# Market Intelligence API – Pre-Trade Intelligence

> Market Intelligence API – Pre-Trade Intelligence is a paid API for AI agents from api.marketintelligenceapi.com, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-11).

Returns a FAVORABLE/CAUTION/UNFAVORABLE verdict with score and detailed checks (order flow, momentum, volatility, market regime, news, on-chain slippage) before placing a trade on a given symbol.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.marketintelligenceapi.com/api/v1/intelligence/pre-trade?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-11
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/market-intelligence-api-pre-trade-intelligence-a8ac84f2
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ljw5oN43gruHfKPQ2kL3A

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 market-intelligence-api-pre-trade-intelligence-a8ac84f2
```

Example prompt: I want to buy ETHUSD right now — can you check if conditions are favorable, including order flow, momentum, volatility, and any recent news, and give me a verdict with a score?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint immediately before placing a trade when you need a holistic, multi-factor go/no-go signal that combines order flow, momentum, volatility, market regime, news context, and on-chain slippage into a single verdict. It is specifically designed for pre-trade decision support across both crypto and 24/7 tokenized US stocks, making it superior to endpoints that cover only one factor (e.g. news-only or technicals-only).

## Known failure modes

- Unsupported symbol returns an error or empty result
- Missing required symbol or side parameter causes a 400 Bad Request
- Payment not provided or insufficient triggers a 402 Payment Required response
- Market data temporarily unavailable leads to degraded or partial checks
- Extreme low-liquidity conditions may result in unreliable slippage estimates

## How this service works

Pre-trade check: should I buy or sell this now? Returns a verdict (FAVORABLE, CAUTION, UNFAVORABLE) with a score and its checks - order flow, momentum, volatility, adverse market events, market regime, news or material filings from the last 24h, plus on-chain slippage of a $1k/$10k/$50k order and a liquidity score. Use right before placing a trade.

## Output

A JSON object containing: a verdict (FAVORABLE, CAUTION, or UNFAVORABLE), a composite score (0-100), a list of named checks (order_flow, momentum, volatility, market regime, news/filings) each with PASS/FAIL status and detail, a price snapshot with buy pressure and momentum score, on-chain slippage estimates for $1k/$10k/$50k order sizes, a liquidity score, and a disclaimer noting the signal is informational only.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input",
  "output"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "symbol"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "side": {
       "enum": [
        "buy",
        "sell"
       ],
       "type": "string",
       "default": "buy",
       "description": "Intended trade direction."
      },
      "symbol": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Asset symbol, e.g. ETHUSD, BTCUSD, NVDA, TSLA."
      },
      "window": {
       "type": "string",
       "default": "5m",
       "description": "Signal window (1m, 5m, 15m, 1h, 4h, 24h)."
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "description": "Example JSON response returned by this endpoint"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": true
  }
 },
 "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "side": "BUY",
  "score": 80,
  "checks": [
   {
    "check": "order_flow",
    "detail": "Buy pressure is 61.3% of aggressor volume",
    "status": "PASS"
   }
  ],
  "symbol": "ETHUSD",
  "window": "5m",
  "reasons": [
   "Unusual activity (anomaly 74/100): expect wider moves",
   "Market regime is BEARISH"
  ],
  "verdict": "CAUTION",
  "snapshot": {
   "price": 2668.42,
   "signal": "BUYING_ACTIVITY",
   "buyPressure": 61.3,
   "momentumScore": 64.2
  },
  "disclaimer": "Informational market signal derived from observed trade flow; not investment advice."
 }
}
```

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