Volatility API

Measure currency volatility
for any pair, any window.

Annualized FX volatility computed from historical daily rates over any time window. Rank currencies by stability or compare a set, all in one API call.

Requires Growth plan · Free tier: 1,000 requests/month

curl "https://api.currency-core.com/v1/volatility?currencies=EUR,GBP,JPY&period=2y" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Use cases

Who uses currency volatility data?

SaaS pricing teams

Identify which markets have stable currencies suitable for fixed-price plans vs. which require dynamic pricing due to high FX volatility.

Risk management

Quantify FX exposure for treasury teams and financial models. Annualized volatility is the standard input for hedging calculations.

AI agent context

Give AI agents volatility context so they can answer questions like "is INR stable enough to use as a billing currency?" with real data.

Market analysis

Build dashboards showing currency stability rankings. Rank by volatility to find safe-haven candidates or emerging market risk signals.

FAQ

Common questions

What is annualized currency volatility?

Annualized volatility measures how much a currency's rate fluctuates over a year, as a percentage. CurrencyCore computes it from daily rate changes over any time window you specify.

Can I rank all currencies by volatility?

Yes. Omit currencies to rank all liquid currencies. Pass universe=majors to limit to G10 pairs. See volatility endpoint docs.

Volatility data,
ready to query.

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