# DripMetrics CVD (Cumulative Volume Delta)

> DripMetrics CVD (Cumulative Volume Delta) is a paid API for AI agents from api.dripmetrics.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns the cumulative volume delta (net buy minus sell volume) for a crypto trading pair over a specified lookback window from Binance or Coinbase.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.dripmetrics.ai/metrics/cvd
- 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/api-dripmetrics-ai-8164afa8
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_-4PfnvuxMOXUMLHCX-E67

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 api-dripmetrics-ai-8164afa8
```

Example prompt: What's the cumulative volume delta for BTCUSDT on Binance over the last 1 hour — is there net buying or selling pressure right now?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need real-time cumulative volume delta (CVD) data for crypto pairs on Binance or Coinbase without a subscription or API key, paying per request via x402. Prefer this over general market data APIs when you specifically need net buy/sell flow imbalance as a microstructure signal.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unsupported trading pair symbol returns an error
- Exchange not supported or unavailable returns a 4xx error
- Lookback window not in allowed enum ('30m','1h') returns validation error
- Payment not provided or insufficient USDC via x402 returns 402 Payment Required
- Insufficient trade data in the window may return empty or zero results

## How this service works

DripMetricsAI (api description at https://dripmetrics.ai/) provides on-demand market microstructure and risk metrics for agents and developers. Agents can pay per request via x402 and receive structured JSON metrics without subscriptions or API keys. Cumulative Volume Delta tracks net buy versus sell volume over a specified window. Discovery examples use the latest 30m window.

## Output

A JSON object containing the CVD metric value (net signed volume), the trading pair and exchange, the lookback window used, computation timestamp, total trade count, and timestamps of the first and last trades included in the calculation. Optionally includes a components breakdown of sub-aggregates.

## Example request

```json
{
 "input": {
  "type": "http",
  "method": "GET",
  "queryParams": {
   "pair": "BTCUSDT",
   "window": "1h",
   "exchange": "binance"
  }
 }
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "pair",
      "exchange",
      "window"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "pair": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Exchange-native trading pair symbol such as BTCUSDT, ETH-USD, BTC, or xyz:TSLA."
      },
      "window": {
       "enum": [
        "30m",
        "1h",
        "2h",
        "3h"
       ],
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Lookback window. Hyperliquid supports 30m and 1h; 2h and 3h are currently BTCUSDT/BTC-USD only."
      },
      "exchange": {
       "enum": [
        "binance",
        "coinbase",
        "hyperliquid"
       ],
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Exchange adapter to source recent trades from."
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "metric",
      "pair",
      "exchange",
      "window",
      "value",
      "computedAt",
      "tradeCount",
      "firstTradeTime",
      "lastTradeTime",
      "coverage"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "pair": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "value": {
       "type": "number"
      },
      "metric": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "window": {
       "enum": [
        "30m",
        "1h",
        "2h",
        "3h"
       ],
       "type": "string"
      },
      "coverage": {
       "type": "object",
       "required": [
        "requestedWindowMinutes",
        "effectiveWindowMinutes",
        "coverageRatio",
        "partialData",
        "completeFetch",
        "errorMessage"
       ],
       "properties": {
        "partialData": {
         "type": "boolean"
        },
        "errorMessage": {
         "type": [
          "string",
          "null"
         ]
        },
        "completeFetch": {
         "type": "boolean"
        },
        "coverageRatio": {
         "type": "number",
         "maximum": 1,
         "minimu
… (truncated)
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "pair": "BTC-USD",
  "value": 186.4421,
  "metric": "cvd",
  "window": "30m",
  "coverage": {
   "partialData": false,
   "errorMessage": null,
   "completeFetch": true,
   "coverageRatio": 1,
   "effectiveWindowMinutes": 30,
   "requestedWindowMinutes": 30
  },
  "exchange": "coinbase",
  "components": {},
  "computedAt": "2026-05-23T14:00:00.000Z",
  "tradeCount": 428,
  "lastTradeTime": "2026-05-23T13:59:58.000Z",
  "firstTradeTime": "2026-05-23T13:00:02.000Z"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/api-dripmetrics-ai-8164afa8/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.dripmetrics.ai](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.dripmetrics.ai/llms.txt)
