# Laevitas Options Volatility Surface by Tenor

> Laevitas Options Volatility Surface by Tenor is a paid API for AI agents from apiv2.laevitas.ch, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Retrieves the options implied volatility surface organized by tenor (time to expiry) for a given exchange and instrument

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://apiv2.laevitas.ch/api/v1/options/vol-surface/by-tenor
- Price: $0.1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/laevitas-options-volatility-surface-by-tenor-b2b71efd
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_3ljwmOqEuzycj_ivq509y

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 laevitas-options-volatility-surface-by-tenor-b2b71efd
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the options volatility surface by tenor for BTC on Deribit from Laevitas, using 1h resolution for the past week, up to 100 data points?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need options implied volatility surface data organized by tenor (time to expiry buckets) rather than by strike. Ideal for analyzing volatility term structure, calendar spread pricing, or building vol curve models. Prefer this over generic market data endpoints when you need crypto options-specific vol surface analytics from exchanges like Deribit, OKX, Bybit, or Binance.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or invalid API key returns 401 unauthorized
- Invalid exchange name returns empty data or error
- Unsupported resolution value rejected by enum validation
- Start/end date out of available data range returns empty data array
- Limit exceeding 1000 returns validation error
- Invalid instrument_name format returns empty result or error
- x402 payment failure if pay-per-request mode used without sufficient USDC

## How this service works

Professional market data API for crypto derivatives, spot markets, prediction markets, Hyperliquid HyperCore data, proprietary volatility surfaces, and analytics.

## Authentication

Use an API key for authenticated REST requests:

```http
X-API-Key: your-api-key-here
```

Most data endpoints also support x402 pay-per-request without an API key.

| Resource | Path |
| --- | --- |
| OpenAPI JSON | `GET /openapi.json` |
| x402 discovery | `GET /.well-known/x402` |
| Changelog | `GET /api/v1/changelog` |
| WebSocket docs | `GET /websocket` |

## REST Surfaces

| Surface | Examples |
| --- | --- |
| Instruments | Cross-market contract reference data |
| Futures | OHLCVT, trades, tickers, orderbook, liquidations, carry |
| Perpetuals | OHLCVT, trades, funding, open interest, orderbook, liquidations |
| Options | OHLCVT, trades, Greeks, volatility, flow, dealer GEX |
| Vol Surface | Proprietary surface snapshots, slices, strikes, term structure, risk |
| Spot | OHLCVT, ticker, trades, volume, L2 orderbook, snapshots |
| Predictions | Polymarket instruments, categories, trades, ticker history |
| Hyperliquid - HyperCore | Node-derived fills, liquidations, positions, funding, TWAPs, resting orders, L2 books |
| Analytics | Realized volatility and derived metrics |

## Pagination

Paginated endpoints return the cursor at `meta.next_cursor`. Pass that value back as the `cursor` query parameter to fetch the next page.

## WebSocket Streaming

Real-time streams are documented at `/websocket`.

| Data | Channel pattern |
| --- | --- |
| Trades | `trades.{market}.{exchange}.{instrument}` |
| OHLC ticker | `ohlc.ticker.{market}.{exchange}.{instrument}.{timeframe}` |
| OHLCVT | `ohlc.vt.{market}.{exchange}.{instrument}.{timeframe}` |

Variables: `market` is one of `perpetuals`, `futures`, `options`, or `spot`; `timeframe` is one of `1m`, `5m`, `15m`, `1h`, `4h`, or `1d`.

## Quick Start

```bash
curl "https://apiv2.laevitas.ch/api/v1/futures/ohlcvt?exchange=deribit&instrument_name=BTC-PERPETUAL" \
  -H "X-API-Key: your-api-key-here"
```

## Output

Returns a JSON object with a data array containing the implied volatility surface organized by tenor (expiry) for the specified options instrument and exchange, along with a success flag. Each data point reflects vol levels across different expiry tenors at a given timestamp.

## 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"
    },
    "pathParams": {
     "type": "object"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "end": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "limit": {
       "type": "integer",
       "maximum": 1000,
       "minimum": 1
      },
      "start": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "cursor": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "exchange": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "resolution": {
       "enum": [
        "1m",
        "5m",
        "15m",
        "1h",
        "4h",
        "1d"
       ],
       "type": "string"
      },
      "instrument_name": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "data": [],
  "success": true
 }
}
```

## More

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