# ArbiPulse Commodity Cross-Regional Arbitrage

> ArbiPulse Commodity Cross-Regional Arbitrage is a paid API for AI agents from arbipulse.theaslangroupllc.com, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns cross-regional price differentials for oil, gas, metals, and grains with itemized transport-cost breakdowns for commodity arbitrage analysis.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://arbipulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/commodity
- Price: $0.1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/arbipulse-commodity-cross-regional-arbitrage-e9c96547
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_4mJZzA71ZO9Uli1b7f-N9

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 arbipulse-commodity-cross-regional-arbitrage-e9c96547
```

Example prompt: Pull me the current cross-regional price differentials for crude oil and natural gas, including the transport-cost breakdown, so I can see which region pairs have the best arbitrage spreads right now.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need physical commodity arbitrage data including transport cost modeling — distinct from financial/derivative arbitrage. Prefer this over generic price APIs when you need region-to-region spread analysis with logistics costs already factored in for oil, gas, metals, or grains.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unsupported commodity type returns 400 error
- Unavailable regional price data returns partial results or 404
- Rate limit exceeded returns 429 with retry-after header
- Payment not processed or insufficient USDC balance returns 402
- Stale data if market feeds are delayed returns data with timestamp warning

## How this service works

Cross-regional price differentials for oil, gas, metals and grains, with transport-cost breakdown. Prices are news-derived (no live exchange tape) and labelled per row. For commodity and arbitrage agents.

## Output

Returns a structured dataset of cross-regional price differentials for commodities (oil, gas, metals, grains) along with an itemized transport-cost breakdown per route, enabling calculation of net arbitrage margins between regions.

## 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",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "unit": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "bbl | mmbtu | ton | oz | bushel (default: auto)"
      },
      "regions": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "us,eu,asia,mena,latam (comma-separated, default: all major hubs)"
      },
      "commodity": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "oil | natural-gas | copper | gold | wheat | corn | soybeans | coffee | cocoa | cotton | lng | coal (default: natural-gas)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "errors": {
     "type": "object",
     "description": "Documented error responses, keyed by HTTP status code",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
       "description"
      ],
      "properties": {
       "example": {
        "type": "object"
       },
       "description": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      }
     }
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "commodity": "natural-gas",
  "scan_time": "2026-06-06T12:00:00Z",
  "futures_basis": {
   "carry_trade_angle": "Storage economics: if contango > storage + financing cost, buying spot and selling futures is profitable",
   "front_month_vs_next": -0.15,
   "contango_or_backwardation": "contango"
  },
  "global_context": "LNG arbitrage between Henry Hub and Asian JKM represents one of the largest persistent cross-market spreads in commodities. Retail access via UNG (US gas ETF) / JNK hedges or gas producer equities.",
  "key_arb_players": [
   "Shell",
   "TotalEnergies",
   "BP",
   "Vitol",
   "Trafigura",
   "Gunvor"
  ],
  "pulse_suggestions": [],
  "seasonal_patterns": "US gas peaks Dec-Feb (heating) and July (cooling). European TTF typically highest Nov-Mar. Asian LNG peaks Jan for heating, Jun-Aug for cooling.",
  "trade_flow_context": "US LNG exports at record levels. EU has replaced ~70% of Russian pipeline gas with LNG. JKM premium over TTF has compressed to lowest in 2 years.",
  "price_differentials": [
   {
    "route": "US Gulf Coast → Northeast Asia (LNG)",
    "viable": true,
    "net_arb_pct": 219.3,
    "net_arb_usd": 6.25,
    "other_costs_usd": 1.2,
    "tariff_cost_usd": 0,
    "blocking_factors": [
     "Requires LNG tanker and liquefaction capacity",
     "Locked by long-term contracts — spot LNG limited"
    ],
    "gross_spread_pct": 349.1,
    "gross_spread_usd": 9.95,
    "opportunity_window": "3-6 months for spot LNG cargo setup",
    "transport_cost_usd": 2.5
   }
  ],
  "retail_accessibility": "ETF/futures only",
  "regional_price_matrix": [
   {
    "region": "US Gulf Coast",
    "benchmark": "Henry Hub",
    "price_usd": 2.85,
    "price_unit": "$/MMBtu",
    "data_freshness": "news-derived (2026-06-05)",
    "country_examples": [
     "USA"
    ]
   },
   {
    "region": "Northwest Europe",
    "benchmark": "TTF Hub",
    "price_usd": 10.4,
    "price_unit": "$/MMBtu",
    "data_freshness": "news-derived (2026-06-04)",
    "country_examples": [
     "Netherlands",
     "Germany",
     "UK"
    ]
   },
   {
    "region": "Northeast Asia",
    "benchmark": "JKM Spot",
    "price_usd": null,
    "price_unit": "$/MMBtu",
    "data_freshness": "unavailable",
    "country_examples": [
     "Japan",
     "South Korea",
     "China"
    ]
   }
  ]
 }
}
```

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