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# Futures curves, archives and generics.

Futures contract curves, archived settlements and rolling generic historical price series. Every response carries its sources and dates.

- [See plans](https://gloom.sh/datasets/pricing)
- [Read the reference](https://gloom.sh/datasets/docs/datasets/futures)

Request 50 credits

```
curl https://api.gloom.sh/v1/futures/curves/VX \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GLOOM_DATASETS_KEY"
```

With your key, this call returns the latest data. The response is one record of the [free sample](https://api.gloom.sh/v1/datasets/futures/sample), which needs no key.

Response · data[0]

```
{
  "label": "VIX 2026-10",
  "expiration": "2026-10-21",
  "price": 17.3343,
  "change": 0.2525,
  "openInterest": 148367,
  "asOf": "2026-10-07"
}
```

Trimmed real output

## Who uses it.

- ### Quant teams

  Curves and generics for backtests.
- ### Research agents

  Cite a settlement and its date.
- ### Fintech apps

  Futures curves in your app, on Enterprise.

## Coverage and price.

- **routes**: 3
- **sources**: 2
- **credits for the cheapest call**: 4

In all 44 datasets on every plan, from $200/mo. [See plans](https://gloom.sh/datasets/pricing)

**Routes and credits (3)**

- `GET /v1/futures/curves/{root}` Current futures term structure for a root 50 credits
- `GET /v1/futures/curves/{root}?date=` Archived futures curve for a specified date 4 credits
- `GET /v1/futures/continuous/{ticker}` Generic futures contract data 4 credits

## Related.

- [Depositary receipts (ADR reference)](https://gloom.sh/datasets/depositary-receipts)
- [Rate path](https://gloom.sh/datasets/rate-path)
- [Market prices and company fundamentals](https://gloom.sh/datasets/market-data)