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Strait of Hormuz Risk Premium API
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Strait of Hormuz Risk Premium API is a paid API for AI agents from straits.live, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).
Returns a real-time composite risk score, war risk premium multiples, and throughput/escalation drivers for the Strait of Hormuz, updated every 5 minutes.
Price / call$0.05
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Is the Strait of Hormuz open? Effectively no, it is closed to commercial shipping as of 13 July 2026. 34 ships transited vs ~88/day normal. Brent $81.10. Updated every 5 minutes.
Output
Returns a JSON object with: risk band (e.g. 'uneconomic'), overall risk score (0-100), confidence value (0-1), modeled multiple, JWC multiple reference, VLCC war premium USD range (low/high), and sub-driver scores for escalation and throughput — each with freshness health and weighting. Data is updated every 5 minutes.
Example use cases
Example prompt
“Pull the current Strait of Hormuz risk premium data — I need the risk score, confidence level, risk band, and the VLCC war premium range so I can update our tanker voyage pricing model.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://straits.live/api/premium/risk-premiumWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a quantified, composite risk score for Strait of Hormuz shipping — especially for tanker insurance pricing, voyage cost modeling, or geopolitical risk dashboards. It is the only known real-time machine-readable API for Hormuz war risk premium multiples with structured JSON output, making it ideal for automated trading, shipping finance, or energy market applications that need live data rather than manual news monitoring.
Side effects
- 402 Payment Required if USDC micropayment not included
- Stale data health flag if upstream feeds are delayed beyond update window
- High confidence interval during rapidly evolving geopolitical events
- Empty or null driver scores if AIS or escalation data sources are temporarily unavailable
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| properties | string |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"band": "uneconomic",
"schema": "https://straits.live/api/premium/risk-premium",
"drivers": {
"escalation": {
"score": 61,
"health": "fresh",
"weight": 0.3
},
"throughput": {
"score": 71,
"health": "fresh",
"weight": 0.3
}
},
"reference": {
"asOf": "2026-07-12T12:00:00Z",
"note": "standing anchor, manually set",
"jwcMultiple": 8
},
"riskScore": 75,
"confidence": 0.86,
"modeledMultiple": 5,
"vlccWarPremiumUsd": {
"low": 78125,
"high": 1562500
}
}
}Tags
x402
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