# Value at risk calculation

## What is this endpoint for?

This endpoints helps you calculate Value at Risk (VaR) and stressed VaR. Computed by a proprietary and thoroughly backtested methodology that accounts for the idiosyncrasies of crypto market structure. By convention, it's a forecasting VaR, i.e., the prediction of the potential loss for the next day. It includes a mixture parameter that can provide either the VaR, the stressed VaR, or a combination of the two (see the `stress_parameter` below).

### Endpoint

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```http
https://us.market-api.kaiko.io/v2/data/analytics.v2/value_at_risk
```

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### Parameters

<table><thead><tr><th>Parameter</th><th width="97">Required</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>bases</code></td><td>Yes</td><td><p>List of portfolio base components. <br><br>See <a data-mention href="/pages/5iH1qlIc7aNEOOci4yMw">/pages/5iH1qlIc7aNEOOci4yMw</a></p><p></p><p>Total must match <code>quantities</code> below.<br><br>The order of <code>bases</code> and their respective <code>quantities</code> must match in the request. </p></td></tr><tr><td><code>quote</code></td><td>Yes</td><td>The fiat currency.<br><br><a data-mention href="/pages/5iH1qlIc7aNEOOci4yMw">/pages/5iH1qlIc7aNEOOci4yMw</a></td></tr><tr><td><code>quantities</code></td><td>Yes</td><td>Quantities list of base asset in the portfolio.<br><br>Must match the number of <code>bases</code>.<br><br>The order of <code>quantities</code> and their respective <code>bases</code> must match in the request. </td></tr><tr><td><code>risk_level</code></td><td>Yes</td><td>The Value at Risk confidence level. <br><br>Min: <code>0.90</code> (included) <br>Max: <code>1</code> (excluded)</td></tr><tr><td><code>start_time</code></td><td>Yes</td><td>First fixing of the calculation in ISO 8601 (inclusive).</td></tr><tr><td><code>end_time</code></td><td>Yes</td><td>Last fixing of the calculation in ISO 8601 (inclusive).</td></tr><tr><td><code>stress_parameter</code></td><td>No</td><td><p>Float between 0 and 1 that controls the blend between VaR and Stressed VaR.</p><p>It is 0 for VaR and 1 for Stressed VaR.<br>It equals 0 by default.</p></td></tr><tr><td><code>reporting_currency</code></td><td>No</td><td><p>This allows you to express the final risk metrics in a specific fiat currency.</p><p>By default, expressed in USD.</p></td></tr><tr><td><code>sources</code></td><td>No</td><td>boolean. If true, returns all pair prices which were used to compute the Value at Risk. <br><br>Default: <code>false</code></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Fields

| Parameter       | Description                                                                                               |
| --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `var_time`      | The time at which the VaR is computed.                                                                    |
| `value_at_risk` | Composed of two fields: value and risk\_level (the Value at Risk estimator at the specified risk\_level.) |
| `pair`          | The constituent pair. (showing only when `sources` is set to be true)                                     |
| `ref_price`     | The reference price per asset. (showing only when `sources` is set to be true)                            |
| `date`          | The date of the reference price. (showing only when `sources` is set to be true)                          |

### Request examples

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```url
curl --compressed -H 'Accept: application/json' -H 'X-Api-Key: <client-api-key>' \
'https://us.market-api.kaiko.io/v2/data/analytics.v2/value_at_risk?bases=eth,btc,ltc&quantities=3,2,5&quote=usd&risk_level=0.95&start_time=2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z&end_time=2025-12-05T00:00:00.000Z&stress_parameter=0.5'
```

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```python
##### 1. Import dependencies #####
import requests
import pandas as pd

##### 2. Choose the value of the query's parameters #####
# ---- Required parameters ---- #
bases = "btc,eth"
quote = "usd"
quantities = "1,10"
risk_level = "0.95"
start_time = "2021-12-01T00:00:00.000Z"
end_time = "2022-01-31T00:00:00.000Z"

# ---- Optional parameters ---- #
sources = None

# ---- API key configuration ---- #
api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY"

##### 3. Get the data #####
# ---- Function to run an API call ---- # 
# Get the data in a dataframe --------- # 

def get_kaiko_data(api_key: str, bases: str, quote: str, quantities: str, risk_level: str, start_time: str, end_time: str, sources: bool = None):
    headers = {'Accept': 'application/json', 'X-Api-Key': api_key}
    
    url = f'https://us.market-api.kaiko.io/v2/data/analytics.v2/value_at_risk'
    params = {
        "bases": bases,
        "quote": quote,
        "quantities": quantities,
        "risk_level": risk_level,
        "start_time": start_time,
        "end_time": end_time,
        "sources": sources
    }

    try:
        res = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
        res.raise_for_status() 
        data = res.json()
        if 'data' not in data:
            print("No data returned.")
            return pd.DataFrame() 
        df = pd.DataFrame(data['data'])

        # Handle pagination with continuation token
        while 'next_url' in data:
            next_url = data['next_url']
            if next_url is None:
                break
            res = requests.get(next_url, headers=headers)
            res.raise_for_status()
            data = res.json()
            if 'data' in data:
                df = pd.concat([df, pd.DataFrame(data['data'])], ignore_index=True)
        return df

    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
        print(f"API request error: {e}")
        return pd.DataFrame() 

# ---- Get the data ---- #
df = get_kaiko_data(api_key=api_key, bases=bases, quote=quote, quantities=quantities, risk_level=risk_level, start_time=start_time, end_time=end_time, sources=sources)
print (df)
```

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### Response example

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```json
{
    "query": {
        "bases": "eth,btc,ltc",
        "quote": "usd",
        "quantities": [
            3,
            2,
            5
        ],
        "exchanges": "",
        "risk_level": 0.95,
        "sources": false,
        "data_version": "v2",
        "commodity": "analytics",
        "request_time": "2026-04-01T14:02:10.954Z",
        "reporting_currency": ""
    },
    "time": "2026-04-01T14:02:11.316Z",
    "timestamp": 1775052131316,
    "data": [
        {
            "var_time": 1764547200000,
            "value_at_risk": {
                "value": 14051.3051028357,
                "risk_level": 0.95
            }
        },
        {
            "var_time": 1764633600000,
            "value_at_risk": {
                "value": 13896.656231419009,
                "risk_level": 0.95
            }
        },
        {
            "var_time": 1764720000000,
            "value_at_risk": {
                "value": 14243.618215415132,
                "risk_level": 0.95
            }
        },
        {
            "var_time": 1764806400000,
            "value_at_risk": {
                "value": 14366.155261745589,
                "risk_level": 0.95
            }
        },
        {
            "var_time": 1764892800000,
            "value_at_risk": {
                "value": 14317.703400730708,
                "risk_level": 0.95
            }
        }
    ],
    "start_date": "2021-12-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "access": {
        "access_range": {
            "start_timestamp": 1763683200,
            "end_timestamp": null
        },
        "data_range": {
            "start_timestamp": null,
            "end_timestamp": null
        }
    }
}
```

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