getOpenInterest
Query historical open interest for derivative contracts at intervals from 5min to 1d. Analyze market sentiment by tracking changes in position size over time.
Instructions
Query historical open interest data for derivative contracts at specified time intervals. Returns the total outstanding position size across all market participants.
Use this endpoint when you need to:
Track changes in open interest over time as a market sentiment indicator
Analyze open interest trends relative to price movements for research
Retrieve open interest time series at intervals of 5min, 15min, 30min, 1h, 4h, or 1d
Supported Products: USDT contract, USDC contract, Inverse contract
Supports cursor-based pagination via nextPageCursor.
Do not use this endpoint for current open interest — use getTickers which includes
openInterest and openInterestValue in real-time.
Notes:
Data may experience increased latency during extreme market volatility
Supports cursor-based pagination
No authentication required
Agent hint: Use this endpoint to retrieve historical open interest time series data. Required parameters: category, symbol, and intervalTime (5min/15min/30min/1h/4h/1d). For current open interest value, use getTickers which includes openInterest in real-time. For pagination, pass nextPageCursor from the previous response into the cursor parameter.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| category | Yes | ||
| symbol | Yes | ||
| intervalTime | Yes | ||
| startTime | No | ||
| endTime | No | ||
| limit | No | ||
| cursor | No |