# AI Hedge Fund MNQ Signal — Institutional Research Exchange

> AI Hedge Fund MNQ 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 2026-09-15).

Returns a trading signal (action and confidence score) for the Micro Nasdaq (MNQ) futures contract.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://research.johnnybucks.tech/api/x402/mnq-signal
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/ai-hedge-fund-mnq-signal-institutional-research-exchange-2e21d658
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_N7x1VcspqKtlea6-HA7Zq

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-mnq-signal-institutional-research-exchange-2e21d658
```

Example prompt: What's the current AI hedge fund signal for MNQ — should I hold, buy, or sell, and how confident is the model?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a lightweight, pay-per-call AI-generated directional signal specifically for the MNQ (Micro Nasdaq) futures contract, with an accompanying confidence score, without requiring a brokerage account or execution infrastructure. Prefer it over broader market data APIs when you want a pre-computed actionable recommendation rather than raw price data.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not included or invalid x402 payment header — returns 402 Payment Required
- Malformed query properties — returns 400 Bad Request
- Service temporarily unavailable — returns 503
- Stale or low-conviction signal returned when market data is thin (confidence near 50)

## How this service works

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

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing the symbol ('MNQ'), a signal object with an action field (e.g. 'BUY', 'SELL', or 'HOLD') and a confidence integer (0–100) representing the model's conviction level in that recommendation.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "example": {
  "signal": {
   "action": "HOLD",
   "confidence": 51
  },
  "symbol": "MNQ"
 }
}
```

## More

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