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Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.backquant.com/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

BackQuant gives you programmatic access to institutional-quality options analytics for crypto markets — gamma exposure (GEX), implied volatility surfaces, dealer positioning, max-pain, OPEX calendar, and risk-neutral probability distributions — through a single REST API.

Quick start

Make your first API call in under five minutes.

Authentication

Get your API key and authenticate your first request.

API reference

Browse all 38 endpoints with interactive try-it-out.

Code examples

Python, TypeScript, and curl recipes for the common workflows.

What you can build

GEX levels & walls

HVL, call resistance, put support, max-pain, expected move — in a single composable call.

OPEX calendar

Daily / weekly / monthly / quarterly classification with per-expiry OI, walls, and max-pain.

Filtered options chain

Two-layer projection (?fields= + ?include=), moneyness filters, payload caps for desk-friendly responses.

IV analytics suite

Surface, term structure, skew, smile, IV-RV, VRP — every standard slice of the implied-vol surface.

Probability density

Risk-neutral PDF/CDF via Breeden-Litzenberger with confidence-band interpolation per expiry.

Multi-symbol bundle

BTC + ETH + SOL + HYPE GEX levels in one round-trip — one Redis MGET, four symbols.

Get started in 3 steps

1

Get your API key

Sign in at backquant.com/api-access and create a key.
2

Make your first request

Pass your key in the X-API-Key header and call any endpoint.
curl "https://api.backquant.com/v2/gex/levels?symbol=BTCUSDT" \
  -H "X-API-Key: bq_live_your_api_key_here"
3

Explore the data

Read What is GEX? to ground yourself in what the data means, then browse the API reference to discover the rest.