---
title: "Most active stocks"
method: GET
path: "/v1beta1/screener/stocks/most-actives"
tags: ["Screener"]
---

# Most active stocks

`GET /v1beta1/screener/stocks/most-actives`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://data.giftcity.in.alpaca.markets`
- URL: `https://data.giftcity.in.alpaca.markets/v1beta1/screener/stocks/most-actives`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `APCA-API-KEY-ID` and API key in header `APCA-API-SECRET-KEY`
  - HTTP basic

Returns the most active stocks by volume or trade count based on real time SIP data. By default, returns the top 10 symbols by volume.

## Query parameters

- `by` 'volume' | 'trades'
- `top` integer

## Response `200`

OK

- MostActivesResp
  - `last_updated` string, required: Time when the most actives were last computed. Formatted as a RFC-3339 date-time with nanosecond precision.
  - `most_actives` MostActive[], required: List of top N most active symbols.
    - `symbol` string, required
    - `trade_count` integer, required: Cumulative trade count for the current trading day.
    - `volume` integer, required: Cumulative volume for the current trading day.

## Other responses

- `400`: One of the request parameters is invalid. See the returned message for details.
- `401`: Authentication headers are missing or invalid. Make sure you authenticate your request with a valid API key.
- `403`: The requested resource is forbidden.
- `429`: Too many requests. You hit the rate limit. Use the X-RateLimit-... response headers to make sure you're under the rate limit.
- `500`: Internal server error. We recommend retrying these later. If the issue persists, please contact us on [Slack](https://alpaca.markets/slack) or on the [Community Forum](https://forum.alpaca.markets/).

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/alpacahq/apis/market-data-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/alpacahq/apis/market-data-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/alpacahq/apis/market-data-api/revisions/82f96f2d0134?raw)