Buy sweep volume
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What is Buy sweep volume?
Buy sweep volume is a market-data metric that BlackForge measures for every listed pair on the major spot exchanges, in real time. Quote value of all prints that were part of a buy sweep. It reports what the order book or trade tape showed, not what price will do next.
The facts
| Unit | quote |
|---|---|
| Family | Trade timing |
| Key | buySweepVol |
| Quote-relative | Yes |
| Nullable | Yes |
| Plottable | Yes |
| Available from | Max plan |
Live across every venue
Buy sweep volume for BTC-USDT, as measured in the latest closed window on each venue. Observed . A venue with no reading for this window shows n/a. Nothing is invented.
| Venue | Symbol | Buy sweep volume |
|---|---|---|
| Binance | BTCUSDT | 137,158 |
| Bitget | BTCUSDT | 6,585 |
| Bybit | BTCUSDT | 47,446 |
| Coinbase | BTC-USDT | 0 |
| Gate | BTC_USDT | 0 |
| Kraken | BTCUSDT | 0 |
| Kucoin | BTC-USDT | 0 |
| Mexc | BTCUSDT | 1,167 |
| Okx | BTC-USDT | 28,566 |
Query it
Buy sweep volume is one field on the wide row /v1/latest returns for a pair. Set $BF to the API base and read it at .values.buySweepVol:
curl -H "x-api-key: $BLACKFORGE_API_KEY" \
"$BF/v1/latest?exchange=binance&symbol=BTCUSDT"
# read the value at: .values.buySweepVolRelated
When trades landed within the window and how they were spaced.
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What is Buy sweep volume?
Buy sweep volume is a market-data metric that BlackForge measures for every listed pair on the major spot exchanges, in real time. Quote value of all prints that were part of a buy sweep. It reports what the order book or trade tape showed, not what price will do next.
How is Buy sweep volume measured?
BlackForge computes Buy sweep volume from each venue’s own order book and trades for every listed pair, in real time, and records it as quote. Because it is quote-relative, it is expressed in the pair’s quote asset. The value is stored exactly as observed.
Which plan includes Buy sweep volume?
Buy sweep volume is available from the Max plan upward, and on pay-per-call over x402. See pricing for the full plan ladder.
Does Buy sweep volume predict where price will go?
No. Buy sweep volume is a measurement of what the order book or trade tape showed in the window. It carries no view on future price, and BlackForge scores nothing: every metric is a measurement, not a call.