# Trades

Real-time tick data feed of any trade executed across all of sFOX’s integrated liquidity providers. Please note that this feed does not only represent trades executed on sFOX.

### **Subscribing**

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="100">Feed</th><th>Example</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Feed</td><td><strong><code>trades.sfox.&#x3C;basequote></code></strong></td></tr><tr><td>Example</td><td><strong><code>trades.sfox.btcusd</code></strong></td></tr></tbody></table>

```json
// Request -> orders feed
{
    "type": "subscribe", 
    "feeds": ["trades.sfox.btcusd"]
}
```

### **Trades Message**

#### Trades Object

<table><thead><tr><th width="100">Key</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong><code>buyOrderId</code></strong></td><td>Order ID of the buy trade</td></tr><tr><td><strong><code>sellOrderId</code></strong></td><td>Order ID of the sell trade</td></tr><tr><td><strong><code>pair</code></strong></td><td>The currency pair of this trade</td></tr><tr><td><strong><code>price</code></strong></td><td>Price of this trade</td></tr><tr><td><strong><code>quantity</code></strong></td><td>Quantity traded</td></tr><tr><td><strong><code>side</code></strong></td><td>Side taken buy or sell</td></tr><tr><td><strong><code>exchange</code></strong></td><td>Location of the trade</td></tr><tr><td><strong><code>exchange_id</code></strong></td><td>ID of the trade location</td></tr><tr><td><strong><code>timestamp</code></strong></td><td>Time of the trade</td></tr></tbody></table>

#### Trades Message

```json
// Trades feed message
{
  "sequence": 24,
  "recipient": "trades.sfox.btcusd",
  "timestamp": 1649901441593380244,
  "payload": {
    "id": "1062696823",
    "quantity": "0.005",
    "price": "41492",
    "exchange": "bitfinex",
    "exchange_id": 2,
    "side": "buy",
    "pair": "btcusd",
    "pair_id": 1,
    "timestamp": "2022-04-14T01:57:21.521999872Z",
    "timeStamp": "2022-04-14T01:57:21.521",
    "buyOrderId": "",
    "sellOrderId": "",
    "is_decimal": true
  }
}
```

### Example Code

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="NodeJS" %}

```javascript
const WebSocket = require('ws')

const ws = new WebSocket('wss://ws.sfox.com/ws')

ws.on('message', function(data) {
    console.log(data);
});

ws.on('open', function() {
  const subscribeMsg = {
    type: 'subscribe',
    feeds: ['trades.sfox.btcusd']
  }
  ws.send(JSON.stringify(subscribeMsg));
});
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import asyncio
import json

import websockets


async def main(uri):
    async with websockets.connect(uri) as ws:
        await ws.send(json.dumps({
            "type": "subscribe",
            "feeds": [
                "trades.sfox.btcusd",
            ],
        }))
        async for msg in ws:
            print(msg)


asyncio.run(main("wss://ws.sfox.com/ws"))
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


---

# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.sfox.com/websocket-api/market-data/trades.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.