Term structure

GET

options

term-structure

ATM IV by tenor

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.example.com/options/iv/term-structure \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>'

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api.example.com/options/iv/term-structure', 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/term-structure",
  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/term-structure"

	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))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.example.com/options/iv/term-structure")

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

{
  "data": {
    "expiries": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "dtes": [
      123
    ],
    "days_to_expiry": [
      123
    ],
    "atm_iv": [
      123
    ],
    "ts": "<string>",
    "spot_price": 123,
    "filtered_dte_window": {},
    "compare": {
      "days_ago": 123,
      "target_date": "<string>",
      "historical": [
        {
          "dte_bucket": 123,
          "ts": "<string>",
          "atm_iv": 123
        }
      ],
      "shape": "<string>",
      "matched_count": 123,
      "available": true,
      "reason": "<string>"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "version": "2.0",
    "timestamp": "<string>",
    "request_id": "<string>",
    "symbol": "<string>",
    "spot_price": 123,
    "computed_at": "<string>",
    "freshness_seconds": 123,
    "source": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "exchanges_filtered": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "rate_limit": {},
    "extra": {}
  },
  "success": true
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
    "message": "Invalid API key"
  },
  "meta": {
    "version": "2.0",
    "timestamp": "2026-04-29T12:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "<string>",
    "message": "<string>",
    "details": {}
  },
  "meta": {
    "version": "2.0",
    "timestamp": "<string>",
    "request_id": "<string>",
    "symbol": "<string>",
    "spot_price": 123,
    "computed_at": "<string>",
    "freshness_seconds": 123,
    "source": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "exchanges_filtered": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "rate_limit": {},
    "extra": {}
  },
  "success": false
}

{
  "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"
  }
}

ATM IV per active expiration. Filter ?dte_max for front-of-curve, or ?historical_compare_days=N for today vs N days ago overlay.

IV suite

Authorizations

X-API-Key

string

header

required

Your BackQuant API key (same key as v1)

Headers

X-API-Key

string | null

Query Parameters

symbol

enum<string>

default:BTCUSDT

Trading symbol: BTCUSDT, ETHUSDT, SOLUSDT, or HYPEUSDT.

Available options:

BTCUSDT,

ETHUSDT,

SOLUSDT,

HYPEUSDT

as_of

string | null

ISO-8601 instant to answer as of, e.g. 2026-08-20T14:30:00Z. Omit for the current value. Resolves to the nearest chain snapshot AT OR BEFORE the requested time (never after, which would be look-ahead bias); the snapshot actually used and the lag are reported in meta.extra.as_of. Under positioning=flow the dealer flow map is rebuilt from the tape as it stood at that instant, so a given timestamp always returns the same numbers. Bounded by your plan's history window.

exchanges

string | null

Comma-separated venue filter, e.g. deribit,bybit. Restricts the response to those venues' contribution, recomputed from the per-venue breakdown - it is a re-aggregation, not a post-hoc scaling. Unknown names are ignored; an all-invalid filter returns every venue rather than nothing. Venues: deribit, bybit, okx, binance, derive, thalex, delta_india, delta. A venue with no contracts on the surface contributes zero - use GET /v2/status to tell that apart from a venue that is switched off.

dte_max

integer | null

Drop tenors with DTE greater than this value.

Required range: 0 <= x <= 720

historical_compare_days

integer | null

Days back for historical CMT IV comparison (1-365).

Required range: 1 <= x <= 365

Response

Successful Response

data

IvTermStructureData · object

required

The shape varies slightly by collector version - we document the fields we know about and leave room for additional ones via extra=allow.

Show child attributes

meta

V2Meta · object

required

The meta block returned alongside every v2 response.

Every field after version/timestamp is optional because endpoints attach different combinations - e.g. /v2/status skips symbol, the chain endpoint sets extra.filter_hash, etc. Listing them here means SDKs get a typed accessor for each instead of a generic meta: dict.

Show child attributes

success

boolean

default:true

ATM IV by tenor

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.example.com/options/iv/term-structure \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>'

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api.example.com/options/iv/term-structure', 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/term-structure",
  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/term-structure"

	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))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.example.com/options/iv/term-structure")

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

{
  "data": {
    "expiries": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "dtes": [
      123
    ],
    "days_to_expiry": [
      123
    ],
    "atm_iv": [
      123
    ],
    "ts": "<string>",
    "spot_price": 123,
    "filtered_dte_window": {},
    "compare": {
      "days_ago": 123,
      "target_date": "<string>",
      "historical": [
        {
          "dte_bucket": 123,
          "ts": "<string>",
          "atm_iv": 123
        }
      ],
      "shape": "<string>",
      "matched_count": 123,
      "available": true,
      "reason": "<string>"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "version": "2.0",
    "timestamp": "<string>",
    "request_id": "<string>",
    "symbol": "<string>",
    "spot_price": 123,
    "computed_at": "<string>",
    "freshness_seconds": 123,
    "source": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "exchanges_filtered": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "rate_limit": {},
    "extra": {}
  },
  "success": true
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
    "message": "Invalid API key"
  },
  "meta": {
    "version": "2.0",
    "timestamp": "2026-04-29T12:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "<string>",
    "message": "<string>",
    "details": {}
  },
  "meta": {
    "version": "2.0",
    "timestamp": "<string>",
    "request_id": "<string>",
    "symbol": "<string>",
    "spot_price": 123,
    "computed_at": "<string>",
    "freshness_seconds": 123,
    "source": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "exchanges_filtered": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "rate_limit": {},
    "extra": {}
  },
  "success": false
}

{
  "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"
  }
}

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Query Parameters

Response

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IV suite

Authorizations

Headers

Query Parameters

Response

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