# Baltic Dry Index Signals API

> Baltic Dry Index Signals API is a paid API for AI agents from www.balticdryindex.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns derived BDI indicators including trend, momentum, volatility, and market regime signals for the Baltic Dry Index

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://www.balticdryindex.com/v1/signals
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/baltic-dry-index-signals-api-5165b5c8
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_jJKcekROcwJHVTk_0N-kA

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 baltic-dry-index-signals-api-5165b5c8 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What are the current Baltic Dry Index derived signals — specifically trend, momentum, volatility, and what market regime we're in right now?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need pre-computed, quantitative signals derived from the Baltic Dry Index rather than the raw BDI value itself. It is ideal for algorithmic trading systems, freight market monitors, or commodity analysis workflows that require trend, momentum, volatility, and regime context without having to compute those indicators from scratch. It is not a general shipping rate lookup or raw BDI data feed.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or missing POST body parameters returns 400 error
- Service unavailable if BDI source data is stale or unreachable
- Payment not processed correctly results in 402 rejection
- Rate limiting or quota exhaustion may return 429

## How this service works

BDI derived indicators (trend, momentum, volatility, regime)

## Output

A set of derived indicators computed from the Baltic Dry Index, including a trend signal (directional bias), momentum metric (rate of change), volatility measure (price dispersion or range), and a regime classification (e.g. bull/bear/neutral or similar categorical state of the market).

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/baltic-dry-index-signals-api-5165b5c8/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from www.balticdryindex.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/www.balticdryindex.com/llms.txt)