active

Get the most actively traded stocks based on volume.

Example

from openbb import obb
obb.equity.discovery.active(sort="desc")

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Parameters

• standard
• yfinance

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
sort	str	Sort order. Possible values: 'asc', 'desc'. Default: 'desc'.	desc	True
provider	Literal['yfinance']	The provider to use for the query, by default None. If None, the provider specified in defaults is selected or 'yfinance' if there is no default.	yfinance	True

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
sort	str	Sort order. Possible values: 'asc', 'desc'. Default: 'desc'.	desc	True
provider	Literal['yfinance']	The provider to use for the query, by default None. If None, the provider specified in defaults is selected or 'yfinance' if there is no default.	yfinance	True

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Returns

OBBject
    results : List[EquityActive]
        Serializable results.

    provider : Optional[Literal['yfinance']]
        Provider name.

    warnings : Optional[List[Warning_]]
        List of warnings.

    chart : Optional[Chart]
        Chart object.

    extra : Dict[str, Any]
        Extra info.

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Data

• standard
• yfinance

Name	Type	Description
symbol	str	Symbol representing the entity requested in the data.
name	str	Name of the entity.
price	float	Last price.
change	float	Change in price value.
percent_change	float	Percent change.
volume	float	The trading volume.

Name	Type	Description
symbol	str	Symbol representing the entity requested in the data.
name	str	Name of the entity.
price	float	Last price.
change	float	Change in price value.
percent_change	float	Percent change.
volume	float	The trading volume.
market_cap	float	Market Cap displayed in billions.
avg_volume_3_months	float	Average volume over the last 3 months in millions.
pe_ratio_ttm	float	PE Ratio (TTM).