# Gloom Continuous Futures Data API

> Gloom Continuous Futures Data API is a paid API for AI agents from api.gloom.sh, paid per call via x402, $0.12/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-11-01).

Returns continuous futures price, volume, and contract data for a given ticker symbol

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.gloom.sh/v1/futures/continuous/%7Bticker%7D?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.12/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-11-01
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/gloom-continuous-futures-data-api-d7d3fac9
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_wTQweuxoptryDP7WiTd8b

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 gloom-continuous-futures-data-api-d7d3fac9
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the continuous futures data for VX from Gloom — I need the latest price, volume, and which contract is active?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need continuous (rolled) futures price and volume data for a specific ticker, especially for volatility products like VX or commodities, and want a lightweight pay-per-call API without a subscription commitment via the x402 protocol.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unrecognized ticker returns empty data array or 404
- Stale data flag set to true if the exchange has not published recent prices
- Ticker format mismatch may return no results
- Service unavailability results in 5xx error
- Payment of 0.12 USDC required per call; missing payment returns 402

## How this service works

Gloom is a free, open-source finance terminal for desktop and TUI with charts, news, filings, portfolios, alerts, and plugins.

## Output

A JSON object containing an array of futures data records, each including the date, price, volume, contract identifier (e.g. VXV26), currency (USD), quote unit (e.g. volatility points), a staleness flag, and published/observed timestamps.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "data": [
   {
    "date": "2026-10-07",
    "price": 17.3343,
    "stale": false,
    "volume": 95088,
    "contract": "VXV26",
    "currency": "USD",
    "quoteUnit": "volatility points",
    "observedAt": null,
    "publishedAt": "2026-10-07"
   }
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/gloom-continuous-futures-data-api-d7d3fac9/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.gloom.sh](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.gloom.sh/llms.txt)