# APEX Runner Funding Rate Signal

> APEX Runner Funding Rate Signal is a paid API for AI agents from apexrunner.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.14/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns the current perpetual futures funding rate, market bias (long/short/neutral), and pressure intensity for crypto markets

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://apexrunner.ai/signals/funding-rate
- Price: $0.14/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/apex-runner-funding-rate-signal-9b5dc77a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_cYQyxMpDiQhaKGp0Ok-1B

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 apex-runner-funding-rate-signal-9b5dc77a
```

Example prompt: What's the current perpetual funding rate right now — is the market leaning long or short, and is the pressure overheated, elevated, normal, or suppressed?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a real-time, structured read on perpetual futures funding rate conditions — especially when deciding whether to enter a basis trade, a funding arbitrage position, or to gauge directional market sentiment pressure. Prefer this over raw exchange APIs when you want a pre-processed bias label and pressure classification rather than raw rate numbers.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not received or invalid x402 payment header — returns 402 Payment Required
- Rate data temporarily unavailable from upstream — may return 503 or stale data
- Network timeout on the signal provider side
- Invalid or expired micropayment token

## How this service works

APEX Runner: Funding Rate Signal

## Output

Returns a JSON object with the current 8-hour perpetual funding rate as a float (e.g. 0.0105 = 1.05%), the market bias (long, short, or neutral), the annualized rate as a percentage, and a pressure label (overheated, elevated, normal, or suppressed).

## Example request

```json
{
 "market": "BTC",
 "contract_type": "perpetual"
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "bias": "string — market lean: long (longs paying), short (shorts paying), or neutral",
 "rate": "float — current 8-hour perpetual funding rate (e.g. 0.0105 = 1.05%)",
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "bias": "long",
  "rate": 0.0105,
  "pressure": "overheated",
  "annualized_rate": 113.4
 },
 "pressure": "string — intensity of funding pressure: overheated, elevated, normal, or suppressed",
 "annualized_rate": "float — funding rate annualized as a percentage"
}
```

## More

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