Bitcoin Volatility Index

Measure of Bitcoin’s price fluctuation on a specific day, relative to its price

How to call

Request format

GET

curl -X GET "https://newhedge.io/api/v2/metrics/volatility-index/METRIC_NAME?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN"

Query params

api_token (required) — 24 character token.

resolution (optional) — day1 (default), hour12, hour4, hour1, 30mn, 10mn. Finer buckets are served to Advanced and Enterprise accounts; see Resolutions.

before (optional) — exclusive cursor, returns observations older than this timestamp_ms. Finer resolutions only.

limit (optional) — page size for finer resolutions. Default 2500, maximum 5000. Ignored for day1.

Path params

:metric_name — one of the metric names listed below.

Responses

200 with JSON payload, 401 for missing/invalid token, 404 for missing resources.

Metrics

Each metric is fetched independently. Responses are trimmed samples to show structure.

3 metrics

Metric

Bitcoin Price 1 Week Volatility

Data used by the Bitcoin Volatility Index chart.

Endpoint

https://newhedge.io/api/v2/metrics/volatility-index/price_1w_volatility?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN

Replace `YOUR_TOKEN` with your API token.

Sample response

200 Successful response

[
  [
    1786752000000,
    2.0898055
  ],
  [
    1786838400000,
    2.0506678
  ],
  [
    1786924800000,
    2.2549855
  ]
]

Metric

Bitcoin Price 1 Month Volatility

Data used by the Bitcoin Volatility Index chart.

Endpoint

https://newhedge.io/api/v2/metrics/volatility-index/price_1m_volatility?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN

Replace `YOUR_TOKEN` with your API token.

Sample response

200 Successful response

[
  [
    1786752000000,
    6.5842785
  ],
  [
    1786838400000,
    6.3751
  ],
  [
    1786924800000,
    6.365380399999999
  ]
]

Metric

Bitcoin Price 1 Year Volatility

Data used by the Bitcoin Volatility Index chart.

Endpoint

https://newhedge.io/api/v2/metrics/volatility-index/price_1y_volatility?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN

Replace `YOUR_TOKEN` with your API token.

Sample response

200 Successful response

[
  [
    1786752000000,
    41.06364
  ],
  [
    1786838400000,
    41.053107
  ],
  [
    1786924800000,
    41.070622
  ]
]