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Gauge market sentiment with Implied Volatility

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Evaluate the market outlook for various dates using our solution. IV provides one figure that accounts for options contracts with various strikes and expiries, enabling a more accurate view of the overall market sentiment. For example, if an IV curve is steep to the left, this suggests the prevailing market sentiment sees prices falling.

How to build the request

Paramater
Value

base

btc

quote

usd

exchange

drbt

value_time

2024-09-25T10:20:09.224Z

expiry

2024-06-28T00:00:00.000Z

deltas

0.05

Example request

Here's an example of an HTTP string request using the values above.

https://us.market-api.kaiko.io/v2/data/analytics.v2/implied_volatility_smile?base=btc&quote=usd&value_time=2024-09-09T14:00:00.000Z&expiry=2024-10-25T00:00:00.000Z&exchanges=drbt&strikes=30000,40000,50000,60000,70000,80000,90000,100000

When you receive your response, search for the following fields to find the data you need:

  • implied_volatilities_strike

  • implied_volatilities_implied_volatility

With the Implied Volatility endpoint, you can use the following parameters. This example calculates just one expiry, but you can also run a script locally to request and combine expiries like the chart above. Contact our operations team for support with this.

You can find specific asset codes from our or .

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reference data
Here we see an IV smile across all expiries which means there is a high probability of price moves in either direction. There is a slight skew to the left on the shortest expiry (orange), suggesting higher demand on the short side.
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