# Market Risk & Volatility

> Market Risk & Volatility is a paid API for AI agents from www.x402financialdata.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns a bundled snapshot of 6 key macro risk metrics from FRED — VIX, high-yield and investment-grade credit spreads, financial conditions index, US dollar index, and WTI crude oil price — in a single call.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://www.x402financialdata.com/market-risk-sentiment
- 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/market-risk-volatility-a96be207
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_aXT7xPp59Pg0E6nByCMXp

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-risk-volatility-a96be207
```

Example prompt: Give me the full macro risk snapshot right now — VIX, credit spreads, financial conditions, dollar strength, and WTI crude — so I can see if markets are in risk-off mode.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a rapid, consolidated view of macro market stress and risk-off conditions without making multiple separate FRED lookups. Ideal for trading dashboards, macro risk monitors, morning briefings, or any agent workflow that needs to assess broad market environment rather than individual stock or crypto signals. Not suitable for ticker-specific analysis or real-time tick data.

## Known failure modes

- FRED data source temporarily unavailable, returning stale or empty values
- Network timeout if FRED upstream is slow
- Payment not processed (402 response) if USDC balance is insufficient
- Endpoint returns partial data if one or more FRED series is delayed

## How this service works

Market risk sentiment in one call, live from FRED: volatility index (VIX), high-yield and investment-grade credit spreads, financial conditions index, US dollar strength, and WTI crude oil price — the 6 metrics that flag systemic risk and market-wide stress. Replaces 6 separate FRED lookups for traders monitoring macro volatility and risk-off sentiment. Not ticker-specific. $0.01/call.

## Output

A single JSON response containing the latest values for 6 FRED-sourced macro risk metrics: VIX (equity volatility index), high-yield credit spread, investment-grade credit spread, financial conditions index, US dollar index (DXY), and WTI crude oil price. Replaces 6 separate FRED API calls.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
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   "properties": {
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    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
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     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
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   "properties": {
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    "example": {
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    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/market-risk-volatility-a96be207/health.json
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- [Other services from www.x402financialdata.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/www.x402financialdata.com/llms.txt)