dYdX
It can place orders without you approving each one. Paper trading is available.
Can trade unattended
From our listingNo official MCP server. Permissioned keys limited by message type, market and sub-account can be barred from withdrawals and transfers
- Category
- Crypto exchanges
- Pricing
- no API fee
- Best for
- Crypto exchanges · crypto perpetuals
- Verified
- 2026-10-30
Agent Risk Score (v2)
Agent risk 79% (partial, 5 of 7 inputs)
| Input | From official docs | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Who holds the keys | A permissioned key can be limited to placing orders, with withdrawals and transfers blocked source | 20 / 20 |
| Spending limits enforced outside the agent | Missing: no official source found yet | missing / 20 |
| Human approval | API orders execute with no approval step source | 0 / 15 |
| Sending funds to new addresses | Permissioned trading keys can be barred from withdrawals and transfers source | 15 / 15 |
| Transaction preview or simulation | Missing: no official source found yet | missing / 10 |
| Open source and audits | Open-source chain, indexer and clients with audit reports in the v4-chain repo source | 10 / 10 |
| Incident record (last 12 months) | No incident naming this tool in our incident tracker for the last 12 months, and every scored input links an official source source | 10 / 10 |
| Total | 79% of the points we could check | 55 / 70 |
Safety score
| Input | From our listing | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Can it place live orders unattended? | API orders execute with no per-order approval step source | 0 / 25 |
| Order approval or confirmation options | No per-order approval; permissioned keys filter which actions, markets and sub-accounts a key can touch (official docs) source | 8 / 15 |
| Paper, demo or testnet mode | Public testnet front end, indexer and faucet (official docs) source | 15 / 15 |
| Withdrawal permission needed or allowed | A permissioned trading key can be barred from withdrawals and transfers entirely (official docs) source | 15 / 15 |
| Scoped keys, permission scopes or IP whitelisting | Permissioned keys scoped by message type, market and sub-account, removable at any time (official docs) source | 10 / 10 |
| Open source or audited | Open source | 10 / 10 |
| Sourced and verified facts | Facts from the vendor's official docs | 10 / 10 |
| Total | 68% of the points we could check | 68 / 100 |
Full facts
| Category | Exchanges & brokers for bots |
|---|---|
| Assets | crypto perpetuals |
| Live vs paper | live; public testnet with faucet |
| Order approval / safety | No official MCP server. Permissioned keys limited by message type, market and sub-account can be barred from withdrawals and transfers |
| Pricing / free tier | no API fee; tier 1 0.01% maker / 0.05% taker (set by governance) |
| Rate limits | Long-lived orders: 2 per block and 20 per 100 blocks per account; short-term orders and cancels: 4,000 per 5 blocks. Indexer: 100 requests per 10 seconds per IP. |
| Official / community | official |
| Last checked | 2026-10-30 |
| Source | docs.dydx.xyz |
| Repository | https://github.com/dydxprotocol/v4-chain |
| Regions (US / UK / EU) | US and Canada plus sanctioned places, per the docs' compliance page. |
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