# ShadowQuant Intelligence API – Seasonal Market Research

> ShadowQuant Intelligence API – Seasonal Market Research is a paid API for AI agents from sq-intel-x402.aries-lao.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-19).

Returns validated seasonal equity/options market research data with provenance metadata, freshness indicators, and a track record, paid per-call via x402 (USDC on Base).

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://sq-intel-x402.aries-lao.workers.dev/seasonal?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-19
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/shadowquant-intelligence-api-seasonal-market-research-80067519
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_7c6qeZIfFPsR7vJEnFTM-

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 shadowquant-intelligence-api-seasonal-market-research-80067519
```

Example prompt: Pull ShadowQuant's validated seasonal market research so I can see the historical seasonal patterns for equities and options, including how fresh the data is and the track record behind the methodology.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need quantitatively validated, provenance-tracked seasonal market research for equities and options, especially when you need to audit methodology and freshness. Prefer it over generic financial data APIs when track record and research rigor matter, and when your agent can handle micropayment via x402/USDC on Base.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not included or insufficient USDC — HTTP 402 returned requiring x402 payment
- Data is stale (freshness.stale = true) — returned but flagged as outdated
- Service unavailable at Cloudflare Workers edge — HTTP 503 or timeout
- Malformed request — HTTP 400 if path or parameters are invalid
- Rate limiting or capacity issues — HTTP 429

## How this service works

Validated equities/options market research for AI agents, paid per-call via x402 (USDC on Base). Research data, not investment advice.

## Output

A JSON envelope containing: (1) a seasonal study payload with research findings, (2) provenance details including producer, methodology, and generation timestamp, (3) freshness metadata (age in hours, stale flag), (4) a track record summary, (5) a disclaimer, and (6) terms of use.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "description": "JSON envelope: { data: <study payload>, provenance: { producer, methodology, generated_at, freshness: { age_hours, stale }, track_record }, disclaimer, terms }"
}
```

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