# Alpha Vantage Market Status

> Alpha Vantage Market Status is a paid API for AI agents from Alpha Vantage at alphavantage.mpp.paywithlocus.com, paid per call via MPP, $0.008/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-11).

Returns the current open/closed status of global equity, forex, and crypto markets across major regions and exchanges

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://alphavantage.mpp.paywithlocus.com/alphavantage/market-status?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.008/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-11
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: Alpha Vantage
- Docs: https://www.alphavantage.co/documentation/
- Website: https://www.alphavantage.co
- Tags: finance, stocks, forex, crypto, market-data, technical-analysis, data
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/alpha-vantage-market-status-e7a8c121
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_OqUAxeoxgPJibr4GoOUoi

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 alpha-vantage-market-status-e7a8c121 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you check whether the major global stock markets — including US, UK, Germany, and Canada — are currently open or closed, and show me their local trading hours?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a real-time snapshot of which global equity, forex, or crypto markets are currently open or closed, along with their trading hours. Prefer this over scraping exchange websites or using static schedules, since it reflects live status including holidays and early closes.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or missing datatype parameter may result in a format error
- Network timeout if the Alpha Vantage backend is unavailable
- API rate limit exceeded returns an error message instead of data
- Incomplete response if market data feed is temporarily unavailable

## How this service works

Current open/closed status of major trading venues worldwide — equities, forex, and crypto.

## Output

Returns a list of global markets with their region, market type (equity, forex, crypto), current open/closed status, local open and close times, primary exchange names, and any additional notes — covering regions including the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, and others.

## Example request

```json
{
 "datatype": "json",
 "to_symbol": "USD",
 "outputsize": "compact",
 "from_symbol": "EUR"
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {},
 "additionalProperties": true
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/alpha-vantage-market-status-e7a8c121/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from alphavantage.mpp.paywithlocus.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/alphavantage.mpp.paywithlocus.com/llms.txt)