# DripMetrics Hyperliquid Realized Volatility

> DripMetrics Hyperliquid Realized Volatility is a paid API for AI agents from api.dripmetrics.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns non-annualized realized volatility for a specified Hyperliquid market over a 30-minute or 1-hour window, derived from 1-minute candle snapshots.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.dripmetrics.ai/hyperliquid/realized-vol
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/api-dripmetrics-ai-ed5e1dde
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_nK-GxoIKMBDx9NLLnq1yO

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-ed5e1dde -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What's the realized volatility for BTC-PERP on Hyperliquid over the last 1 hour? I need the non-annualized figure to assess short-term risk.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a quick, pay-per-request realized volatility metric for a Hyperliquid market without setting up subscriptions or API keys. Ideal for AI agents that need on-demand intraday risk metrics for automated trading decisions, risk checks, or portfolio monitoring on Hyperliquid perpetuals.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unsupported market symbol returns an error response
- Unsupported time window value (not 30m or 1h) returns a validation error
- Hyperliquid candle data temporarily unavailable causes a service error
- Missing required query parameters (market, window) returns a 400 bad request
- Insufficient USDC balance or failed x402 payment causes a 402 payment required response

## How this service works

DripMetricsAI (https://dripmetrics.ai/) provides on-demand crypto market microstructure metrics, Hyperliquid candle metrics, Polymarket diagnostics, and on-chain DefiLlama metrics for agents, dashboards, and trading workflows.

## Output

A structured JSON object containing the non-annualized realized volatility value for the requested Hyperliquid market, computed over the specified 30m or 1h window using 1-minute candle data.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "pair": "BTC",
  "value": 0.01690761,
  "metric": "realized-vol",
  "source": {
   "candles": "https://api.hyperliquid.xyz/info"
  },
  "window": "30m",
  "interval": "1m",
  "components": {
   "intervals": 29,
   "realizedVariance": 0.0002858672
  },
  "computedAt": "2026-05-29T16:00:00.000Z",
  "sampleSize": {
   "candles": 30
  },
  "lastCandleTime": "2026-05-29T15:59:59.999Z",
  "firstCandleTime": "2026-05-29T15:30:00.000Z"
 }
}
```

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