Strong trade count 3x
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What is Strong trade count 3x?
Strong trade count 3x is a market-data metric BlackForge measures for every listed pair on nine spot exchanges, once per closed five-minute window. Trades at least 3 times the average trade size in the window. It reports what the order book or trade tape showed, not what price will do next.
The facts
| Unit | count |
|---|---|
| Family | Outsized trades |
| Key | stc200 |
| Quote-relative | No |
| Nullable | No |
| Plottable | Yes |
| Available from | Max plan |
Live across all nine venues
Strong trade count 3x for BTC-USDT, as measured in the latest closed window on each venue. Observed . A venue with no reading for this window shows an em dash — nothing is invented.
| Venue | Symbol | Strong trade count 3x |
|---|---|---|
| Binance | BTCUSDT | 844 |
| Bitget | BTCUSDT | 62 |
| Bybit | BTCUSDT | 143 |
| Coinbase | BTC-USDT | 2 |
| Gate | BTC_USDT | 142 |
| Kraken | BTCUSDT | 1 |
| Kucoin | BTC-USDT | 100 |
| Mexc | BTCUSDT | 62 |
| Okx | BTC-USDT | 92 |
Query it
Strong trade count 3x is one field on the wide row /v1/latest returns for a pair. Set $BF to the API base and read it at .values.stc200:
curl -H "x-api-key: $BLACKFORGE_API_KEY" \
"$BF/v1/latest?exchange=binance&symbol=BTCUSDT"
# read the value at: .values.stc200Related
Counts and totals of trades far above the pair’s own recent average size, at four thresholds, split by side.
Defined in the glossary: Order flow.
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What is Strong trade count 3x?
Strong trade count 3x is a market-data metric BlackForge measures for every listed pair on nine spot exchanges, once per closed five-minute window. Trades at least 3 times the average trade size in the window. It reports what the order book or trade tape showed, not what price will do next.
How is Strong trade count 3x measured?
BlackForge computes Strong trade count 3x from each venue’s own order book and trades for every listed pair, once per closed five-minute window, and records it as count. The value is stored exactly as observed.
Which plan includes Strong trade count 3x?
Strong trade count 3x is available from the Max plan upward, and on pay-per-call over x402. See pricing for the full plan ladder.
Does Strong trade count 3x predict where price will go?
No. Strong trade count 3x 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.