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# Futures examples

Use these examples when you want to test futures-specific Market Replay behavior fast.

## Minute bars for a futures contract

Query minute bars for a specific contract:

```bash
curl "https://historical.aws.barchart.com/historical/queryminutes.ashx?username=YOUR_USERNAME&password=YOUR_PASSWORD&symbol=ESH09&start=200902030900&end=200902031200"
```

## Nearby minute data by root

Query nearby minute data with the root symbol:

```bash
curl "https://historical.aws.barchart.com/historical/querynearbyminutes.ashx?username=YOUR_USERNAME&password=YOUR_PASSWORD&symbol=ES&start=20090601&end=20090701"
```

Query hourly nearby bars:

```bash
curl "https://historical.aws.barchart.com/historical/querynearbyminutes.ashx?username=YOUR_USERNAME&password=YOUR_PASSWORD&symbol=ES&start=20090601&end=20090701&interval=60"
```

## Tick data for a futures symbol

Query ticks for a futures contract:

```bash
curl "https://historical.aws.barchart.com/historical/queryticks.ashx?username=YOUR_USERNAME&password=YOUR_PASSWORD&symbol=ESH09&start=20090203090000&end=20090203120000"
```

Query ticks with root notation:

```bash
curl "https://historical.aws.barchart.com/historical/queryticks.ashx?username=YOUR_USERNAME&password=YOUR_PASSWORD&symbol=ES*1&maxrecords=500&order=desc"
```

{% hint style="info" %}
Tick queries stay within one day. Split multi-day futures downloads into one request per day.
{% endhint %}

## End-of-day nearby series

Query daily nearest records:

```bash
curl "https://historical.aws.barchart.com/historical/queryeod.ashx?username=YOUR_USERNAME&password=YOUR_PASSWORD&symbol=ESH09&maxrecords=100&data=dailynearest"
```

Query nearest records with total volume:

```bash
curl "https://historical.aws.barchart.com/historical/queryeod.ashx?username=YOUR_USERNAME&password=YOUR_PASSWORD&symbol=ESH09&end=20090203&maxrecords=100&data=dailynearest&volume=total"
```

Query the second nearby contract:

```bash
curl "https://historical.aws.barchart.com/historical/queryeod.ashx?username=YOUR_USERNAME&password=YOUR_PASSWORD&symbol=ES&maxrecords=100&data=dailynearest&nearby=2"
```

## Back-adjusted futures series

Query a back-adjusted nearby series:

```bash
curl "https://historical.aws.barchart.com/historical/queryeod.ashx?username=YOUR_USERNAME&password=YOUR_PASSWORD&symbol=ES&maxrecords=100&data=dailynearest&backadjust=true"
```

## Futures options through `queryeod.ashx`

Query a futures option by option symbol:

```bash
curl "https://historical.aws.barchart.com/historical/queryeod.ashx?username=YOUR_USERNAME&password=YOUR_PASSWORD&symbol=NGH12|600C&start=20120101&end=20120131&data=daily&volume=contract"
```

## Futures options EOD endpoint

Query futures options EOD by root and date:

```bash
curl "https://marketreplay.barchart.com/historical/futuresoptions?username=YOUR_USERNAME&password=YOUR_PASSWORD&root=CK&date=2023-04-14"
```

Query JSON output with aggregate stats when enabled:

```bash
curl "https://marketreplay.barchart.com/historical/futuresoptions/json?username=YOUR_USERNAME&password=YOUR_PASSWORD&root=ZC&date=2023-08-16"
```

## Time and symbol reminders

* futures queries use Central Time
* nearby minute queries use the root symbol
* EOD nearest queries can use `nearby`
* futures options EOD uses `root` and `date`

## Related

* [Symbols and notation](/market-replay-docs/reference/symbols-and-notation.md)
* [curl examples](/market-replay-docs/getting-started/curl-examples.md)
* [Minute queries](/market-replay-docs/api-query-types/minute-queries.md)
* [End-of-day queries](/market-replay-docs/api-query-types/end-of-day-queries.md)
* [Futures options EOD](/market-replay-docs/api-query-types/futures-options-eod.md)


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