Last Quote
GET
/v2/last/nbbo/{stocksTicker}
Retrieve the most recent National Best Bid and Offer (NBBO) quote for a specified stock ticker, including the latest bid/ask prices, sizes, exchange details, and timestamp. This endpoint supports monitoring current market conditions and updating platforms or applications with near-term quote information, allowing users to evaluate liquidity, track spreads, and make more informed decisions.
Use Cases: Price display, spread analysis, market monitoring.
Path Parameters
stocksTicker
string
required
Specify a case-sensitive ticker symbol. For example, AAPL represents Apple Inc.
Response Attributes
request_id
string
A request id assigned by the server.
results
object
optional
P
number
optional
The ask price.
S
integer
optional
The ask size. This represents the number of round lot orders at the given ask price. The normal round lot size is 100 shares. An ask size of 2 means there are 200 shares available to purchase at the given ask price.
T
string
The exchange symbol that this item is traded under.
X
integer
optional
The exchange ID. See Exchanges for Polygon.io's mapping of exchange IDs.
c
array (integer)
optional
A list of condition codes.
f
integer
optional
The nanosecond accuracy TRF(Trade Reporting Facility) Unix Timestamp. This is the timestamp of when the trade reporting facility received this message.
i
array (integer)
optional
A list of indicator codes.
p
number
optional
The bid price.
q
integer
The sequence number represents the sequence in which message events happened.
These are increasing and unique per ticker symbol, but will not always be
sequential (e.g., 1, 2, 6, 9, 10, 11).
s
integer
optional
The bid size. This represents the number of round lot orders at the given bid price. The normal round lot size is 100 shares. A bid size of 2 means there are 200 shares for purchase at the given bid price.
t
integer
The nanosecond accuracy SIP Unix Timestamp. This is the timestamp of when the SIP received this message from the exchange which produced it.
x
integer
optional
The exchange ID. See Exchanges for Polygon.io's mapping of exchange IDs.
y
integer
The nanosecond accuracy Participant/Exchange Unix Timestamp. This is the timestamp of when the quote was actually generated at the exchange.
z
integer
optional
There are 3 tapes which define which exchange the ticker is listed on. These are integers in our objects which represent the letter of the alphabet. Eg: 1 = A, 2 = B, 3 = C.
* Tape A is NYSE listed securities
* Tape B is NYSE ARCA / NYSE American
* Tape C is NASDAQ
status
string
The status of this request's response.