---
title: 'Get Symbols Summary'
api: 'GET /api/symbols/summary'
description: 'Retrieves comprehensive summary data for all traded symbols including trading stats, dividends, and open positions'
---

## Endpoint

```
GET /api/symbols/summary
```

## Authentication

Requires OAuth 2.0 authentication via session cookies.

## Parameters

None

## Response

<ResponseField name="success" type="boolean" required>
  Indicates if the request was successful
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="symbols" type="array" required>
  List of symbol summary objects with comprehensive trading statistics
  
  <Expandable title="Symbol Summary Object">
    <ResponseField name="symbol" type="string">
      Stock ticker symbol
    </ResponseField>
    
    <ResponseField name="total_trades" type="number">
      Total number of completed trades
    </ResponseField>
    
    <ResponseField name="trading_profit_loss" type="number">
      Total P&L from trades
    </ResponseField>
    
    <ResponseField name="winning_trades" type="number">
      Number of profitable trades
    </ResponseField>
    
    <ResponseField name="win_rate_percentage" type="number">
      Win rate percentage
    </ResponseField>
    
    <ResponseField name="avg_profit_loss" type="number">
      Average profit/loss per trade
    </ResponseField>
    
    <ResponseField name="avg_return_percentage" type="number">
      Average return percentage
    </ResponseField>
    
    <ResponseField name="total_volume" type="number">
      Total shares traded
    </ResponseField>
    
    <ResponseField name="total_dividend_payments" type="number">
      Number of dividend payments received
    </ResponseField>
    
    <ResponseField name="total_dividends" type="number">
      Total dividend income
    </ResponseField>
    
    <ResponseField name="total_return" type="number">
      Combined trading P&L and dividends
    </ResponseField>
    
    <ResponseField name="first_trade_date" type="string">
      Date of first trade (YYYY-MM-DD)
    </ResponseField>
    
    <ResponseField name="last_trade_date" type="string">
      Date of most recent trade (YYYY-MM-DD)
    </ResponseField>
    
    <ResponseField name="first_dividend_date" type="string">
      Date of first dividend
    </ResponseField>
    
    <ResponseField name="last_dividend_date" type="string">
      Date of most recent dividend
    </ResponseField>
    
    <ResponseField name="current_shares_held" type="number">
      Number of shares currently held
    </ResponseField>
    
    <ResponseField name="has_open_position" type="boolean">
      Whether user has an open position
    </ResponseField>
  </Expandable>
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data_source" type="string" required>
  Database source (always "postgresql")
</ResponseField>

## Example

<CodeGroup>
```bash cURL
curl -X GET https://performance.miningwood.com/api/symbols/summary \
  -H "Cookie: session=your_session_cookie"
```

```javascript JavaScript
const response = await fetch('/api/symbols/summary');
const data = await response.json();

if (data.success) {
  data.symbols.forEach(symbol => {
    console.log(`${symbol.symbol}: ${symbol.total_trades} trades, ${symbol.win_rate_percentage}% win rate`);
  });
}
```

```python Python
import requests

response = requests.get('https://performance.miningwood.com/api/symbols/summary')
data = response.json()

if data['success']:
    for symbol in data['symbols']:
        print(f"{symbol['symbol']}: ${symbol['trading_profit_loss']:.2f} P&L")
```
</CodeGroup>

## Response Example

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "symbols": [
    {
      "symbol": "AAPL",
      "total_trades": 25,
      "trading_profit_loss": 3450.50,
      "winning_trades": 18,
      "win_rate_percentage": 72.0,
      "avg_profit_loss": 138.02,
      "avg_return_percentage": 2.15,
      "total_volume": 2500,
      "total_dividend_payments": 8,
      "total_dividends": 320.00,
      "total_return": 3770.50,
      "first_trade_date": "2024-01-15",
      "last_trade_date": "2024-08-30",
      "first_dividend_date": "2024-02-15",
      "last_dividend_date": "2024-08-15",
      "current_shares_held": 100,
      "has_open_position": true
    }
  ],
  "data_source": "postgresql"
}
```

## Use Cases

- Performance comparison across different stocks
- Identifying best and worst performing symbols
- Portfolio allocation decisions based on historical performance
- Risk analysis across different holdings

## Related Endpoints

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Symbol Details" icon="magnifying-glass" href="/api-reference/symbol-details">
    Get detailed trade-by-trade information for a specific symbol
  </Card>
  <Card title="Get Symbols" icon="list" href="/api-reference/symbols">
    Get list of all traded symbols
  </Card>
</CardGroup>