# Forming candle · HyperCore API · Femtos

> The forming candle, pushed once per block where it changes.

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## Forming candle — WS `hc.candles`

The forming candle, pushed once per block where it changes.

| Param | In | Example or values |
|---|---|---|
| `coin` | filter | `BTC` |
| `tf` | filter | `1s`, `15s`, `1m`, `5m`, `15m`, `1h`, `4h`, `1d` |

```json
{"op":"subscribe","channel":"hc.candles","filter":{"coin":"BTC","tf":"1s"}}
```

| Field | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| `snapshot: true` | Candle[] | last 300 candles at subscribe |
| `data` | Candle | {t,o,h,l,c,v,vq,n,block}, the forming candle |

## Related (Market data)

- [Markets](https://femtos.xyz/hypercore/markets.md): Every tradable perp, spot, HIP-3 and outcome market with 24 h stats.
- [Candles](https://femtos.xyz/hypercore/candles.md): OHLCV of any HyperCore market down to 1 s, ascending, UTC-aligned.
- [Trades](https://femtos.xyz/hypercore/trades.md): Latest fills of one market, newest first.
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- [Best bid / offer](https://femtos.xyz/hypercore/ws-bbo.md): Top of book of one market each block: raced between Hyperliquid's public feed and our node (newest block wins, our node corrects the same block).
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- [HYPE price](https://femtos.xyz/hypercore/ws-prices.md): HYPE from the Hyperliquid oracle, perp mark and exchanges.

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