# APEX Runner: Narrative Intelligence Signal

> APEX Runner: Narrative Intelligence 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 market narrative intelligence signal including primary narrative, sentiment, momentum score, rotation signals, contrarian setups, and saturation levels backed by live trading data.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://apexrunner.ai/signals/narrative-intelligence
- 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-narrative-intelligence-signal-7bb16b85
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_r3iFY7v_gJphAtb_Z9Cof

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-narrative-intelligence-signal-7bb16b85
```

Example prompt: What's the current market narrative signal from APEX Runner — is there a contrarian setup, and how saturated and confident is the narrative right now?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a high-level narrative-layer market signal backed by live trading activity — particularly when evaluating whether to follow or fade a narrative, identifying rotation opportunities, or assessing if a narrative is exhausted. Prefer over raw price or technical endpoints when the question is about market storytelling and sentiment rather than price levels.

## Known failure modes

- Payment failure or invalid x402 payment token returns 402 Payment Required
- Endpoint temporarily unavailable due to signal generation lag returns 503
- Signal may expire quickly (valid_for_seconds is short), requiring frequent polling
- No query parameters supported so misconfigured requests with unexpected params may be silently ignored

## How this service works

APEX Runner: Narrative Intelligence Signal

## Output

Returns a structured signal object with a primary_narrative string, narrative_sentiment, confidence level, momentum_score integer, key_themes array, alpha_window, rotation_signal (from/to/conviction), contrarian_setup (trigger/fade_trade/current_risk), saturation_level, narrative_age_days, valid_for_seconds, and APEX metadata including signal hash, evolution runs count, trades backing signal, and live capital deployed flag.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "alpha_window": "OPEN",
  "saturation_level": "DEVELOPING",
  "primary_narrative": "BTC ETF inflows"
 },
 "key_themes": "array of 3-5 strings",
 "alpha_window": "OPEN/CLOSING/CLOSED",
 "rotation_signal": "object — from/to/conviction",
 "contrarian_setup": "object — trigger/fade_trade/current_risk",
 "saturation_level": "EARLY/DEVELOPING/MATURE/SATURATED",
 "primary_narrative": "string — dominant market narrative",
 "narrative_sentiment": "BULLISH/BEARISH/NEUTRAL"
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/apex-runner-narrative-intelligence-signal-7bb16b85/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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