# APEX Runner: Funding Tick Signal

> APEX Runner: Funding Tick Signal is a paid API for AI agents from apexrunner.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.007/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns a real-time tick-level funding rate signal with directional score, metadata, and live trading context for crypto market analysis.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://apexrunner.ai/signals/funding-tick
- Price: $0.007/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-tick-signal-3948ef53
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_FsiNQXDi0y-Lvz1V9nfiP

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-tick-signal-3948ef53
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest APEX Runner funding tick signal for me — I want to see the current score, directional bias, and whether live capital is actually deployed on it.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need tick-level granularity on funding rate sentiment, especially when you want APEX Runner's evolved, backtested signal with live trading metadata (live capital deployed, trades backing the signal, signal hash for verification). Prefer this over generic funding rate feeds when you need a processed, directional signal rather than raw exchange funding rate data.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not included or insufficient — 402 Payment Required
- Invalid or missing x402 payment header — authentication failure
- Service temporarily unavailable — 503 or timeout
- No signal data available for current tick — empty or null response
- Rate limiting if too many calls in a short window

## How this service works

APEX Runner: Funding Tick Signal

## Output

Returns a JSON object with numeric fields (a, b, e, s) representing signal scores and strength, an integer timestamp (t), and an _apex metadata block containing the signal name, source, version, instance ID, verification URL, signal hash, live trading boolean, evolution run count, live capital deployed boolean, and number of trades backing the signal.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   }
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "a": {
       "type": "number"
      },
      "b": {
       "type": "number"
      },
      "e": {
       "type": "number"
      },
      "s": {
       "type": "number"
      },
      "t": {
       "type": "integer"
      },
      "_apex": {
       "type": "object",
       "properties": {
        "signal": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "source": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "version": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "instance": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "verify_at": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "signal_hash": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "live_trading": {
         "type": "boolean"
        },
        "evolution_runs": {
         "type": "integer"
        },
        "live_capital_deployed": {
         "type": "boolean"
        },
        "trades_backing_signal": {
         "type": "integer"
        }
       }
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/apex-runner-funding-tick-signal-3948ef53/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from apexrunner.ai](https://www.zero.xyz/host/apexrunner.ai/llms.txt)