 10 days. You can get this returned by our API easily and efficiently in one call using the results=10
parameter:
[GET] https://api.taapi.io/cmf?secret=MY_SECRET&exchange=binance&symbol=BTC/USDT&interval=1d&results=10
Looking for even more integration examples in different languages like NodeJS, PHP, Python, Curl or Ruby? Continue to [GET] REST - Direct documentation.