# Femtos | Position flow per bar | API reference

> Large position moves and liquidations of a perp per bar: buys, sells, longs and shorts liquidated, each summed with its largest. GET /v1/positions/flow on HyperCore: parameters, response fields and a live call per layer.

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## Position flow per bar — GET `/v1/positions/flow`

Large position moves and liquidations of a perp per bar: buys, sells, longs and shorts liquidated, each summed with its largest.

Layers: HyperCore. Not on Elysium or HyperEVM: served on HyperCore only.
Page with live calls: https://femtos.xyz/reference/position-flow?layer=hypercore

| Param | In | Example or values | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| `coin` | query | `BTC` | Perp coin |
| `tf` | query | `1s`, `15s`, `1m`, `3m`, `5m`, `15m`, `30m`, `1h`, `2h`, `4h`, `8h`, `12h`, `1d`, `3d`, `1w`, `1M` | Bar unit |
| `minNotional` | query | `1000000` | Smallest notional of a buy or sell (USD, decimal string; at least 10000) |
| `liqMinNotional` | query | (optional) | Smallest notional of a liquidation (USD, decimal string; default `minNotional`; at least 10000) |
| `from` | query | (optional) | Start (ms, inclusive; aligned down to the unit). Without it: the `limit` bars ending at `to` |
| `to` | query | (optional) | End (ms, exclusive; default now) |
| `limit` | query | `48` | Bars at most from `from` (a window of at most 20,000 bars) |

```bash
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FEMTOS_KEY" "https://api.femtos.xyz/v1/positions/flow?coin=BTC&tf=1h&minNotional=1000000&limit=48"
```

| Field | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| `bars[]` | object | Ascending; only the bars with a move over a floor: {t, buy, sell, liqLong, liqShort} |
| `bars[].buy` | object | Positions bought over `minNotional`: longs opened or added, shorts reduced or closed (not liquidated): {usd, n, sz, px, max, top} |
| `bars[].buy.top` | object | The largest move of the bar, of this kind: {user, block, time, notional, px, entity} |
| `bars[].liqLong` | object | Longs liquidated over `liqMinNotional` (the liquidated accounts' own moves: forced sells): {usd, n, sz, px, max, top} |
| `asOf` | ms | The fills' ingested head (Unix ms): every move before it is in |
| `billing` | heavy | heavy over 30 days |

## Related (Liquidations & positions)

- [Liquidations](https://femtos.xyz/reference/liquidations.md) `GET /v1/liquidations`: Perp liquidations, newest first, one row per account, coin and block. (HyperCore)
- [Liquidations stream](https://femtos.xyz/reference/ws/liquidations.md) `WS hc.liquidations`: Each liquidation fill, the block it happens. One frame per block with all its matching events. (HyperCore)
- [Liquidation stats](https://femtos.xyz/reference/liquidation-stats.md) `GET /v1/liquidations/stats`: Totals, per coin, per time bucket and the largest, over a window. (HyperCore)
- [Liquidation stats stream](https://femtos.xyz/reference/ws/liquidation-stats.md) `WS hc.liquidations.stats`: The GET /v1/liquidations/stats answer (totals, per coin, per bucket, the largest), pushed on subscribe, then when a liquidation comes in (whole, or as a JSON Patch). (HyperCore)
- [Positions](https://femtos.xyz/reference/positions.md) `GET /v1/positions`: Open positions of one perp with leverage and liquidation price. (HyperCore)
- [Position changes](https://femtos.xyz/reference/ws/positions.md) `WS hc.positions`: Each perp position change, one per block, account and coin. One frame per block with all its matching events. (HyperCore)
- [Open positions stream](https://femtos.xyz/reference/ws/positions-open.md) `WS hc.positions.open`: The GET /v1/positions answer of one perp (size, entry, PnL, leverage, liquidation price), pushed on subscribe, then on each roll of the live positions (every 5 s) when it changes. (HyperCore)
- [Position change history](https://femtos.xyz/reference/position-changes.md) `GET /v1/positions/changes`: Past perp position changes of one coin over a size, one row per account and block. (HyperCore)
- [Open interest](https://femtos.xyz/reference/positions-overview.md) `GET /v1/positions/overview`: Open interest, accounts and unrealized PnL per perp. (HyperCore)
- [Open interest stream](https://femtos.xyz/reference/ws/positions-overview.md) `WS hc.positions.overview`: The GET /v1/positions/overview answer (long / short open interest, accounts, unrealized PnL per perp), pushed on subscribe, then on each roll of the live positions (every 5 s) when it changes (whole, or as a JSON Patch). (HyperCore)
- [Liquidation map](https://femtos.xyz/reference/liqmap.md) `GET /v1/positions/liqmap`: Notional that would be liquidated at each price around the mark. (HyperCore)
- [Liquidation levels stream](https://femtos.xyz/reference/ws/positions-liqmap.md) `WS hc.positions.liqmap`: The GET /v1/positions/liqmap answer of one perp (notional liquidated per price bucket), pushed on subscribe, then on each roll of the live positions (every 5 s) when it changes. (HyperCore)
- [Open interest history](https://femtos.xyz/reference/open-interest.md) `GET /v1/hypercore/oi`: Open interest bars of a perp since May 2023, after every block since March 2025: longs and shorts opened, closed, liquidated. (HyperCore)
- [Open interest per block](https://femtos.xyz/reference/ws/oi.md) `WS hc.oi`: The open interest of a perp after every block with a fill: longs and shorts opened, closed, liquidated. One frame per block with all its matching events. (HyperCore)
- [Open interest by market](https://femtos.xyz/reference/open-interest-markets.md) `GET /v1/hypercore/oi/markets`: Every perp's open interest now, its 1 h / 24 h / 7 d change, totals per dex. (HyperCore)
- [Open interest by position size](https://femtos.xyz/reference/open-interest-cohorts.md) `GET /v1/hypercore/oi/cohorts`: Long and short open interest of a perp by position size, every hour since September 2025. (HyperCore)
- [Who opened positions](https://femtos.xyz/reference/open-interest-opens.md) `GET /v1/hypercore/oi/opens`: The largest orders that opened longs or shorts on a perp in a window, with the account and whether it crossed the spread. (HyperCore)

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