Futures Markets

Contract-level futures coverage across major exchanges: find tickers by product or exchange, inspect contract details and download historical prices.

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Futures API

The Futures API provides comprehensive access to futures contract data including ticker metadata, contract specifications, and historical price data across multiple exchanges. This API is essential for quantitative analysis, trading strategy development, and market research on derivative instruments.

GET/futures/tickers

Retrieves a complete list of all available futures contracts with their metadata. This endpoint supports filtering by exchange to narrow down results. Returns contract specifications including ticker symbol, full contract name, exchange, and unique identifier for detailed lookup operations.

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
exchange	string	Optional	Filter contracts by exchange. view all values

Examples:

https://api.axionquant.com/futures/tickers

https://api.axionquant.com/futures/tickers?exchange=CMX

Response Fields

id number

Unique database identifier

ticker string

Contract ticker symbol (e.g., "ALI", "M6A")

name string

Full contract name with expiration

exchange string

Trading exchange abbreviation

All Futures Tickers

Request

Sample code

1from axion import Axion
2client = Axion(api_key='axn_123')
3
4tickers = client.futures.tickers(exchange='CME')
5print(tickers)

Response

[
  {
    "id": 12,
    "ticker": "ESG",
    "name": "E-mini S&P 500 ESG Index Future",
    "exchange": "CME"
  },
  {
    "id": 50,
    "ticker": "BTC",
    "name": "Bitcoin Futures",
    "exchange": "CME"
  },
  {
    "id": 53,
    "ticker": "6N",
    "name": "New Zealand Dollar Futures",
    "exchange": "CME"
  },
  {
    "id": 6,
    "ticker": "HUF",
    "name": "Hungarian Forint Futures",
    "exchange": "CME"
  },
  {
    "id": 54,
    "ticker": "6S",
    "name": "Swiss Franc Futures",
    "exchange": "CME"
  },
  {
    "id": 55,
    "ticker": "ESR",
    "name": "EURO SHORT-TERM RATE (ESTR) FUT",
    "exchange": "CME"
  },
  {
    "id": 9,
    "ticker": "QG",
    "name": "E-mini Natural Gas Futures",
    "exchange": "NYM"
  }
]

GET/futures/gainers

Retrieves the top gaining futures contracts over a specified lookback period. Returns contract ticker symbols with their percentage change, sorted from highest gainer to lowest. Useful for identifying commodity and financial futures momentum.

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
days	integer	Optional	Lookback period in days (default: 5)
limit	integer	Optional	Maximum number of results to return (default: 10)

Examples:

https://api.axionquant.com/futures/gainers

https://api.axionquant.com/futures/gainers?days=30&limit=20

Response Fields

ticker string

Futures contract ticker symbol

pctchange number

Percentage change over the lookback period

Futures Gainers

Request

Sample code

1from axion import Axion
2client = Axion(api_key='axn_123')
3
4gainers = client.futures.gainers(days=5, limit=10)
5print(gainers)

Response

[
  {
    "ticker": "ALI",
    "pctchange": 4.567
  },
  {
    "ticker": "M6A",
    "pctchange": 3.456
  },
  {
    "ticker": "BTC",
    "pctchange": 2.345
  }
]

GET/futures/losers

Retrieves the top losing futures contracts over a specified lookback period. Returns contract ticker symbols with their percentage change, sorted from most negative to least negative. Useful for identifying commodity and financial futures weakness.

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
days	integer	Optional	Lookback period in days (default: 5)
limit	integer	Optional	Maximum number of results to return (default: 10)

Examples:

https://api.axionquant.com/futures/losers

https://api.axionquant.com/futures/losers?days=30&limit=20

Response Fields

ticker string

Futures contract ticker symbol

pctchange number

Percentage change over the lookback period

Futures Losers

Request

Sample code

1from axion import Axion
2client = Axion(api_key='axn_123')
3
4losers = client.futures.losers(days=5, limit=10)
5print(losers)

Response

[
  {
    "ticker": "CL",
    "pctchange": -5.678
  },
  {
    "ticker": "NG",
    "pctchange": -4.567
  },
  {
    "ticker": "ES",
    "pctchange": -3.456
  }
]