Options · Single contract

Options contract price history

Candles of one contract from the platform's own trade record.

GET/v1/options/contract/price-historyoptionsContractPriceHistory

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Open, high, low, close, volume, trade count and volume-weighted price of one contract at 1-minute to 1-hour intervals, with the underlying price of each interval. Built from the trades OrderMap classifies, so it covers the underlyings it tracks. Select up to five trading sessions with start_time and end_time, or one trading date with date; the default is the current or latest session. Intervals without a trade are omitted. For a free-form range of candles from the exchange feed use /v1/options/contract/bars.

Example request

curl -sS --get "https://api.ordermap.si/v1/options/contract/price-history" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ORDERMAP_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode underlying_symbol=SPXW \
  --data-urlencode contract_type=call \
  --data-urlencode strike=5800 \
  --data-urlencode date_of_expiry=2026-10-16

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  underlying_symbol: "SPXW",
  contract_type: "call",
  strike: "5800",
  date_of_expiry: "2026-10-16",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://api.ordermap.si/v1/options/contract/price-history?${params}`, {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.ORDERMAP_API_KEY}` },
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status} ${await res.text()}`);
const { data, meta } = await res.json();
console.log(data, meta.coverage);

Set ORDERMAP_API_KEY to your key. Replace the dates with a recent trading date.

Parameters

9 parameters, 4 required.

Parameter	Type and limits	Description
`underlying_symbol`queryrequired	stringat most 8 characterspattern ^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9.]{0,7}$	Option root of the contract, at most six characters: SPXW (weekly and daily, PM-settled) and SPX (monthly, AM-settled) are different roots, as are NDXP and NDX, RUTW and RUT, QQQ, SPY, XSP ...
`contract_type`queryrequired	stringcallput	call or put.
`strike`queryrequired	number> 0max 99999.999	Strike price in dollars with at most three decimals, for example 5800 or 5812.5.
`date_of_expiry`queryrequired	stringdate	Expiration date of the contract, YYYY-MM-DD.
`interval`queryoptional	string1m5m15m30m1hdefault 5m	Candle length.
`start_time`queryoptional	integerunix-msmin 946684800000max 4102444800000	Start of the range, Unix epoch milliseconds, inclusive. At most five trading sessions.
`end_time`queryoptional	integerunix-msmin 946684800000max 4102444800000	End of the range, Unix epoch milliseconds, exclusive. At most five trading sessions.
`date`queryoptional	stringdate	One trading date, YYYY-MM-DD, instead of start_time and end_time. With a session of gth the window starts on the evening before.
`session`queryoptional	stringrthgthalldefault rth	Trading session: rth is the regular session (09:30-16:15 ET), gth the overnight session that ends on the morning of the trading date (the previous evening 20:15 ET to 09:25 ET, split at midnight ET), all is both with the curb session (to 17:00 ET). gth and all require the overnight entitlement.

Response

Status	Meaning	Body
`200`	Successful response.	Schema below
`400`	Invalid, unknown or repeated parameters, or an invalid cursor.	Error object
`401`	Missing or invalid API key.	Error object
`403`	The plan, dataset release or account state does not allow this request.	Error object
`422`	The request is valid but no data exists for it.	Error object
`429`	Rate limit, burst limit or cooldown; wait Retry-After seconds.Retry-After	Error object
`500`	Internal error.	Error object
`503`	Data temporarily unavailable; retry after Retry-After seconds.Retry-After	Error object
`504`	The request timed out.	Error object

Authenticated responses carry the X-RateLimit-* headers (see rate limits); 429 and 503 add Retry-After.

200 response body

dataarray<object>required10 fields inside
- bar_timeintegerunix-msrequiredStart of the interval. Unix epoch milliseconds (UTC).
- closenumber | nullrequiredLast trade price.
- highnumber | nullrequiredHighest trade price.
- lownumber | nullrequiredLowest trade price.
- opennumber | nullrequiredFirst trade price.
- option_symbolstringrequiredOCC option symbol of the contract: root padded to six characters, expiration YYMMDD, C or P and the strike in thousandths over eight digits.
- trade_countintegerrequiredTrades in the interval.
- underlying_pricenumber | nullrequiredPrice of the underlying during the interval.
- volumeintegerrequiredContracts traded.
- vwapnumber | nullrequiredVolume-weighted average price.
metaobjectrequiredMeta object

Example response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "option_symbol": "SPXW  261016C05800000",
      "bar_time": 1792157700000,
      "open": 12.4,
      "high": 13.1,
      "low": 12.2,
      "close": 12.9,
      "volume": 320,
      "trade_count": 41,
      "vwap": 12.71,
      "underlying_price": 5801.2
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "as_of": 1760659200123,
    "coverage": {
      "complete": true
    },
    "delay_ms": 0,
    "delayed": false,
    "request_id": "0199f0c2-5a1e-7c3b-9d4e-2b6f8a1c3d5e",
    "source": "opra"
  }
}

Values are illustrative. Missing values are null, never 0.