# Paradex agent risk score, safety controls and pricing

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

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# Paradex

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

[**64****Agent Risk Score**64% 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****5** official sources linked[How we score](https://tradingagentstack.com/methodology/)[Incident tracker](https://tradingagentstack.com/incidents/)

Can trade unattended**From our listing**Official MCP server (trading-capable, local) and a hosted market-data MCP. Trading subkeys can't withdraw or transfer and can be locked to up to 50 IP ranges; read-only tokens

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

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

## Agent Risk Score (v2)

[Agent risk 64% (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 | Trading subkeys can place and cancel orders but can't withdraw, transfer or change settings [source](https://docs.paradex.trade/api/general-information/api-authentication) | 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.paradex.trade/api/general-information/api-authentication) | 0 / 15 |
| Sending funds to new addresses | Subkeys can't withdraw or transfer [source](https://docs.paradex.trade/api/general-information/api-authentication) | 15 / 15 |
| Transaction preview or simulation | Missing: no official source found yet | missing / 10 |
| Open source and audits | Closed: no public source code in our listing [source](https://www.paradex.trade/) | 0 / 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 | 64% of the points we could check | **45 / 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.paradex.trade/api/general-information/api-authentication) | 0 / 25 |
| Order approval or confirmation options | No per-order approval; market-maker protection, price bands and a receive window limit orders (official docs) [source](https://docs.paradex.trade/trading/market-maker-protections) | 8 / 15 |
| Paper, demo or testnet mode | Testnet app and API with $1M of test USDC per new account (official docs) [source](https://docs.paradex.trade/docs/testnet-faqs) | 15 / 15 |
| Withdrawal permission needed or allowed | Trading subkeys can't withdraw, transfer or change settings (official docs) [source](https://docs.paradex.trade/api/general-information/api-authentication) | 15 / 15 |
| Scoped keys, permission scopes or IP whitelisting | Trading-only subkeys with an IP allowlist of up to 50 ranges, and read-only tokens (official docs) [source](https://docs.paradex.trade/api/general-information/api-authentication) | 10 / 10 |
| Open source or audited | Core contracts audited by Cairo Security Clan (2025) and the bridge by Zellic and Trail of Bits; the bridge is open source (official docs) [source](https://docs.paradex.trade/chain/security/audit-pentests) | 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, crypto options, crypto spot |
| Live vs paper | live; testnet with $1M test USDC per account |
| Order approval / safety | Official MCP server (trading-capable, local) and a hosted market-data MCP. Trading subkeys can't withdraw or transfer and can be locked to up to 50 IP ranges; read-only tokens |
| Pricing / free tier | no API fee; API (Pro) orders 0.003% maker / 0.045% taker; app orders 0% with a 300 ms speed bump |
| Rate limits | Orders: 800 per second per account; public endpoints 1,500 per minute per IP. |
| Official / community | official |
| Last checked | 2026-10-30 |
| Source | [docs.paradex.trade](https://docs.paradex.trade/api/general-information/api-authentication) |
| Regions (US / UK / EU) | US persons, Canadian persons and sanctioned places (terms, Feb 2026). |

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