# AI Hedge Fund MES Signal — Institutional Research Exchange

> AI Hedge Fund MES Signal — Institutional Research Exchange is a paid API for AI agents from research.johnnybucks.tech, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns an AI-generated trading signal (BUY/SELL/HOLD) with confidence score and market regime classification for the Micro E-mini S&P 500 futures contract (MES)

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://research.johnnybucks.tech/api/x402/mes-signal
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/ai-hedge-fund-mes-signal-institutional-research-exchange-8b75f064
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_GD5jvxjAK4knIN6gBrhNZ

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability ai-hedge-fund-mes-signal-institutional-research-exchange-8b75f064
```

Example prompt: What's the current AI-generated signal for MES futures — is it a buy, sell, or hold, what's the confidence level, and what market regime are we in right now?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a lightweight, low-cost ($0.05 USDC) AI-generated directional signal specifically for the MES (Micro E-mini S&P 500) futures contract, including market regime context and confidence scoring. Prefer this over generic market data feeds when you want an interpreted recommendation rather than raw price data, and over full brokerage APIs when no order execution is needed.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not provided or invalid x402 payment header — returns 402 Payment Required
- Malformed request properties — returns 400 Bad Request
- Service temporarily unavailable or model computation error — returns 503
- Low-confidence signals (e.g. confidence ~50) indicate genuine model uncertainty and should be treated with caution

## How this service works

Read-only x402 research APIs. No trading, broker, or execution is exposed.

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing the MES symbol, a market regime classification (e.g. 'uncertain', 'bullish', 'bearish'), and a signal object with an action field (BUY, SELL, or HOLD) and a confidence score (0–100 integer) indicating the AI model's conviction level.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "example": {
  "regime": "uncertain",
  "signal": {
   "action": "HOLD",
   "confidence": 54
  },
  "symbol": "MES"
 }
}
```

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