The parameter specifies the criteria to use for selecting events to return.

Criteria take the form of: [criteria]:[operator]:[value]. You can specify multiple criteria by separating them with a comma. Eg. crt=cfm:eq:C,cls:ge:10

operator can be any of the following:

Value	Description
lt	less than
le	less than or equal to
eq	equal to
ge	greater than or equal to
gt	greater than
ne	not equal to
any	any of a list. The list is separated by a colon. Eg. cfm:any:3:C:P
between	value must be between two values (inclusive). The two values are separated by a colon. Eg. cls:between:10:20

criteria can be any of the following

Value	Description
bbs	The instrument symbol formatted to mimic the style used by Belzberg. All operators supported.
cfm	Confirmation Type for the event. :eq:, :any:, :ne: operators supported Value Description P Penetration 3 3% Penetration C Close D Date N Not confirmed U Unknown If omitted then the appropriate Confirmation type based on each Event Type will be used. Confirmation types match up as follows: C, 3, P apply to Classic events (ecl=C) and represent the difference in pattern formation on the confirmation day of the event. A C indicates that the close price crosses the confirmation line of the event, a 3 indicates that the high or low price crossed the confirmation line by 3% or more and a P indicates that the high or low crossed the confirmation line by less than 3%. If unspecified then only classic events with a confirmation type of C will be returned. All Short-term events (ecl=S) have confirmation type of C. Indicator events (ecl=I) can have a confirmation type of D, U or N. For many Technical Events the Confirmation Type is part of the consensus rating. For these events a selection of any other confirmation type without a corresponding override of the default Consensus Rating will result in no events returned.
cls	Close Price for the instrument on the confirmation date for the event. :lt:, :le:, :eq:, :ge:, :gt:, :between: operators are supported.
cms	The instrument symbol formatted to mimic the style used by the exchange on which this instrument is traded. All operators supported.
cnr	Consensus Rating for the event. Consensus Rating is [-100,100] integer. If omitted then the API call will return all events with a Consensus Rating greater than 0. The Consensus Rating is a Recognia generated number that represents how closely a specific event corresponds to the "industry consensus" for that event. Factors include such areas as the appearance of the event and its relationship to the inbound trend. Volume traded for the instrument on the confirmation date for the event. :lt:, :le:, :eq:, :ge:, :gt:, :between: operators are supported.
drn	Date Range Name. A string which allows for the selection of pre-defined date ranges. Valid names are: yesterday, thisweek, lastweek, thismonth, lastmonth, thisyear, lastyear, Xday, Xmonth, Xyear (X being a number). :eq: operator supported.
ead	Event Active Date. Each event is active for a period of time after it is found. Return only events that were active on the given date. :eq: operator supported. In addition, :eq:current is a short-form for the current date, :eq:any returns both active and inactive events, and :ne:current returns only events not currently active.
ecl	Event Class. A single character indicating the class of events to return. :eq:, :ne:, :any: operators supported. Possible values are Value Description C Classic Patterns S Short-term Patterns I Indicators O Oscillators
edr	An integer number which is the number of price periods (usually trading days) of the event spans. :lt:, :le:, :eq:, :ge:, :gt:, :between: operators are supported.
eid	Event Id. Each event has a unique, case-sensitive, string id. If you specify this criteria then all other criteria are ignored. :eq: and :any: operators supported.
eti	Event Type Id. An integer value that indicates the type of event. See Event Types for a list of the currently supported event types. :lt:, :le:, :eq:, :ge:, :gt:, :ne:, :between:, :any: operators are supported.
exc	Exchange Symbol. A string representing the exchange to search against. See Exchanges for a list of the currently supported exchanges. :eq:, :ne:, :any: operators supported. Please note that for securities exchanges, Recognia does not currently support querying across multiple countries; attempting to query based on exchanges in different countries will return an error.
iid	The Instrument ID is a unique string that identifies the instrument. This can be used to request a specific instrument instead of passing a symbol and exchange combination in the call. :eq: operator supported.
ist	The issue type of the instrument. :eq:, :ne:, :any: operators supported. For Exchange-Traded Funds, specify ETF. Otherwise exclude this criterion from your query in order to return instruments of any issue type (common, preferred, ETFs, etc.).
ity	Instrument Type. A character representing the type of financial instrument to be selected. Possible values are S for Security, I for Index, C for Currency, and M for Futures. If you do not specify this criteria it defaults to S. :eq: operator supported.
ixs	The instrument symbol formatted to mimic the ILX style used by Thomson Financial. All operators supported.
ooa	On or After. Confirmation date for the event must have occurred on or after the date specified. The date must be of the format YYYY-MM-DD (for example 2002-09-07). :eq: operator supported.
oob	On or Before. Confirmation date for the event must have occurred on or before the date specified. The date must be of the format YYYY-MM-DD (for example 2002-09-07). :eq: operator supported.
opt	Options Available. Whether options are available for the instrument. :eq: operator supported. e.g. opt:eq:T or opt:eq:F
pds	The instrument symbol formatted to mimic the style used by SunGard PowerData. All operators supported.
per	Price Period. A character representing the price period for the event. Currently supported price periods are: [D]aily. If this criteria is not specified it defaults to D. :eq: operator supported.
pmv	Possible Percentage Price Move for the event. Percentage is expressed as a decimal, i.e. 15% is 0.15. :lt:, :le:, :eq:, :ge:, :gt:, :between: operators are supported.
rts	The instrument symbol formatted to mimic the style used by Reuters. All operators supported.
sic	Sector-Industry Code. An eight digit number that represents the industry code for the instrument. The API will accept wildcard values in order to access a higher level sector grouping: ? to match a single digit; * to match any number of digits. The first digit is the super-sector; the first three digits are the sector; the first 5 digits are an industry group; all 8 digits are the industry. For example, sic:eq:101* or sic:eq:101????? will return instruments designated as industry 10100000 through 10199999. :eq:, :any:, :ne: operators supported.
sym	Symmetry Rating. A Recognia Proprietary characteristic that measures the symmetry of Classic technical events. The Symmetry Rating is an integer from 0 to 100 that rates the overall symmetry of each pattern that forms a technical event. The higher the number the more symmetrical the pattern. :lt:, :le:, :eq:, :ge:, :gt:, and :between: operators supported.
tct	Trend Change Type. A character that represents the change in the existing trend. Valid Trend change type codes are: R for Reversal, C for Continuation, E for End, and U for Undefined. Reversal changes indicated that the existing trend will reverse to the opposite trend, so a downtrend will change to an uptrend. Continuation indicates that the existing trend will continue. End indicates that the existing trend will end such that it may reverse or the price may move sideways (no trend) for a period of time. Undefined indicates that this technical event does not indicate any change to the existing trend. :eq:, :any:, :ne: operators supported.
tdr	Trend Duration. An integer number which is the number of price periods (usually trading days) of the Inbound Trend. :lt:, :le:, :eq:, :ge:, :gt:, :between: operators are supported.
thz	Trading horizon. A character that represents the length of the trade supported by the event. Valid trading horizon codes are: S for short-term (2 - 6 weeks), I for intermediate-term (6 - 39 weeks), and L for long-term (9 months - 2 years+). :eq:, :any:, :ne: operators supported.
tty	Trade Type. The direction of the expected move for an event. TTY will be L, S, or U representing Long, Short or Undefined. Long events are those where the price is expected to rise and Short events are those where the price is expected to fall. Undefined events do not indicate the possible price move. :eq:, :ne:, :any: operators are supported.
vol	Volume traded for the instrument on the confirmation date for the event. :lt:, :le:, :eq:, :ge:, :gt:, :between: operators are supported.
vol10	10 period average volume traded for the instrument on the confirmation date for the event. :lt:, :le:, :eq:, :ge:, :gt:, :between: operators are supported.

The following is an example of the criteria portion of an events call:

crt=ecl:eq:I,ooa:eq:2002-09-01,tty:eq:L,cfm:any:D:U

This will find all Indicator events that ended on or after September 1st, 2002 with a Trade Type of Long and with a Confirmation Type of Date or Unknown.

The parameter specifies the criteria to use for selecting events to return.

Criteria take the form of: [state]:[operator]:[value]. You can only specify one criterion. Eg. sta=p_21w_ma:lt:1.08

operator can be any of the following:

Value	Description
lt	less than
le	less than or equal to
eq	equal to
ge	greater than or equal to
gt	greater than
ne	not equal to
any	any of a list. The list is separated by a colon. Eg. p_200d_ma:any:3:4:5
between	value must be between two values (inclusive). The two values are separated by a colon. Eg. p_200d_ma:between:1.0:2.0

state can be any of the following

Value	Description
p_200d_ma	Close price to 200-day moving average ratio.
p_50d_ma	Close price to 50-day moving average ratio.
p_21d_ma	Close price to 21-day moving average ratio.
p_200w_ma	Close price to 200-week moving average ratio.
p_50w_ma	Close price to 50-week moving average ratio.
p_21w_ma	Close price to 21-week moving average ratio.
p_200m_ma	Close price to 200-month moving average ratio.
p_50m_ma	Close price to 50-month moving average ratio.
p_21d_ma	Close price to 21-month moving average ratio.

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