# Laevitas Perpetuals OHLCVT (Volume-Time Candles)

> Laevitas Perpetuals OHLCVT (Volume-Time Candles) 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).

Returns OHLC volume-time candle data for cryptocurrency perpetual futures instruments across supported exchanges

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://apiv2.laevitas.ch/api/v1/perpetuals/ohlcvt
- 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-perpetuals-ohlcvt-volume-time-candles-322ccb58
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_F4eMhUUlqkmmGkX355AKB

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-perpetuals-ohlcvt-volume-time-candles-322ccb58
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the 1-hour OHLCVT candles for BTC-PERPETUAL on Binance from January 1 to January 31, 2024, up to 500 bars?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need historical or recent OHLCVT candlestick data specifically for perpetual futures instruments (not spot, options, or dated futures). It is ideal for backtesting trading strategies, building price charts, or analyzing volume-time bars across major crypto derivatives exchanges like Binance, OKX, Deribit, Bybit, and Hyperliquid. Prefer this over WebSocket streaming when you need batch historical data rather than real-time ticks.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unsupported exchange name returns empty data or error
- Unsupported resolution enum value causes validation error
- Instrument name not found on specified exchange returns empty data array
- Start/end timestamps in wrong format cause query failure
- Limit exceeds maximum of 1000 and is rejected
- Missing required query parameters returns error response
- x402 payment failure or insufficient USDC balance blocks request

## 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 of OHLCVT (open, high, low, close, volume, time) candle records for the requested perpetual futures instrument, along with a 'success' boolean. Supports cursor-based pagination for large result sets.

## 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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