# polynews.news Smart Money Detection

> polynews.news Smart Money Detection is a paid API for AI agents from polynews.news, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Analyzes Polymarket wallets for suspicious activity, holder positions, sentiment signals, and insider trading patterns to generate trade recommendations

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://polynews.news/api/v1/smart-money
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/polynews-news-86ce59d2
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_je3E1UhfpO_jjAQ4wWywv

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 polynews-news-86ce59d2 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Check for smart money and insider signals on the Polymarket market for 'Will Trump win the 2024 election?' — show me any suspicious wallets, their positions, and any trade recommendations.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need dedicated, focused smart money and wallet intelligence for a single Polymarket market without incurring the cost of bundled news analysis. Prefer the combined endpoint (market-context + smart-money) if you also need news/X sentiment; prefer this standalone call if wallet analysis alone is sufficient.

## Known failure modes

- Market ID or slug not found — 404 or empty result
- Invalid wallet address format — validation error
- Market has insufficient trading volume to detect smart money — sparse results
- Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance — 402 error
- Rate limiting or API timeout — 429 or 503 response

## How this service works

Smart money analysis: YES/NO concentration, sharp holders (track record), unusual-wallet anomalies, net flow, and directional lean. Anomaly intensity is NOT a trade recommendation.

## Output

Returns a structured analysis of suspicious wallets trading the specified market, including their holder positions, sentiment indicators, insider signals, and actionable trade recommendations based on smart money behavior.

## 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",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "properties": {}
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "data": {
       "type": "object",
       "properties": {
        "flow": {
         "type": "object",
         "description": "Hourly net YES/NO cumulative flow"
        },
        "signals": {
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
          "freshWallets": {
           "type": "number"
          },
          "rapidEntries": {
           "type": "number"
          },
          "focusedBetting": {
           "type": "number"
          },
          "largePositions": {
           "type": "number"
          }
         },
         "description": "Counts of each anomaly signal type among unusual wallets"
        },
        "analysis": {
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
          "sentiment": {
           "type": "object",
           "properties": {
            "lean": {
             "type": "string",
             "description": "YES | NO | MIXED | NEUTRAL"
            },
            "score": {
             "type": "number"
            },
            "direction": {
             "type": "string",
             "description": "BULLISH | BEARISH | NEUTRAL"
            }
           }
          },
          "overallScore": {
           "type": "number",
           "description": "0-100 anomaly score (not a buy signal)"
          },
          "dataConfidence": {
           "type": "string",
           "description": "HIGH | MEDIUM | LOW"
          },
          "anomalyDetected": {
           "type": "boolean"
          },
          "totalTradesAnalyzed": {
           "type": "number"
          },
          "suspiciousActivityDetected": {
           "type": "boolean",
           "description": "Deprecated alias of anomalyDetected"
          }
        
… (truncated)
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "data": {
   "signals": [
    "unusual-volume-spike",
    "concentrated-buy-side",
    "sharp-money-confirms"
   ],
   "marketId": "69317",
   "sentiment": "bullish",
   "holderPositions": [
    {
     "outcome": "Gavin Newsom",
     "topHolders": 12,
     "concentrationPct": 38.4
    }
   ],
   "recommendations": [
    {
     "action": "follow",
     "reasoning": "3 high-sharp-score wallets accumulated Newsom YES in the last 2h",
     "confidence": "high"
    }
   ],
   "suspiciousWallets": [
    {
     "signal": "early-mover",
     "address": "0xa1b2...c3d4",
     "sizeUsd": 48000,
     "position": "BUY Newsom",
     "sharpScore": 91
    }
   ]
  },
  "meta": {
   "tier": "alpha",
   "version": "v1",
   "endpoint": "/api/v1/smart-money",
   "latencyMs": 8400,
   "timestamp": "2026-05-12T04:30:00.000Z"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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