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

Key Dataset Update Frequency

fpf

SEC Form PF — aggregated stats from qualifying hedge fund filings Quarterly

tff

CFTC Traders in Financial Futures — futures market positioning Monthly

scoos

FRB Senior Credit Officer Opinion Survey on Dealer Financing Terms Quarterly

ficc

FICC Sponsored Repo Service Volumes Monthly

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

Endpoint Path Description

List mnemonics GET /metadata/mnemonics

All series identifiers

Query series info GET /metadata/query?mnemonic=

Full metadata for one series

Search series GET /metadata/search?query=

Text search with wildcards (* , ? )

Series Data

Endpoint Path Description

Single timeseries GET /series/timeseries?mnemonic=

Date/value pairs for one series

Full single GET /series/full?mnemonic=

Data + metadata for one series

Multi full GET /series/multifull?mnemonics=A,B

Data + metadata for multiple series

Dataset GET /series/dataset?dataset=fpf

All series in a dataset

Category CSV GET /categories?category=leverage

CSV download for a category

Spread GET /calc/spread?x=MNE1&y=MNE2

Difference between two series

Common Parameters

Parameter Description Example

start_date

Start date YYYY-MM-DD 2020-01-01

end_date

End date YYYY-MM-DD 2024-12-31

periodicity

Resample frequency Q , M , A , D , W

how

Aggregation method last (default), first , mean , median , sum

remove_nulls

Drop null values true

time_format

Date format date (YYYY-MM-DD) or ms (epoch ms)

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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