GET 
/market/pcr

Put-Call Ratio (PCR)

API for retrieving the Put-Call Ratio for an underlying asset on a given expiry and date. It accepts the instrument key, expiry, date, and bucket interval, and returns the PCR for the requested date along with spot price insights at each interval.

Request

curl --location 'https://api.upstox.com/v2/market/pcr?instrument_key=NSE_INDEX%7CNifty%2050&expiry=2026-05-29&date=2026-05-07&bucket_interval=60' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {your_access_token}'

For additional samples in various languages, please refer to the Sample code section on this page.

Query Parameters

Name	Required	Description
instrument_key	Required	Underlying asset instrument key. For the regex pattern applicable to this field, see the Field Pattern Appendix.
expiry	Required	Expiry date of the option contract in YYYY-MM-DD format.
date	Required	Date for which PCR data is required, in YYYY-MM-DD format.
bucket_interval	Required	Bucket interval in minutes for intraday PCR insights.

The bucket_interval parameter controls the granularity of the intraday insights array — it defines the gap in minutes between consecutive data points. For example, bucket_interval=60 returns one data point per hour starting from market open (09:15, 10:15, 11:15, ..., 15:15).

Responses

200

Response body

{
    "status": "success",
    "data": {
        "instrument_key": "NSE_INDEX|Nifty 50",
        "expiry_date": "19-05-2026",
        "pcr": 0.6162626197672175,
        "spot_closing_price": 24044.35,
        "insights": [
            {
                "pcr": 0.6440030253572708,
                "spot_price": 23955.0,
                "time": "09:15"
            },
            {
                "pcr": 0.6188192668371697,
                "spot_price": 23829.65,
                "time": "10:15"
            },
            {
                "pcr": 0.6011564491753729,
                "spot_price": 23800.0,
                "time": "11:15"
            },
            {
                "pcr": 0.6114701925916205,
                "spot_price": 23905.75,
                "time": "12:15"
            },
            {
                "pcr": 0.6311270125223614,
                "spot_price": 23950.65,
                "time": "13:15"
            },
            {
                "pcr": 0.6493306043015804,
                "spot_price": 24028.5,
                "time": "14:15"
            },
            {
                "pcr": 0.652457692695892,
                "spot_price": 23988.3,
                "time": "15:15"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Name	Type	Description
status	string	Outcome of the request. Typically success for successful operations.
data	object	PCR data object.
data.instrument_key	string	Underlying asset instrument key.
data.expiry_date	string	Expiry date of the option contract.
data.pcr	number	Put-Call Ratio for the requested date (total put OI / total call OI).
data.spot_closing_price	number	Closing spot price of the underlying asset.
data.insights	array	Intraday PCR data points at the requested bucket interval.
data.insights[].pcr	number	PCR at this interval.
data.insights[].spot_price	number	Spot price at this interval.
data.insights[].time	string	Time of the interval in HH:mm format.

4XX

Error codes

Error code	Description
UDAPI100011	Invalid instrument_key — The provided instrument_key is invalid or not found.
UDAPI1202	Invalid expiry date format — The expiry parameter must be in YYYY-MM-DD format.
UDAPI1203	Invalid date format — The date parameter must be in YYYY-MM-DD format.
UDAPI1205	Invalid bucket_interval — The bucket_interval value is not accepted.

Sample Code

Get PCR data

Curl

curl --location 'https://api.upstox.com/v2/market/pcr?instrument_key=NSE_INDEX%7CNifty%2050&expiry=2026-05-29&date=2026-05-07&bucket_interval=60' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {your_access_token}'

Python

import requests

url = 'https://api.upstox.com/v2/market/pcr'
params = {
    'instrument_key': 'NSE_INDEX|Nifty 50',
    'expiry': '2026-05-29',
    'date': '2026-05-07',
    'bucket_interval': 60
}
headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Accept': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer {your_access_token}'
}

response = requests.get(url, params=params, headers=headers)
print(response.text)

Node.js

const axios = require('axios');

const url = 'https://api.upstox.com/v2/market/pcr';
const params = {
  instrument_key: 'NSE_INDEX|Nifty 50',
  expiry: '2026-05-29',
  date: '2026-05-07',
  bucket_interval: 60
};
const headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {your_access_token}'
};

axios.get(url, { params, headers })
  .then(response => console.log(response.data))
  .catch(error => console.error(error));

Java

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String url = "https://api.upstox.com/v2/market/pcr"
            + "?instrument_key=NSE_INDEX%7CNifty%2050"
            + "&expiry=2026-05-29"
            + "&date=2026-05-07"
            + "&bucket_interval=60";

        HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create(url))
            .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
            .header("Accept", "application/json")
            .header("Authorization", "Bearer {your_access_token}")
            .build();

        HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        System.out.println(response.body());
    }
}

PHP

<?php

$url = 'https://api.upstox.com/v2/market/pcr?'
    . http_build_query([
        'instrument_key'  => 'NSE_INDEX|Nifty 50',
        'expiry'          => '2026-05-29',
        'date'            => '2026-05-07',
        'bucket_interval' => 60,
    ]);

$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    'Content-Type: application/json',
    'Accept: application/json',
    'Authorization: Bearer {your_access_token}',
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Curl error: ' . curl_error($ch);
}
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;
?>