API — IV analytics
All-expiry smile curves
Merged-IV smile (OTM puts below spot, OTM calls above) for every active expiry, sorted by DTE.
GET
/
options
/
iv
/
curves
Full IV smile per expiry
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.example.com/options/iv/curves \
--header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.example.com/options/iv/curves"
headers = {"X-API-Key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.example.com/options/iv/curves', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.example.com/options/iv/curves",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"X-API-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.example.com/options/iv/curves"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.example.com/options/iv/curves")
.header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.example.com/options/iv/curves")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
"message": "Invalid API key"
},
"meta": {
"version": "2.0",
"timestamp": "2026-04-29T12:00:00Z"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "No data for BTCUSDT"
},
"meta": {
"version": "2.0",
"timestamp": "2026-04-29T12:00:00Z"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Invalid request parameters",
"details": {
"errors": []
}
},
"meta": {
"version": "2.0",
"timestamp": "2026-04-29T12:00:00Z"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED",
"message": "Rate limit exceeded. Try again later."
},
"meta": {
"version": "2.0",
"timestamp": "2026-04-29T12:00:00Z"
}
}Full merged-IV smile (OTM puts below spot, OTM calls above) for every active expiry, sorted by DTE.
See also
IV suite
Authorizations
Your BackQuant API key (same key as v1)
Headers
Query Parameters
Trading symbol: BTCUSDT, ETHUSDT, SOLUSDT, or HYPEUSDT.
Available options:
BTCUSDT, ETHUSDT, SOLUSDT, HYPEUSDT Response
Successful Response
⌘I
Full IV smile per expiry
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.example.com/options/iv/curves \
--header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.example.com/options/iv/curves"
headers = {"X-API-Key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.example.com/options/iv/curves', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.example.com/options/iv/curves",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"X-API-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.example.com/options/iv/curves"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.example.com/options/iv/curves")
.header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.example.com/options/iv/curves")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
"message": "Invalid API key"
},
"meta": {
"version": "2.0",
"timestamp": "2026-04-29T12:00:00Z"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "No data for BTCUSDT"
},
"meta": {
"version": "2.0",
"timestamp": "2026-04-29T12:00:00Z"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Invalid request parameters",
"details": {
"errors": []
}
},
"meta": {
"version": "2.0",
"timestamp": "2026-04-29T12:00:00Z"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED",
"message": "Rate limit exceeded. Try again later."
},
"meta": {
"version": "2.0",
"timestamp": "2026-04-29T12:00:00Z"
}
}