Options Trades API for time-and-sales history and last-trade workflows
CuteMarkets provides tick-level options trade history for one contract, including price, size, exchange, condition codes, and nanosecond timestamps, plus a last-trade shortcut for compact live workflows.
Why teams use it
What teams use an options trades API for
Actual prints
Study traded prices and sizes instead of assuming midpoint liquidity.
Condition codes
Retain sale-condition context when cleaning or interpreting prints.
Last-trade shortcut
Fetch the most recent trade for a contract without scanning a full historical window.
Trade-size analytics
Use contract size to study unusual activity and participation patterns.
Timestamp precision
Align trades with quote windows, underlying moves, and intraday bars.
Research audit trail
Preserve the evidence trail behind fills, exits, alerts, and scanner output.
Use cases
What you can build with this options data API
Time-and-sales panels
Display recent option prints next to quotes and contract details.
Unusual activity checks
Rank contracts by print size, frequency, or change in participation.
Backtest validation
Compare assumed entries and exits against actual trade activity.
Alert systems
Use prints as one input to contract-level alerting and research workflows.
Developer examples
Two code paths teams usually need first
curl "https://api.cutemarkets.com/v1/options/trades/O:AAPL251121C00225000/?timestamp.gte=2025-10-29T13:30:00Z×tamp.lt=2025-10-29T20:00:00Z" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"curl "https://api.cutemarkets.com/v1/options/snapshot/AAPL/O:AAPL251121C00225000/" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"Evaluate and compare
Why chain snapshots alone are not enough
Focused endpoint pages are useful because most teams do not evaluate an options data API in the abstract. They evaluate one workflow first, then expand into chains, contracts, quotes, trades, and expirations.
Options data API
Start from the canonical product page for the full live and historical surface.
Historical options data API
See how contracts, quotes, trades, aggregates, and expirations fit together for research.
Best options data APIs
Compare provider evaluation criteria before committing to a data stack.
Docs to open next
Relevant API docs
Tutorials and research
Related articles
Backtest options without stale contracts
See why contract discovery with historical dates matters before a backtest is trusted.
Why option quotes beat last price
Understand bid/ask context, last-sale gaps, and quote-aware research workflows.
Quote-aware options fills
A research-to-product bridge from the CuteMarkets backtesting work.
FAQ
Common questions about this options data API
What is the difference between options trades and options quotes?
Trades are actual prints. Quotes are bid/ask markets. Serious research usually needs both because a trade print can be stale and a quote can show whether the contract was realistically executable.
Does CuteMarkets provide both real-time and historical options data?
Yes. CuteMarkets supports real-time snapshots and historical workflows across contracts, trades, quotes, aggregates, and expirations, with plan-specific live or delayed access.
Do you provide quotes, trades, and historical contracts?
Yes. The platform includes contracts, chain snapshots, contract snapshots, trade history, quote history, aggregates, and expiration lookups for U.S.-listed options.
Do you provide the earnings calendar too?
CuteMarkets provides the options data layer. Earnings timing should come from a dedicated earnings calendar source that you combine with the options data.
Use trade prints with quote context
Pull trades when you need time-and-sales evidence, then pair them with quotes and snapshots for a fuller contract view.
Canonical URL: https://cutemarkets.com/options-trades-api/