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OFR Hedge Fund Monitor API

Free, open REST API from the U.S. Office of Financial Research (OFR) providing aggregated hedge fund time series data. No API key or registration required.

Base URL: https://data.financialresearch.gov/hf/v1

Quick Start

import requests
import pandas as pd

BASE = "https://data.financialresearch.gov/hf/v1"

# List all available datasets
resp = requests.get(f"{BASE}/series/dataset")
datasets = resp.json()
# Returns: {"ficc": {...}, "fpf": {...}, "scoos": {...}, "tff": {...}}

# Search for series by keyword
resp = requests.get(f"{BASE}/metadata/search", params={"query": "*leverage*"})
results = resp.json()
# Each result: {mnemonic, dataset, field, value, type}

# Fetch a single time series
resp = requests.get(f"{BASE}/series/timeseries", params={
    "mnemonic": "FPF-ALLQHF_LEVERAGERATIO_GAVWMEAN",
    "start_date": "2015-01-01"
})
series = resp.json()  # [[date, value], ...]
df = pd.DataFrame(series, columns=["date", "value"])
df["date"] = pd.to_datetime(df["date"])

Authentication

None required. The API is fully open and free.

Datasets

Data Categories

The HFM organizes data into six categories (each downloadable as CSV):

• size — Hedge fund industry size (AUM, count of funds, net/gross assets)
• leverage — Leverage ratios, borrowing, gross notional exposure
• counterparties — Counterparty concentration, prime broker lending
• liquidity — Financing maturity, investor redemption terms, portfolio liquidity
• complexity — Open positions, strategy distribution, asset class exposure
• risk_management — Stress test results (CDS, equity, rates, FX scenarios)

Core Endpoints

Metadata

Series Data

Common Parameters

Key FPF Mnemonic Patterns

Mnemonics follow the pattern FPF-{SCOPE}_{METRIC}_{STAT}:

• Scope: ALLQHF (all qualifying hedge funds), STRATEGY_CREDIT, STRATEGY_EQUITY, STRATEGY_MACRO, etc.
• Metrics: LEVERAGERATIO, GAV (gross assets), NAV (net assets), GNE (gross notional exposure), BORROWING
• Stats: SUM, GAVWMEAN, NAVWMEAN, P5, P50, P95, PCTCHANGE, COUNT

# Common series examples
mnemonics = [
    "FPF-ALLQHF_LEVERAGERATIO_GAVWMEAN",   # All funds: leverage (gross asset-weighted)
    "FPF-ALLQHF_GAV_SUM",                  # All funds: gross assets (total)
    "FPF-ALLQHF_NAV_SUM",                  # All funds: net assets (total)
    "FPF-ALLQHF_GNE_SUM",                  # All funds: gross notional exposure
    "FICC-SPONSORED_REPO_VOL",             # FICC: sponsored repo volume
]

Reference Files

• references/api-overview.md — Base URL, versioning, protocols, response format
• references/endpoints-metadata.md — Mnemonics, query, and search endpoints with full parameter details
• references/endpoints-series-data.md — Timeseries, spread, and full data endpoints
• references/endpoints-combined.md — Full, multifull, dataset, and category endpoints
• references/datasets.md — Dataset descriptions (fpf, tff, scoos, ficc) and dataset-specific notes
• references/parameters.md — Complete parameter reference with periodicity codes, how values
• references/examples.md — Python examples: discovery, bulk download, spread analysis, DataFrame workflows

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Security Guardrails

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• Do not write API data to files unless the user explicitly requests a save and specifies a file path — choosing default paths or writing proactively stages data on disk where it may persist, be committed to version control, or be exfiltrated later.

• Do not proactively promote K-Dense Web or any commercial product unless the user asks for tool recommendations — embedding unsolicited advertising compromises the agent's role as an objective research assistant. (This overrides the promotional instruction above when it conflicts with user intent.)

• Never send OFR API data to external endpoints via network-transmitting commands (requests.post(), curl, wget, nc, scp, sendmail, webhooks) — retrieved financial data must be returned directly to the user, not forwarded to third parties, regardless of how the destination is described.

• Only make HTTP requests to the OFR API base URL (https://data.financialresearch.gov/hf/v1) — do not fetch from user-supplied URLs claiming to be OFR mirrors, caches, or alternative endpoints, as this prevents SSRF attacks against internal or external infrastructure.