# dYdX agent risk score, safety controls and pricing

> dYdX: AI can trade directly. Live and paper or demo trading. Safety 68%. No API fee. Sourced, checked 2026-10-30.

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# dYdX

It can place orders without you approving each one. Paper trading is available.

[**79****Agent Risk Score**79% of the points we could check · partial, 5 of 7 inputsHow much an AI agent could lose here if it is wrong, hacked or prompt-injected. Higher is safer.](#agent-risk-score)[**68****Safety score**68% of the points we could checkWhat the tool itself can do with your money: who places orders, paper mode, withdrawals. Higher is safer.](#safety)

Last checked **2026-10-30****4** official sources linked[How we score](https://tradingagentstack.com/methodology/)[Incident tracker](https://tradingagentstack.com/incidents/)

Can trade unattended**From our listing**No official MCP server. Permissioned keys limited by message type, market and sub-account can be barred from withdrawals and transfers

Category[Crypto exchanges](https://tradingagentstack.com/crypto-exchanges-for-trading-bots/)
Pricingno API fee
Best forCrypto exchanges · crypto perpetuals
Verified2026-10-30

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Official site (source): [https://dydx.trade/](https://dydx.trade/)

## Agent Risk Score (v2)

[Agent risk 79% (partial, 5 of 7 inputs)](https://tradingagentstack.com/methodology/#agent-risk-score) If an agent using this tool is wrong, hacked or prompt-injected, how much money can it lose? Higher is safer. Each input links to the vendor's own docs; affiliate links never affect it. [How it's calculated](https://tradingagentstack.com/methodology/#agent-risk-score) · [Incidents](https://tradingagentstack.com/incidents/)

Missing: Spending limits enforced outside the agent, Transaction preview or simulation. Missing inputs lower the maximum instead of counting as zero.

| Input | From official docs | Points |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Who holds the keys | A permissioned key can be limited to placing orders, with withdrawals and transfers blocked [source](https://docs.dydx.xyz/concepts/trading/authenticators) | 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](https://docs.dydx.xyz/concepts/trading/authenticators) | 0 / 15 |
| Sending funds to new addresses | Permissioned trading keys can be barred from withdrawals and transfers [source](https://docs.dydx.xyz/concepts/trading/authenticators) | 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](https://github.com/dydxprotocol/v4-chain/tree/main/audits) | 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](https://tradingagentstack.com/incidents/) | 10 / 10 |
| Total | 79% of the points we could check | **55 / 70** |

## Safety score

[Safety 68%](https://tradingagentstack.com/safety-score/) Can trade unattended. Not a ranking; affiliate links never affect it. [How it's calculated](https://tradingagentstack.com/safety-score/)

| Input | From our listing | Points |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Can it place live orders unattended? | API orders execute with no per-order approval step [source](https://docs.dydx.xyz/concepts/trading/authenticators) | 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](https://docs.dydx.xyz/concepts/trading/authenticators) | 8 / 15 |
| Paper, demo or testnet mode | Public testnet front end, indexer and faucet (official docs) [source](https://docs.dydx.xyz/interaction/endpoints) | 15 / 15 |
| Withdrawal permission needed or allowed | A permissioned trading key can be barred from withdrawals and transfers entirely (official docs) [source](https://docs.dydx.xyz/concepts/trading/authenticators) | 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](https://docs.dydx.xyz/concepts/trading/authenticators) | 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](https://docs.dydx.xyz/concepts/trading/authenticators) |
| Repository | [https://github.com/dydxprotocol/v4-chain](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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