> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Ticks

# Realtime Ticks

**Route:** `GET /api/v1/ticks`

Returns recent tick history for a required symbol. The current implementation merges live Redis buffers with day-partitioned Redis history when needed.

## Query Parameters

* `symbol` required
* `from` optional epoch milliseconds
* `to` optional epoch milliseconds
* `limit` optional, capped internally

## Example

```http theme={null}
GET /api/v1/ticks?symbol=KXBTCD-26JUN1420&limit=500
```

## Response Shape

```json theme={null}
{
  "symbol": "KXBTCD-26JUN1420",
  "ticks": [
    { "t": 1719705600123, "p": 0.52 }
  ],
  "count": 1,
  "from": 1719705600000,
  "to": 1719709200000,
  "generated_at": 1719709201000
}
```