{symbol}: Get trading symbol info

API: blockchain.com:blockchain.com-api
Endpoint: /symbols/{symbol}
Response format: application/json
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 199ms

Description

Provides trading rules and status for a symbol including price increments, order size limits, and trading status. Use this to validate order parameters before placing trades and to check if a market is active or halted.

From spec: Returns detailed information about a specific trading symbol including status, price increments, and order size limits.

Usage Tips

- Check status field before trading (can be 'open', 'closed', 'halted', etc.) - Use price_tick_size to ensure price precision - Use min_order_size and max_order_size for order validation

Parameters (1)

symbol (?, path, required)

Trading symbol (e.g., BTC-USD, ETH-USD)

Examples (1)

Get BTC-USD trading symbol info doc_extracted

Demonstrates fetching trading rules and limits for the BTC-USD symbol including price precision and order size constraints.

curl 'https://api.blockchain.com/v3/exchange/symbols/BTC-USD'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://api.blockchain.com/v3/exchange/symbols/BTC-USD")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("blockchain.com")
result = api.fetch("symbols/{symbol}")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://api.blockchain.com/v3/exchange/symbols/BTC-USD");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 00:14:48.793152 200 199ms
2026-04-15 00:02:50.993475 200 198ms
2026-04-14 03:17:50.479308 200 202ms
2026-04-12 14:58:04.410255 200 176ms
2026-04-10 01:12:49.048033 200 129ms
2026-04-09 00:53:27.900952 200 213ms