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Point & Figure API: breakout signals and relative strength as JSON
Point & Figure charting strips time out and records only price moves of a set box size, which makes support, resistance and breakouts unambiguous. The API runs a P&F engine over daily prices and returns the current signal, the pattern that produced it, the column direction, and whether the stock's relative strength against SPY is positive.
What the fields mean
signal is buy or sell from the most recent breakout. pattern names it, for example Double Top Breakout or Triple Bottom Breakdown. The rationale says whether the chart is currently in a rising X column (demand) or a falling O column (supply), which is the near-term state even when the last signal was a buy. relative_strength compares the stock to SPY on its own P&F chart. price_objective is the vertical-count target when one can be computed; it is null otherwise.
Box size
Boxes scale with price (box_size in the response), which is the standard percentage-box method. The reversal is three boxes.
Request
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_…" \
"https://api.vanoe.ai/v1/signals/pnf?tickers=AAPL,MSFT"Response
{
"data": {
"AAPL": {"signal": "buy", "pattern": "Double Top Breakout", "relative_strength": "positive",
"price": 326.43, "price_objective": null, "box_size": 9.79, "as_of": "2026-09-10",
"rationale": "Double Top Breakout on the P&F chart, currently in a falling O column (supply); relative strength vs SPY is positive."},
"MSFT": {"signal": "buy", "pattern": "Double Top Breakout", "relative_strength": "positive",
"price": 492.72, "price_objective": 1130.8, "box_size": 14.78, "as_of": "2026-09-10",
"rationale": "Double Top Breakout on the P&F chart, currently in a rising X column (demand); relative strength vs SPY is positive."}
},
"as_of": "2026-09-10", "freshness": "end_of_day", "suggested_recheck_seconds": 86400,
"disclaimer": "Informational data only. Not financial advice. This is not a recommendation, solicitation, or offer to buy or sell any security."
}Cost: 1 credit per ticker that returns data; up to 50 tickers per request.
Fields
| signal | buy · sell |
| pattern | the breakout or breakdown pattern that set the signal |
| relative_strength | positive · negative vs SPY |
| price_objective | vertical-count target, or null |
| box_size | current box size in price units |
Questions
Is Point & Figure the same as candlestick charting?
No. P&F ignores time and small moves, recording only moves of at least one box, which makes breakouts explicit rather than a judgement call.
How is relative strength computed?
As a P&F chart of the stock's price divided by SPY's; a buy signal on that chart is positive relative strength.
Try it
Free tier: 1,000 credits a month, no card. Every response is informational data only, not financial advice.