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Binance Spot OHLCV: History Limits - Avoid Silent Gaps

Binance spot klines come in pages of at most 1,000. Long histories need paging, and gaps in the result must be detected by comparing open times with the expected sequence.

By ChartsPod Editorial Team · Reviewed by ChartsPod Research
Published · Updated · 5 min read

Short answer

Binance's spot klines endpoint returns up to 1,000 klines per request (default 500); without startTime it returns the most recent. For long histories, page forward with startTime set to the last open time plus one interval. Klines are identified by open time; a missing open time in the sequence is a gap (e.g. maintenance), not a zero-volume bar. Validate each page's count, check continuity, and flag the live last kline.

Documented limits

LimitValueEffect
Klines per request≤ 1,000 (default 500)Paging
IdentityOpen timeGap detection
Live klineLast rowIncomplete
timeZone paramShifts boundariesConsistency

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Where silent gaps come from

  • Default 500 treated as full
  • Pages overlapping or skipping one kline
  • Maintenance gaps unflagged
  • Live kline stored as final
Binance Spot Ohlcv: gap-safe collectionBinance Spot Ohlcv: gap-safe collection. Steps: 1. Request — startTime, limit=1000; 2. Next page — Last open + interval; 3. Check — Expected open times; 4. Flag — Gaps and live kline; 5. Store — With retrieval time1RequeststartTime,limit=10002Next pageLast open +interval3CheckExpected open times4FlagGaps and live kline5StoreWith retrieval time
Make every gap explicit. Original ChartsPod editorial graphic.

Example

Binance Spot Ohlcv: a silent gap (illustrative)Binance Spot Ohlcv: a silent gap (illustrative): PAGE 1: Ends 2026-03-01 09:00; PAGE 2: Starts 2026-03-01 11:00; MISSING: 10:00 kline; CAUSE: Off-by-one paging.PAGE 1Ends 2026-03-01 09:00PAGE 2Starts 2026-03-01 11:00MISSING10:00 klineCAUSEOff-by-one paging
Nothing in the data said it was missing. Original ChartsPod editorial graphic.

Illustrative: an off-by-one in startTime skipped one kline per page boundary; over a year of hourly data, nine klines were silently missing.

Related: Binance Spot OHLCV: Event Time vs Retrieval Time, Binance Perpetual OHLCV: Null vs Zero - Handle Missing Fields Correctly.

Validate each page's count, check continuity, and flag the live last kline.

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Questions readers ask

How many klines per Binance spot request?

Up to 1,000; default 500.

How do I detect gaps?

Compare open times with the expected sequence.

Is the last kline final?

Usually not.

Sources and methodology

Limits come from DEX Screener's API reference, CoinGecko's onchain API documentation and Binance's Spot API documentation, read 17 October 2026. Where a limit isn't documented, this guide says so. Examples are illustrative.

  1. Binance Spot API: market data endpoints (klines) — 12-field klines, open-time identity, timeZone parameter.

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