# Get trading stats by categories

Access volume, buyers, sellers and transaction stats for a blockchain, grouped by category. Filter by `chain`.

## Method

GET

## Base URL

`https://deep-index.moralis.io/api/v2.2`

## Path

`/volume/categories`

## Query Params

| Name | Type | Required | Description | Example |
|------|------|----------|-------------|----------|
| chain | string (eth, 0x1, sepolia, 0xaa36a7, polygon, 0x89, bsc, 0x38, bsc testnet, 0x61, avalanche, 0xa86a, fantom, 0xfa, cronos, 0x19, arbitrum, 0xa4b1, chiliz, 0x15b38, chiliz testnet, 0x15b32, gnosis, 0x64, gnosis testnet, 0x27d8, base, 0x2105, base sepolia, 0x14a34, optimism, 0xa, polygon amoy, 0x13882, linea, 0xe708, moonbeam, 0x504, moonriver, 0x505, moonbase, 0x507, linea sepolia, 0xe705, flow, 0x2eb, flow-testnet, 0x221, ronin, 0x7e4, ronin-testnet, 0x31769, lisk, 0x46f, lisk-sepolia, 0x106a, pulse, 0x171, sei-testnet, 0x530, sei, 0x531, monad, 0x8f, solana) | No | The chain to query | \`eth\` |

## Response Example

Status: 200

Successful response

```json
{
  "categories": [
    {
      "categoryId": "0x1",
      "totalBuyVolume": {
        "5m": 6516719.425429553,
        "1h": 137489621.30780438,
        "6h": 585436101.0503464,
        "24h": 2668170156.0409784
      },
      "totalSellVolume": {
        "5m": 6516719.425429553,
        "1h": 137489621.30780438,
        "6h": 585436101.0503464,
        "24h": 2668170156.0409784
      },
      "totalBuyers": {
        "5m": 6516719.425429553,
        "1h": 137489621.30780438,
        "6h": 585436101.0503464,
        "24h": 2668170156.0409784
      },
      "totalSellers": {
        "5m": 6516719.425429553,
        "1h": 137489621.30780438,
        "6h": 585436101.0503464,
        "24h": 2668170156.0409784
      },
      "totalBuys": {
        "5m": 6516719.425429553,
        "1h": 137489621.30780438,
        "6h": 585436101.0503464,
        "24h": 2668170156.0409784
      },
      "totalSells": {
        "5m": 6516719.425429553,
        "1h": 137489621.30780438,
        "6h": 585436101.0503464,
        "24h": 2668170156.0409784
      },
      "uniqueWallets": {
        "5m": 6516719.425429553,
        "1h": 137489621.30780438,
        "6h": 585436101.0503464,
        "24h": 2668170156.0409784
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

## Example (curl)

```bash
curl -X GET "https://deep-index.moralis.io/api/v2.2/volume/categories?chain=eth" \
  -H "accept: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $MORALIS_API_KEY"
```