Grid weather before
the candles move.

Sealed proof

The engine behind the grid weather.

Our Index hit Crisis mode by March 2008 — 6 months before Lehman. The same sealed V5 physics — amplitude, coupling, criticality frozen — runs on every Ape Gate receipt.

• GFC 2008

  Our Index hit Crisis mode by March 2008 — 6 months before Lehman. VIX and credit spreads still looked orderly.

• Chip cycle 2021

  Early stress flag 19 months before the 2021 auto-production trough. OEMs still canceling orders while structure was hot.

• Every grid widen

  Same sealed V5 engine on every receipt. Same physics that called Lehman — now on your NEAR grid.

How it works

Grid on, grid tight, or stay flat — poll while in, Call before you widen.

1. 01

   Poll while in

   Hit Check ($0.25) at each funding interval or grid rebalance. Receipt maps structure-hot → grid on / tight / flat. Not a signal — grid weather for your bot params.

2. 02

   Call before you widen

   Before widening range or adding leverage, Call ($5). Full clock + tape vs structure. One Call is under a basis point on a six-figure grid leg.

3. 03

   Book for the deep rig

   Full tier ($8) adds historical_echo — a sealed backtest rhyme to the nearest analog episode. Machine key for calibrating bot params against past structure.

Pricing

Three tiers. One sealed engine. Pay per read.

No subscription. No wallet required to browse. Pay USDC on Base via x402 — agent-native, one header away.

One Call is under a basis point on a six-figure grid leg.

Receipt

What agents read on a paid 200.

Check tier response (depth=probe). Machine key is vol_regime_hint — map it to your bot. Human read is grid_implication.

{
  "ape_gate": {
    "entity": "near",
    "hints": {
      "vol_regime_hint": "compression",
      "grid_hint": "grid_on",
      "grid_implication": "NEAR chop-friendly — vol compressed; harvest range if your band holds.",
      "tape_vs_structure": "aligned"
    },
    "engine": {
      "load_band": "Green",
      "gap_band": "Yellow",
      "clock_tier": "none",
      "pulse_level": "stable"
    }
  },
  "clock_posture": "Quiet",
  "attestation": "V5-locked · sealed physics"
}

Full tier adds historical_echo — sealed backtest rhyme to nearest analog episode.

Coverage

Canonical entities and any catalog slug.

Named entities below have dedicated clock surfaces. Any catalog slug resolves via ?entity=.

Aliases: hype → solana · zec → bitcoin · vvv → solana

Try it

One URL. Expect a 402 until paid.

NEAR grid demo. Copy the curl, point your agent skill at it, or install the Cursor skill from docs/public/skill/ape-gate/.

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://www.entropyindex.com/api/v1/crypto/gate?entity=near&depth=probe"

Glossary

Institutional regime → grid weather.

Institutional buyers say regime. Grid bots hear grid weather. Same engine — different dialect.

Honest fence

What Ape Gate will not do.

• Trade signals

  We do not emit range, grid count, stop-loss, or entry/exit. Agents map hints to bot params.

• PnL share

  No custody, no builder-fee stacking beyond the disclosed Hyperliquid builder code (1 bp, f: 10).

• Fabricated lead times

  GFC proof is V5-locked under sealed physics (amp/κ/C frozen). Audit the backtest before you trust it.

• Retune on request

  Physics is sealed. Receipt changes because the world changed — not because the call was wrong.