{"uid":"cap_5yNgtuO3qm404jghvxYf0","slug":"laevitas-vol-surface-snapshots-859e1ed3","name":"Laevitas Vol Surface Snapshots","description":"Professional market data API for crypto derivatives, spot markets, prediction markets, Hyperliquid HyperCore data, proprietary volatility surfaces, and analytics.\n\n## Authentication\n\nUse an API key for authenticated REST requests:\n\n```http\nX-API-Key: your-api-key-here\n```\n\nMost data endpoints also support x402 pay-per-request without an API key.\n\n**Subscriptions with USDC:** Premium and Enterprise can be purchased on Base or Solana for a month, a quarter, six months or a year. Access is prepaid, with no automatic renewal. [Buy a subscription](https://v3.laevitas.ch/profile/subscription/wallet) or read the [USDC subscription guide](/x402#subscriptions).\n\nThe subscription belongs to your signed-in Laevitas account; wallet sign-in does not require an email. Enterprise users generate an API key in V3 after activation. Plan and billing-period limits still apply. Subscription purchases are separate from API credit bundles.\n\nFor Claude MCP, add `https://apiv2.laevitas.ch/api/v1/mcp`, select **Sign in now → Register automatically**\nwith no custom headers, and authorize with your API key on the Laevitas page.\nDo not enter a client ID or secret manually. All OAuth clients require PKCE S256.\nConnection guide: [MCP setup](/mcp). CIMD / published client identity is not supported.\n\n| Resource | Path |\n| --- | --- |\n| OpenAPI JSON | `GET /openapi.json` |\n| x402 discovery | `GET /.well-known/x402` |\n| Changelog | `GET /api/v1/changelog` |\n| WebSocket docs | `GET /websocket` |\n\n## REST Surfaces\n\n| Surface | Examples |\n| --- | --- |\n| Instruments | Cross-market contract reference data |\n| Futures | OHLCVT, trades, tickers, orderbook, liquidations, carry |\n| Perpetuals | OHLCVT, trades, funding, open interest, orderbook, liquidations |\n| Options | OHLCVT, trades, Greeks, volatility, flow, dealer GEX |\n| Options Backtests | Strategy templates, asynchronous submission, status, combined results, cancellation |\n| Vol Surface | Proprietary surface snapshots, slices, strikes, term structure, risk |\n| Spot | OHLCVT, ticker, trades, volume, L2 orderbook, snapshots |\n| Predictions | Polymarket instruments, categories, trades, ticker history |\n| Hyperliquid - HyperCore | Node-derived fills, liquidations, positions, funding, TWAPs, resting orders, L2 books |\n| Analytics | Realized volatility and derived metrics |\n\n## Pagination\n\nBacktests are asynchronous jobs, not paginated market-data queries. Start with\n`GET /api/v1/options/backtests/strategies`, submit with `POST /api/v1/options/backtests`,\nthen poll `/{id}` and retrieve `/{id}/result`. These responses have no data/meta wrapper.\n\nPaginated endpoints return the cursor at `meta.next_cursor`. Pass that value back as the `cursor` query parameter to fetch the next page.\n\n## WebSocket Streaming\n\nReal-time streams are documented at `/websocket`.\n\n| Data | Channel pattern |\n| --- | --- |\n| Trades | `trades.{market}.{exchange}.{instrument}` |\n| OHLC ticker | `ohlc.ticker.{market}.{exchange}.{instrument}.{timeframe}` |\n| OHLCVT | `ohlc.vt.{market}.{exchange}.{instrument}.{timeframe}` |\n\nVariables: `market` is one of `perpetuals`, `futures`, `options`, or `spot`; `timeframe` is one of `1m`, `5m`, `15m`, `1h`, `4h`, or `1d`.\n\n## Quick Start\n\n```bash\ncurl \"https://apiv2.laevitas.ch/api/v1/futures/ohlcvt?exchange=deribit&instrument_name=BTC-PERPETUAL\" \\\n  -H \"X-API-Key: your-api-key-here\"\n```","url":"https://apiv2.laevitas.ch/api/v1/vol-surface/snapshots?utm_source=zero.xyz","method":"GET","headers":{},"bodySchema":{"type":"object","$schema":"https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema","required":["input"],"properties":{"input":{"type":"object","required":["type","method"],"properties":{"type":{"type":"string","const":"http"},"method":{"enum":["GET"],"type":"string"},"pathParams":{"type":"object"},"queryParams":{"type":"object","properties":{"end":{"type":"string"},"date":{"type":"string"},"limit":{"type":"integer","maximum":5000,"minimum":1},"model":{"type":"string"},"start":{"type":"string"},"cursor":{"type":"string"},"expiry":{"type":"string"},"margin":{"enum":["inverse","linear"],"type":"string"},"currency":{"type":"string"},"exchange":{"type":"string"},"instrument":{"type":"string"},"tenor_days":{"type":"integer"}}}},"additionalProperties":false},"output":{"type":"object","required":["type"],"properties":{"type":{"type":"string"},"example":{"type":"object"}}}}},"responseSchema":{"type":"json","example":{"data":[],"success":true}},"example":null,"exampleRequest":null,"tags":["x402"],"displayCostAmount":"0.1","displayCostAsset":"USDC","priceDynamic":false,"priceHint":null,"priceStatus":"priced","priceSource":"settled","requiresHandshake":false,"reviewCount":0,"rating":{"score":"0.00","successRate":"0.00","reviews":0,"stars":null,"state":"unrated"},"availabilityStatus":"unknown","priceObserved":null,"sessionDeposit":null,"pricing":{"kind":"static","summary":"$0.1/call","primary":{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.1","per":"call","confidence":"exact"},"accepted":[{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.1","per":"call","confidence":"exact"}]},"paymentMethods":[{"uid":"pm_yHPFN9XgLCaQJwZa3duMq","protocol":"x402","methodType":"crypto","chain":"base","mode":"charge","costAmount":"0.1","costPer":"request","priority":0,"asset":"0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913","unit":"request","depositMicros":null,"planRef":null}],"brandName":null,"brandSlug":null,"brandBaseUrl":null,"brandDocsUrl":null,"whatItDoes":"Retrieves proprietary volatility surface snapshots for crypto options across exchanges and currencies","exampleAgentPrompt":"Pull a Laevitas vol surface snapshot for BTC options on Deribit, linear margin, using up to 100 results — I want to see the current implied volatility surface.","exampleUseCases":null,"resultDescription":"Returns an array of proprietary volatility surface snapshot records (success flag plus data array) containing implied volatility model parameters across strikes and expirations for the specified crypto options market.","failureModes":["Missing or invalid API key returns 401 unauthorized","Invalid currency or exchange returns empty data array or 400","x402 payment failure returns 402 Payment Required","Unsupported model parameter returns 400 or empty result","Date/time range with no data returns empty data array","limit exceeds maximum of 5000 returns validation error","Invalid margin enum value (not inverse or linear) returns 400"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when you need proprietary volatility surface model snapshots for crypto options — particularly for quantitative analysis, options pricing, risk management, or building vol surface visualizations. Prefer this over generic market data APIs when you need structured, model-consistent vol surface data across strikes and tenors from Laevitas's own surface construction methodology.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-27T18:50:47.495Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"laevitas-vol-surface-snapshots-859e1ed3"}