# Ticks listener
Ticks can be listened through the watchTicks
directive.
- Example
import { marketWatcher, } from "@reiryoku/mida";
const watcher = await marketWatcher({ tradingAccount: myAccount, });
await watcher.watch("BTCUSDT", { watchTicks: true, });
watcher.on("tick", (event) => {
const { tick, } = event.descriptor;
const btcUsdtBid = tick.bid;
const btcUsdtAsk = tick.ask;
});