# Stocktwits Sentiment Scraper — Bullish & Bearish Signals (`axery/stocktwits-sentiment-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Stocktwits trader messages and sentiment (Bullish/Bearish) per stock ticker. Get individual posts or aggregated sentiment ratios. No API key required.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/axery/stocktwits-sentiment-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Axery](https://apify.com/axery) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 stocktwits sentiment extracteds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Stocktwits Sentiment Scraper — Bullish/Bearish Signals per Ticker

Scrape **Stocktwits** — the largest social network for investors and traders — to extract real-time **Bullish/Bearish sentiment** per stock ticker. Used by quant traders, hedge funds, and AI trading systems for social sentiment signals.

### What it returns

#### Message mode (one row per post)

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `symbol` | Stock ticker (e.g. AAPL) |
| `body` | Post text |
| `sentiment` | `"Bullish"`, `"Bearish"`, or `null` (unlabeled) |
| `is_bullish` / `is_bearish` | Boolean flags for quick filtering |
| `likes` | Number of likes |
| `username` | Poster's username |
| `user_followers` | Poster's follower count (proxy for influence) |
| `published_at` | UTC timestamp |

#### Summary mode (one row per symbol)

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `symbol` | Stock ticker |
| `bullish_pct` | % of labeled posts that are Bullish (e.g. 68.5) |
| `bearish_pct` | % of labeled posts that are Bearish |
| `sentiment_label` | `strongly_bullish` / `bullish` / `neutral` / `bearish` / `strongly_bearish` |
| `total_messages` | Total messages sampled |

### Input options

- **`mode`** — `symbols` (specific tickers) or `trending` (what's hot today)
- **`symbols`** — List of tickers: `["AAPL", "NVDA", "TSLA", "SPY"]`
- **`outputMode`** — `messages` or `summary`
- **`maxMessagesPerSymbol`** — Up to 30 per API call
- **`sentimentFilter`** — Filter to `Bullish` or `Bearish` only

### Use cases

- **Contrarian signals** — Extreme bullish% often precedes reversals
- **Momentum confirmation** — Strong bullish sentiment + price momentum
- **Pre-earnings positioning** — Monitor sentiment shifts before reports
- **Trending stocks** — Discover what retail traders are talking about today
- **AI/ML features** — Use sentiment ratio as an ML feature for price prediction

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

What to fetch from Stocktwits.

## `symbols` (type: `array`):

List of stock tickers to fetch sentiment for. Required when mode is 'symbols'.

## `outputMode` (type: `string`):

How to structure output records.

## `maxMessagesPerSymbol` (type: `integer`):

Number of recent messages to fetch per symbol (max 30 per Stocktwits API).

## `sentimentFilter` (type: `string`):

Only return messages with this sentiment label.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify Proxy settings. Residential IPs recommended.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "symbols",
  "symbols": [
    "AAPL",
    "NVDA",
    "TSLA"
  ],
  "outputMode": "messages",
  "maxMessagesPerSymbol": 30,
  "sentimentFilter": "",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing output records.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("axery/stocktwits-sentiment-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("axery/stocktwits-sentiment-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call axery/stocktwits-sentiment-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,axery/stocktwits-sentiment-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/xi2GY5V7RK3eghdGR/builds/diCvheT7BVOnrOATn/openapi.json