Laevitas vs SmartMoneyAPI

A fair comparison

Descriptions of Laevitas are our neutral summary of a third-party product, sourced from their own site on 2026-09-23, and may change; check their site for current capabilities. This is not a claim that SmartMoneyAPI is better overall — it is a different, lighter, decision-focused tool.

What the confirmation call looks like

Your strategy produces a candidate direction; this single call validates it before you send the order.

import os, requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://api.smartmoneyapi.com/v1/confirm",
    params={"symbol": "BTC", "direction": "long", "source": "my-bot"},
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["SMA_API_KEY"]},
    timeout=10,
)
sig = r.json()

if sig["action"] in ("CONFIRM_FULL", "CONFIRM_REDUCED"):
    qty = 0.01 * sig["size_mult"]   # HIGH -> CONFIRM, MEDIUM -> REDUCE
    # ... your code places (or sizes down) the order
else:  # CONFIRM_MINIMAL, VETO_SKIP, or NO_DATA_SKIP
    pass  # market context does not support this trade, or the symbol has no data yet

action is one of five values — CONFIRM_FULL, CONFIRM_REDUCED, CONFIRM_MINIMAL, VETO_SKIP, or NO_DATA_SKIP (no derivatives or whale data exists for the symbol at all — deliberately not the same as “we looked and it’s bad”). We publish the model’s own out-of-sample result on the /v1/confirm page: derivatives, whale and combined signals all landed in the 49–52% band in leakage-free walk-forward testing — a coin flip. /v1/confirm still blends the signal, because it is a bounded pre-trade check, not a forecast. Full field reference in the API docs.

Pricing comparison

SmartMoneyAPI publishes one flat number per tier. Laevitas prices per seat for its dashboard tiers, and separately offers no-seat, no-account x402 access at $0.001/request — the cheapest way into either product, depending on call volume. Figures are our best current read of laevitas.ch and apiv2.laevitas.ch/x402 and can change on their side without notice.

Data coverage & asset support

Laevitas goes deep on options and volatility with real-time streaming; SmartMoneyAPI blends derivatives, whale consensus and on-chain context into one bounded trade decision. Pick based on whether your edge is options/vol-driven or directional-derivatives-driven.

Real-time capabilities

Laevitas offers a native WebSocket (or Socket.IO) feed and markets “Real-time Data Updates” on its dashboard; we did not verify an exact latency figure for it. SmartMoneyAPI’s whale events arrive over websocket in roughly a second and the derivatives store refreshes continuously; a full sweep of all 16,000+ tracked wallet positions takes on the order of 5–6 hours. Both products offer a streaming path; the difference is what each stream carries — options/vol data on Laevitas, derivatives-and-whale composite signals on ours.

API design & integration

SmartMoneyAPI is plain REST with a consistent JSON schema, tier-based daily and per-minute caps, and a single bounded decision endpoint. Laevitas API v2 offers REST, a native WebSocket, a proprietary vol-surface API, an MCP server with 20+ tools for AI agents, and x402 pay-per-request in USDC with no account — a broader integration surface if your strategy needs options Greeks or a vol surface rather than one directional decision.

The verdict

For an options-heavy strategy, Laevitas is the better tool. Many teams use both: Laevitas for options/vol research, SmartMoneyAPI’s /v1/confirm to gate a directional entry.