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OHLC API

Build OHLC candlestick chart data for any DEX token pair using the dexTrades API. Prices are aggregated at runtime from on-chain swaps, with configurable time intervals, outlier filters, and exchange-specific filtering.

Get Ethereum DEX OHLC for DAI and Quote in Ten Minute Intervals​

Get 10-minute OHLC candles for a DAI/WETH pair on Ethereum. Returns open, high, low, close prices with trade counts, base/quote amounts, and USD values using the expression field for derived calculations.

Variations: Change minute(count: 10) to minute(count: 1), hour, or day for different intervals. Swap the token addresses for any pair. Add exchangeName to filter by DEX. Adjust the time range for any period.

{
  ethereum(network: ethereum) {
    dexTrades(
      options: {limit: 6, asc: "timeInterval.minute"}
      time: {since: "2023-07-09T17:00:00Z", till: "2023-07-09T18:00:00Z"}
      baseCurrency: {is: "0xd0b3a986fff305854a7238a8e099cce1ced01a3d"}
      quoteCurrency: {is: "0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2"}
    ) {
      timeInterval {
        minute(count:10)
      }
      baseCurrency {
        symbol
        address
      }
      baseAmount
      baseAmountInUSD: baseAmount(in: USD)
      quoteCurrency {
        symbol
        address
      }
      quoteAmount
      quoteAmountInUSD: quoteAmount(in: USD)
      trades: count
      quotePrice
      average_price: quotePrice(calculate: average)
      maximum_price: quotePrice(calculate: maximum)
      minimum_price: quotePrice(calculate: minimum)
      open_price: minimum(of: block, get: quote_price)
      close_price: maximum(of: block, get: quote_price)
      averagePriceInUSD: expression(get: "quoteAmountInUSD/baseAmount")
    }
  }
}


Get Uniswap Ethereum WETH USDT OHLC With Outlier Trade Filters​

Get 5-minute OHLC candles for WETH/USDT on Uniswap specifically, with outlier filtering. The priceAsymmetry: {lt: 1} filter removes trades with mismatched buy/sell USD values, and tradeAmountUsd: {gt: 500} excludes dust trades. Read more about priceAsymmetry.

Variations: Change exchangeName to "Sushiswap" or remove it for all DEXes. Adjust tradeAmountUsd threshold for your quality requirements. Switch network to bsc or matic for other chains.

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{
  ethereum(network: ethereum) {
    dexTrades(
      options: { limit: 10, asc: "timeInterval.minute" }
      date: { is: "2023-05-23" }
      exchangeName: { is: "Uniswap" }
      baseCurrency: { is: "0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2" }
      quoteCurrency: { is: "0xdac17f958d2ee523a2206206994597c13d831ec7" }
      priceAsymmetry: { lt: 1 }
      tradeAmountUsd: { gt: 500 }
    ) {
      timeInterval {
        minute(count: 5)
      }
      baseCurrency {
        symbol
        address
      }
      baseAmount
      quoteCurrency {
        symbol
        address
      }
      quoteAmount
      trades: count
      quotePrice
      maximum_price: quotePrice(calculate: maximum)
      minimum_price: quotePrice(calculate: minimum)
      open_price: minimum(of: block, get: quote_price)
      close_price: maximum(of: block, get: quote_price)
    }
  }
}