{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "dydx", "name": "dYdX", "vendor": "dYdX Trading Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.dydx.xyz", "kind": "http-api", "category": "crypto-exchanges", "summary": "dYdX is a perpetuals exchange on its own Cosmos chain. Agents read markets and accounts from the indexer REST and WebSocket API at indexer.dydx.trade and place orders as signed chain transactions through the official TypeScript, Python and Rust clients.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dydx", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dydx.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dydx.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/dydx.json", "dns": "dydx.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/dydxprotocol/v4-clients", "license": "The clients are AGPL-3.0 with a use condition tied to the v4 Terms of Use; the chain software (dydxprotocol/v4-chain) carries a custom licence GitHub cannot classify. The hosted indexer at indexer.dydx.trade and the front end are run by third parties, not dYdX Trading Inc.", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@dydxprotocol/v4-client-js" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "dydx-v4-client" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Indexer reads need no credential. Orders, cancels and transfers are chain messages signed with the account's key (a mnemonic or private key in the clients). Permissioned keys let an owner add an authenticator that lets another key act within limits, composed from SignatureVerification, MessageFilter (for example only /dydxprotocol.clob.MsgPlaceOrder), SubaccountFilter and ClobPairIdFilter under AllOf or AnyOf, and removed with remove_authenticator. The dydx.trade interface generates an API wallet with default permission to trade all cross-margin pairs and shows its private key once (https://docs.dydx.xyz/concepts/trading/authenticators, checked 2026-11-03).", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "The indexer and clients have no charge. Trading fees at the lowest tier (under $1 million of 30-day volume) are 5.0 bps taker and 1.0 bps maker, set by governance, uniform across markets, with gas on each transaction; fees flow to validators and stakers (https://docs.dydx.xyz/concepts/trading/rewards, checked 2026-11-03).", "priceSummary": "0.05% fee", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or clients (checked 2026-11-03). Accounts are funded with USDC through Noble or an onboarding partner.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 0, "popularity": { "githubStars": 119, "npmWeekly": 86394, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-03" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.dydx.xyz/", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.dydx.xyz/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "exchange.derivatives", "exchange.market-data", "exchange.balances", "exchange.transfers", "exchange.staking", "market.crypto", "wallet.onchain" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "open-source", "llms-txt", "typescript", "python", "rust", "sandbox", "usage-priced", "status-page", "bug-bounty", "no-key", "rest" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-29", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 69.5, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 221, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1349, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 66, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 60, "reliability": 83, "schema": 58, "security": 78, "transparency": 50 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-03" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "dYdX gives an agent keyless indexer reads, permissioned keys limited by message type, subaccount and market, a Statuspage with a clean 90 days, published fees and a testnet with a faucet. There is no official MCP server or OpenAPI file, orders are chain transactions signed by the clients, and no one entity operates the hosted endpoints.", "bestFor": "An agent trading perpetuals from its own Cosmos wallet or through a permissioned key on an owner's account, outside the US, Canada and UK.", "strengths": [ "Permissioned keys limit a delegated key to chosen message types, subaccounts and markets, exclude withdrawals and transfers, and are removed with `remove_authenticator`", "status.dydx.trade lists Indexer, Chain, Order Gateway and Client Libraries components, with only maintenance windows and one partner deposit delay in the last 90 days", "Fees public at 5.0 bps taker and 1.0 bps maker at the lowest tier, with rate limits and block limits stated with numbers", "Official TypeScript, Python and Rust clients with CI and trusted publishing, and a testnet with a faucet", "A Cantina bug bounty up to $1,000,000 sponsored by dYdX Trading Inc. covering the protocol, indexer, web client and client SDKs" ], "weaknesses": [ "No official MCP server; the one registry entry is a third party's analytics server", "No OpenAPI file for the indexer; error responses are described by HTTP status only, and chain rejections surface as transaction results", "No 429 handling or Retry-After documented for the indexer; permissioned keys cannot cap position or order size", "The hosted indexer and front end are run by unnamed third parties; dYdX Trading Inc. says it runs none of the components", "Restricted to persons outside the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, with geo-blocking left to each integrator" ], "agentNotes": [ "Ask the account owner for an authenticator limited to `/dydxprotocol.clob.MsgPlaceOrder` and `MsgCancelOrder` on one subaccount, and keep its private key out of prompts", "Set a unique 32-bit `clientId` on every order and look it up on `/v4/orders` after a timeout; short-term orders expire with `goodTilBlock` (at most 20 blocks ahead)", "Stay under 2 stateful orders a block and 20 per 100 blocks; failed placements count, so use short-term orders for active trading", "Enable permessage-deflate on the indexer WebSocket; since 26 October 2026 connections without compression may be refused with 426", "Check `/v4/geo` and the compliance screen before trading for a person, since the terms exclude the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 69.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 66, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 60, "reliability": 83, "schema": 58, "security": 78, "transparency": 50 }, "provenanceScore": 50, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-03", "maintenance": "2026-11-03", "payments": "2026-11-03", "reliability": "2026-11-03", "schema": "2026-11-03", "security": "2026-11-03", "transparency": "2026-11-03" }, "last": "2026-11-03", "oldest": "2026-11-03", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "npm install @dydxprotocol/v4-client-js", "http": "curl https://indexer.dydx.trade/v4/orderbooks/perpetualMarket/ETH-USD" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/exchange.derivatives", "tool": "https://letme.dev/dydx" }, "area": "payments", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Taker fee, tier 1", "unit": "pct", "usd": 0.05, "note": "5.0 bps of notional; maker 1.0 bps" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "dYdX Trading Inc.", "domain": "dydx.xyz", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://dydx.exchange/v4-terms", "privacy": "https://www.dydx.xyz/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.dydx.trade", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "unknown", "checked": "2026-11-03", "notes": [ "dYdX Trading Inc. is the entity in the v4 Terms of Use (last updated 12 March 2026), the clients' licence and the Cantina bug bounty. dydx.xyz's terms and privacy policy (6 June 2025) name dYdX International Ltd, Cayman Islands, and its footer reads dYdX International Ltd.", "The indexer at indexer.dydx.trade is not on dydx.xyz and the docs say dYdX Trading Inc. runs none of the hosted components, so the endpoint is recorded as off the vendor's domain.", "RDAP for dydx.trade answered 404 at the Identity Digital and rdap.org services, so the domain age is unchecked; the vendor domain dydx.xyz was not queried.", "status.dydx.trade is an Atlassian Statuspage with five components and an RSS history; its robots.txt disallows /api/ and /embed/, so the history was read from /history.rss.", "https://dydx.trade/.well-known/security.txt answered the app's HTML page, so security.txt is unknown. No API changelog; protocol upgrades appear as status maintenance entries." ], "score": 50 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dydx.json", "live": { "slug": "dydx", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.dydx.trade", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-11-04T19:31:29.210412388Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://dydx.xyz/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-04T15:54:03.349495473Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-04T19:31:29.210412388Z" } }, "answer": "dYdX scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against OKX API's 64.3 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. OKX API leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "okx", "name": "OKX API", "vendor": "OKX", "vendorUrl": "https://www.okx.com/docs-v5/en/", "kind": "http-api", "category": "crypto-exchanges", "summary": "OKX's V5 API covers spot, margin, perpetual, futures and options trading, account and market data over REST and WebSocket, with demo trading on the same host and an open-source Agent Trade Kit whose okx-trade-mcp package is a local MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/okx", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/okx.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/okx.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/okx.json", "dns": "okx.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/okx/agent-trade-kit", "license": "Proprietary hosted service under OKX's Terms of Service (29 October 2026) and API Agreement (28 July 2026). The Agent Trade Kit (MCP server, CLI and skills) is MIT", "transports": [ "stdio" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@okx_ai/okx-trade-mcp" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@okx_ai/okx-trade-cli" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "python-okx" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "API key, secret and passphrase made at okx.com/account/my-api, with HMAC-SHA256 signatures over a timestamp and the request. Permissions are Read, Trade and Withdraw, singly or combined; each key binds up to 20 IP addresses or ranges, and a Trade or Withdraw key with no IP binding expires after 14 days without use. Demo trading uses the same host with the header `x-simulated-trading` set to 1 and keys that do not expire. US and Australian users call us.okx.com and EEA users eea.okx.com. The MCP server reads the key from ~/.okx/config.toml, checks its permissions at startup and hides order tools when the key cannot trade (https://www.okx.com/docs-v5/en/, https://www.okx.com/docs-v5/agent_en/, checked 2026-11-03).", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "The API costs nothing to call. Trades carry maker and taker fees by regular and VIP level; the fee page at okx.com/fees loads its table by script and the fee FAQ says the rates that apply are the ones shown while logged in, so the lowest tier's rates are unread. Public market data and demo trading need no funded account.", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the V5 docs, the API agreement or the Agent Trade Kit (checked 2026-11-03).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 170, "popularity": { "githubStars": 499, "npmWeekly": 1839, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-03" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.okx.com/docs-v5/en/", "llmsTxt": "https://www.okx.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "exchange.spot-trading", "exchange.market-data", "exchange.derivatives", "exchange.balances", "exchange.transfers", "exchange.staking", "market.crypto" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "api-key", "mcp", "cli", "llms-txt", "sandbox", "typescript", "python", "usage-priced", "no-card", "mit" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-28", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 64.3, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 413, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1349, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 77, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 20, "reliability": 65, "schema": 73, "security": 68, "transparency": 62 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-03" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "OKX publishes per-endpoint rate limits, Read, Trade and Withdraw key permissions with IP binding, demo trading on the production host, and an MIT MCP server with 170 tools, a read-only flag and a permission check at startup. The fee table and privacy policy were not read, no OpenAPI file was found, and the news tools return third-party text.", "bestFor": "An agent trading spot, perpetuals, futures or options on a person's OKX account from a local machine, with demo trading to test first and grid or DCA bots through the kit.", "strengths": [ "Official local MCP server, MIT, with modules, --read-only, a demo profile, readOnlyHint annotations and a startup check that hides order tools when the key cannot trade", "Keys limited to Read, Trade or Withdraw, bound to up to 20 IPs, with unbound Trade and Withdraw keys expiring after 14 idle days", "Rate limits published per endpoint and per User ID, with sub-account and WebSocket limits in numbers", "Demo trading on the production hosts with one header, keys that do not expire, and a demo profile in the kit", "An API Agreement written for agents, naming prohibited tactics, minimum key scope and rate-limit circumvention" ], "weaknesses": [ "The fee table loads by script and the fee FAQ defers to the logged-in view, so maker and taker rates were not read", "No OpenAPI file was found in the docs; the machine-readable contract is the kit's tool definitions", "The status page lists incidents without component history, and its newest entry is from March 2024", "The news and smart money tools return third-party text with no documented guidance on treating it as untrusted", "Trade tools in the kit carry destructiveHint false, and the npm package runs a postinstall script" ], "agentNotes": [ "Start okx-trade-mcp with --profile demo first, then --read-only on a live key; load only the modules the task needs", "Use a sub-account key with Read and Trade only, bound to the agent's IP; an unbound Trade key expires after 14 idle days", "Stay under 60 place-order requests per 2 seconds per instrument and at most 3 amendments in flight per order; 50011 means the limit was hit", "Send a clOrdId on every order and use the structured error block (code, message, endpoint) to diagnose with read-only tools before retrying", "Call us.okx.com or eea.okx.com for US, Australian and EEA accounts; openapi.okx.com does not serve those regions" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 64.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 77, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 20, "reliability": 65, "schema": 73, "security": 68, "transparency": 38 }, "provenanceScore": 85, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-03", "maintenance": "2026-11-03", "payments": "2026-11-03", "reliability": "2026-11-03", "schema": "2026-11-03", "security": "2026-11-03", "transparency": "2026-11-03" }, "last": "2026-11-03", "oldest": "2026-11-03", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "npm install -g @okx_ai/okx-trade-mcp @okx_ai/okx-trade-cli", "http": "curl https://www.okx.com/api/v5/market/ticker?instId=BTC-USDT", "config": { "mcpServers": { "okx-demo": { "args": [ "-y", "@okx_ai/okx-trade-mcp", "--profile", "demo" ], "command": "npx" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/exchange.spot-trading", "tool": "https://letme.dev/okx" }, "area": "payments", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Aux Cayes FinTech Co. Ltd.", "domain": "okx.com", "domainRegistered": "2001-07-03", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.okx.com/help/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://www.okx.com/help/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://www.okx.com/status", "changelog": "https://www.okx.com/docs-v5/log_en/", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-03", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service (last updated 29 October 2026) name Aux Cayes FinTech Co. Ltd. for all users not served by a regional OKX entity; the page metadata of the API Agreement also lists it as publisher. The governing-law clause sat past the part of the page we read. The privacy policy URL is OKX's help-centre page and was not read.", "RDAP gives okx.com a registration date of 3 July 2001, long before OKX took the name in 2022.", "https://www.okx.com/.well-known/security.txt answers 404; the Agent Trade Kit's SECURITY.md names security@okx.com.", "www.okx.com/robots.txt allows the docs, help and status pages read and /llms.txt, and disallows account, KYC and other private paths.", "okx.com/status is OKX's own page with issue descriptions and maintenance notices in UTC+8, no component history and no feed found." ], "score": 85 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/okx.json", "live": { "slug": "okx", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://www.okx.com/status", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-11-04T15:32:13.2375881Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://okx.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-04T15:53:49.77403161Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-04T15:53:49.77403161Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 40, "category": "payments", "leads": "dydx", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reasons": { "a": "No machine payment protocol (0). Fees public per tier without login (20). Testnet with a faucet and no card anywhere (20). No signup; an agent with a funded wallet trades, subject to the geographic terms (20). Total 60.", "b": "No machine payment protocol (0). The fee table loads by script and the fee FAQ defers to the logged-in view, so no rate was read (0 of 20, unchecked). Public market data and demo trading need no funded account or card (20). A person signs up, verifies and mints a key (0). 0 + 0 + 20 + 0 = 20." }, "scores": { "a": 60, "b": 20 } }, { "by": 18, "category": "reliability", "leads": "dydx", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Read with the hosted lines on the indexer API and the chain endpoints the clients submit to. status.dydx.trade is an Atlassian Statuspage with Frontends, dYdX Chain, Indexer, Order Gateway and Client Libraries components and an RSS history (20). From 1 August to 3 November 2026 the feed has eight items, seven scheduled maintenance windows of 29 minutes to 2 hours (indexer on 9 September, 8 and 15 October, protocol v9.7 on 11 September and v9.8.0 on 12 October, WebSocket compression on 26 and 28 October) and one degraded instant-deposit path through an onboarding partner from 24 to 29 September, outside the trading API. Clean or trivial (30). Rate limits documented with numbers for the indexer, the block limits and the public nodes (15). No 429 shape or Retry-After for the indexer; short-term orders expire by `goodTilBlock` and client IDs let an agent find an order after a timeout (8 of 15). No SLA (0). Mainnet generally available; the Order Entry Gateway is marked testnet-only (10). 20 + 30 + 15 + 8 + 0 + 10 = 83.", "b": "Read with the hosted lines on the V5 REST API. okx.com/status is OKX's own page with issue descriptions, maintenance notices and deposit and withdrawal status, but no component history or feed (10 of 20). It lists no incident between 5 August and 3 November 2026; its newest entry is from March 2024, and whether every incident reaches the page cannot be told, so read as clean with a doubt (20 of 30). Rate limits per endpoint, per User ID and per sub-account with numbers, and WebSocket limits (15). Error 50011 on a limit, a clOrdId on orders and a cap of 3 amendments in flight, but no Retry-After or backoff guidance found (10 of 15). No SLA (0). Generally available (10). 10 + 20 + 15 + 10 + 0 + 10 = 65." }, "scores": { "a": 83, "b": 65 } }, { "by": 15, "category": "schema", "leads": "okx", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "No OpenAPI file found for the indexer; the docs publish a types reference of about 200 pages (OrderSide, TimeInForce, OrderStatus and the rest) and the chain's protobuf messages are in the clients (8 of 25). llms.txt and Markdown docs (10). Endpoint pages describe each call and the guides say when to use short-term against long-term orders and the indexer against the node, but descriptions are short (12 of 20). Enums and types on every field in the reference, with pagination and cursor parameters typed (11 of 15). Examples in Python, TypeScript and Rust for each step; errors are described by HTTP status (400 malformed, 404 not found) with no code list (9 of 15). A /v4 path, protocol releases dated on the status page, deprecated rate-limit fields marked, but no API changelog (8 of 15). Total 58.", "b": "No OpenAPI file was found in the V5 docs; the kit's tool definitions are typed TypeScript with annotations, and the organisation has an undescribed ai-builder-openapi-md repository we did not read (12 of 25). okx.com/llms.txt exists and links the API and Agent Trade Kit pages, though the V5 docs have no Markdown twins (5 of 10). Each endpoint states its rate limit, rule, parameters and notes (15 of 20). Enums for ordType, tdMode and instType with required flags (12 of 15). Request and response examples per endpoint and an error code list with messages (14 of 15). A dated changelog with an upcoming-changes section that labels breaking changes and dates sunsets (15). 12 + 5 + 15 + 12 + 14 + 15 = 73." }, "scores": { "a": 58, "b": 73 } }, { "by": 12, "category": "transparency", "leads": "okx", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reasons": { "a": "The editorial half. Clients AGPL-3.0 with a terms-bound use condition, the chain under a custom licence, two terms documents (dYdX Trading Inc.'s v4 terms of 12 March 2026 and dYdX International Ltd's of 6 June 2025) that are clear about who runs nothing (22 of 30). The privacy policy of 6 June 2025 names dYdX International Ltd, keeps technical data until no longer necessary with no periods, and names no subprocessors; nothing covers the unnamed indexer operator (12 of 30). Protocol upgrades and the WebSocket compression change were posted as dated maintenance notices, deprecated rate-limit fields are marked, but no deprecation policy or notice period is stated (10 of 20). The policy says data may be processed in the EEA and elsewhere, with no subprocessor list (6 of 20). Total 50.", "b": "The editorial half. A closed service with terms that name the contracting entities by region and an API Agreement for agents; the kit is MIT (17 of 30). The privacy policy was not read (5 of 30). The changelog dates sunsets and labels breaking changes, such as port 8443 on 31 October and 16 November 2026 (16 of 20). No subprocessor or data-location statement read; the MCP server is local and its npm package runs a postinstall script whose purpose we did not trace (0 of 20). 17 + 5 + 16 + 0 = 38." }, "scores": { "a": 50, "b": 62 } }, { "by": 11, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "okx", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "An API, read for response sizing. `limit` on list endpoints, candles by resolution, sparklines by period; the order book comes whole (16 of 25). `limit`, `page` on fills, transfers and funding, and height or time cursors (16 of 20). Indexer errors are a status and a sentence; order rejections come back from the chain as transaction results the clients surface (8 of 20). Unique 32-bit client IDs, `goodTilBlock` expiry on short-term orders, cancel by order ID; no MCP annotations apply (14 of 20). Few required fields with market parameters fetched for unit conversion, and official clients in TypeScript, Python and Rust (12 of 15). Total 66.", "b": "limit parameters on books, candles and history, and in the kit --modules and --read-only narrow 170 tools to the three default modules; no field selection (17 of 25). after, before and limit cursors on history endpoints (18 of 20). Numeric codes with messages, such as 51020 for an invalid quantity, and the kit returns a structured error block with code, message and endpoint (17 of 20). clOrdId on orders, batch endpoints and a cap of 3 amendments in flight; the kit sets readOnlyHint on query tools but destructiveHint false on order tools and has no idempotency key (13 of 20). python-okx, the CLI and a demo profile, with passphrase and HMAC signing on every private call (12 of 15). 17 + 18 + 17 + 13 + 12 = 77." }, "scores": { "a": 66, "b": 77 } }, { "by": 10, "category": "security", "leads": "dydx", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reasons": { "a": "Orders are signed by the account key or by a permissioned key the owner adds as an authenticator, limited by message type, subaccount and market with AllOf or AnyOf, and revoked by `remove_authenticator`; no shared secret and nothing in a URL (28 of 30). A key can be confined to placing and cancelling orders on one subaccount with withdrawals and transfers excluded, though not to a position or order size, and the interface's default API wallet trades all cross-margin pairs (16 of 20). The API returns no untrusted content (10). Every action is a chain transaction and the indexer lists fills, orders and transfers per subaccount, and authenticators can be listed; no per-key log (10 of 15). A Cantina bug bounty up to $1,000,000 sponsored by dYdX Trading Inc. over the protocol, indexer, web client and SDKs, an Informal Systems audit; no security.txt and no certification (14 of 20). Total 78.", "b": "Key, secret and passphrase with Read, Trade and Withdraw permissions, up to 20 bound IPs, revocation in the account, and unbound Trade or Withdraw keys that expire after 14 idle days; no OAuth (28 of 30). Read-only keys, sub-account keys, demo trading, the kit's --read-only flag and its startup check that hides order tools when the key cannot trade, and an API Agreement requiring minimum scope; no confirmation step in the kit (18 of 20). The news and smartmoney modules return third-party text and the docs read give no guidance on treating it as untrusted (5 of 15). An account audit log tool in the kit and usage records for unbound keys in the Security Center, no per-call log (9 of 15). No security.txt; SECURITY.md with security@okx.com and GitHub private advisories; certifications and a bounty not read (8 of 20). 28 + 18 + 5 + 9 + 8 = 68." }, "scores": { "a": 78, "b": 68 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "dYdX Trading Inc.", "b": "OKX", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "The clients are AGPL-3.0 with a use condition tied to the v4 Terms of Use; the chain software (dydxprotocol/v4-chain) carries a custom licence GitHub cannot classify. The hosted indexer at indexer.dydx.trade and the front end are run by third parties, not dYdX Trading Inc.", "b": "Proprietary hosted service under OKX's Terms of Service (29 October 2026) and API Agreement (28 July 2026). The Agent Trade Kit (MCP server, CLI and skills) is MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "0", "b": "170", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-29", "b": "2026-10-28", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-03-12", "b": "2026-10-29", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-06-06", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "119 stars, 86k npm/wk", "b": "499 stars, 1.8k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "dYdX scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against OKX API's 64.3 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. OKX API leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, dYdX or OKX API?" }, { "answer": "dYdX takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. OKX API needs an API key.", "question": "Do dYdX and OKX API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for dYdX. OKX API runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.", "question": "Can an agent call dYdX and OKX API without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "dYdX is open source (The clients are AGPL-3.0 with a use condition tied to the v4 Terms of Use; the chain software (dydxprotocol/v4-chain) carries a custom licence GitHub cannot classify. The hosted indexer at indexer.dydx.trade and the front end are run by third parties, not dYdX Trading Inc.). No open-source release is listed for OKX API.", "question": "Are dYdX and OKX API open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 83 against 65", "Security \u0026 auth, 78 against 68", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 20" ], "also": [ "Open source" ], "goodFor": "An agent trading perpetuals from its own Cosmos wallet or through a permissioned key on an owner's account, outside the US, Canada and UK.", "slug": "dydx", "watchFor": "No official MCP server; the one registry entry is a third party's analytics server" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 73 against 58", "Agent ergonomics, 77 against 66", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 62 against 50" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine", "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "An agent trading spot, perpetuals, futures or options on a person's OKX account from a local machine, with demo trading to test first and grid or DCA bots through the kit.", "slug": "okx", "watchFor": "The fee table loads by script and 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-mcp-vs-dydx" } ], "panel": null, "scores": [ { "by": 18, "dydx": 83, "edge": "dydx", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "okx": 65, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 15, "dydx": 58, "edge": "okx", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "okx": 73, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 11, "dydx": 66, "edge": "okx", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "okx": 77, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 10, "dydx": 78, "edge": "dydx", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "okx": 68, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 40, "dydx": 60, "edge": "dydx", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "okx": 20, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 2, "dydx": 83, "edge": "dydx", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "okx": 81, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 12, "dydx": 50, "edge": "okx", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "okx": 62, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "dYdX scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against OKX API's 64.3 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. OKX API leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do exchange derivatives.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "dydx": "dYdX gives an agent keyless indexer reads, permissioned keys limited by message type, subaccount and market, a Statuspage with a clean 90 days, published fees and a testnet with a faucet. There is no official MCP server or OpenAPI file, orders are chain transactions signed by the clients, and no one entity operates the hosted endpoints.", "okx": "OKX publishes per-endpoint rate limits, Read, Trade and Withdraw key permissions with IP binding, demo trading on the production host, and an MIT MCP server with 170 tools, a read-only flag and a permission check at startup. The fee table and privacy policy were not read, no OpenAPI file was found, and the news tools return third-party text." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dydx-vs-okx", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dydx-vs-okx.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dydx-vs-okx.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dydx-vs-okx.min.md" }, "markdown": "dYdX scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against OKX API's 64.3 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. OKX API leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do exchange derivatives.\n\n- dYdX: grade B, 69.5/100, rank #221 of 1349. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dydx.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/dydx.json\n- OKX API: grade B, 64.3/100, rank #413 of 1349. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/okx.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/okx.json\n- Best crypto exchange APIs and MCP servers for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/crypto-exchanges/index.md\n- All 210 exchanges comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crypto-exchanges/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### dYdX (B)\n\nGood for: An agent trading perpetuals from its own Cosmos wallet or through a permissioned key on an owner's account, outside the US, Canada and UK.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 83 against 65\n- Security \u0026 auth, 78 against 68\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 20\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: No official MCP server; the one registry entry is a third party's analytics server\n\n### OKX API (B)\n\nGood for: An agent trading spot, perpetuals, futures or options on a person's OKX account from a local machine, with demo trading to test first and grid or DCA bots through the kit.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 73 against 58\n- Agent ergonomics, 77 against 66\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 62 against 50\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: The fee table loads by script and the fee FAQ defers to the logged-in view, so maker and taker rates were not read\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: dYdX +40\n\n- dYdX (60): No machine payment protocol (0). Fees public per tier without login (20). Testnet with a faucet and no card anywhere (20). No signup; an agent with a funded wallet trades, subject to the geographic terms (20). Total 60.\n- OKX API (20): No machine payment protocol (0). The fee table loads by script and the fee FAQ defers to the logged-in view, so no rate was read (0 of 20, unchecked). Public market data and demo trading need no funded account or card (20). A person signs up, verifies and mints a key (0). 0 + 0 + 20 + 0 = 20.\n\n### Reliability: dYdX +18\n\n- dYdX (83): Read with the hosted lines on the indexer API and the chain endpoints the clients submit to. status.dydx.trade is an Atlassian Statuspage with Frontends, dYdX Chain, Indexer, Order Gateway and Client Libraries components and an RSS history (20). From 1 August to 3 November 2026 the feed has eight items, seven scheduled maintenance windows of 29 minutes to 2 hours (indexer on 9 September, 8 and 15 October, protocol v9.7 on 11 September and v9.8.0 on 12 October, WebSocket compression on 26 and 28 October) and one degraded instant-deposit path through an onboarding partner from 24 to 29 September, outside the trading API. Clean or trivial (30). Rate limits documented with numbers for the indexer, the block limits and the public nodes (15). No 429 shape or Retry-After for the indexer; short-term orders expire by `goodTilBlock` and client IDs let an agent find an order after a timeout (8 of 15). No SLA (0). Mainnet generally available; the Order Entry Gateway is marked testnet-only (10). 20 + 30 + 15 + 8 + 0 + 10 = 83.\n- OKX API (65): Read with the hosted lines on the V5 REST API. okx.com/status is OKX's own page with issue descriptions, maintenance notices and deposit and withdrawal status, but no component history or feed (10 of 20). It lists no incident between 5 August and 3 November 2026; its newest entry is from March 2024, and whether every incident reaches the page cannot be told, so read as clean with a doubt (20 of 30). Rate limits per endpoint, per User ID and per sub-account with numbers, and WebSocket limits (15). Error 50011 on a limit, a clOrdId on orders and a cap of 3 amendments in flight, but no Retry-After or backoff guidance found (10 of 15). No SLA (0). Generally available (10). 10 + 20 + 15 + 10 + 0 + 10 = 65.\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: OKX API +15\n\n- dYdX (58): No OpenAPI file found for the indexer; the docs publish a types reference of about 200 pages (OrderSide, TimeInForce, OrderStatus and the rest) and the chain's protobuf messages are in the clients (8 of 25). llms.txt and Markdown docs (10). Endpoint pages describe each call and the guides say when to use short-term against long-term orders and the indexer against the node, but descriptions are short (12 of 20). Enums and types on every field in the reference, with pagination and cursor parameters typed (11 of 15). Examples in Python, TypeScript and Rust for each step; errors are described by HTTP status (400 malformed, 404 not found) with no code list (9 of 15). A /v4 path, protocol releases dated on the status page, deprecated rate-limit fields marked, but no API changelog (8 of 15). Total 58.\n- OKX API (73): No OpenAPI file was found in the V5 docs; the kit's tool definitions are typed TypeScript with annotations, and the organisation has an undescribed ai-builder-openapi-md repository we did not read (12 of 25). okx.com/llms.txt exists and links the API and Agent Trade Kit pages, though the V5 docs have no Markdown twins (5 of 10). Each endpoint states its rate limit, rule, parameters and notes (15 of 20). Enums for ordType, tdMode and instType with required flags (12 of 15). Request and response examples per endpoint and an error code list with messages (14 of 15). A dated changelog with an upcoming-changes section that labels breaking changes and dates sunsets (15). 12 + 5 + 15 + 12 + 14 + 15 = 73.\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: OKX API +12\n\n- dYdX (50): The editorial half. Clients AGPL-3.0 with a terms-bound use condition, the chain under a custom licence, two terms documents (dYdX Trading Inc.'s v4 terms of 12 March 2026 and dYdX International Ltd's of 6 June 2025) that are clear about who runs nothing (22 of 30). The privacy policy of 6 June 2025 names dYdX International Ltd, keeps technical data until no longer necessary with no periods, and names no subprocessors; nothing covers the unnamed indexer operator (12 of 30). Protocol upgrades and the WebSocket compression change were posted as dated maintenance notices, deprecated rate-limit fields are marked, but no deprecation policy or notice period is stated (10 of 20). The policy says data may be processed in the EEA and elsewhere, with no subprocessor list (6 of 20). Total 50.\n- OKX API (62): The editorial half. A closed service with terms that name the contracting entities by region and an API Agreement for agents; the kit is MIT (17 of 30). The privacy policy was not read (5 of 30). The changelog dates sunsets and labels breaking changes, such as port 8443 on 31 October and 16 November 2026 (16 of 20). No subprocessor or data-location statement read; the MCP server is local and its npm package runs a postinstall script whose purpose we did not trace (0 of 20). 17 + 5 + 16 + 0 = 38.\n\n### Agent ergonomics: OKX API +11\n\n- dYdX (66): An API, read for response sizing. `limit` on list endpoints, candles by resolution, sparklines by period; the order book comes whole (16 of 25). `limit`, `page` on fills, transfers and funding, and height or time cursors (16 of 20). Indexer errors are a status and a sentence; order rejections come back from the chain as transaction results the clients surface (8 of 20). Unique 32-bit client IDs, `goodTilBlock` expiry on short-term orders, cancel by order ID; no MCP annotations apply (14 of 20). Few required fields with market parameters fetched for unit conversion, and official clients in TypeScript, Python and Rust (12 of 15). Total 66.\n- OKX API (77): limit parameters on books, candles and history, and in the kit --modules and --read-only narrow 170 tools to the three default modules; no field selection (17 of 25). after, before and limit cursors on history endpoints (18 of 20). Numeric codes with messages, such as 51020 for an invalid quantity, and the kit returns a structured error block with code, message and endpoint (17 of 20). clOrdId on orders, batch endpoints and a cap of 3 amendments in flight; the kit sets readOnlyHint on query tools but destructiveHint false on order tools and has no idempotency key (13 of 20). python-okx, the CLI and a demo profile, with passphrase and HMAC signing on every private call (12 of 15). 17 + 18 + 17 + 13 + 12 = 77.\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: dYdX +10\n\n- dYdX (78): Orders are signed by the account key or by a permissioned key the owner adds as an authenticator, limited by message type, subaccount and market with AllOf or AnyOf, and revoked by `remove_authenticator`; no shared secret and nothing in a URL (28 of 30). A key can be confined to placing and cancelling orders on one subaccount with withdrawals and transfers excluded, though not to a position or order size, and the interface's default API wallet trades all cross-margin pairs (16 of 20). The API returns no untrusted content (10). Every action is a chain transaction and the indexer lists fills, orders and transfers per subaccount, and authenticators can be listed; no per-key log (10 of 15). A Cantina bug bounty up to $1,000,000 sponsored by dYdX Trading Inc. over the protocol, indexer, web client and SDKs, an Informal Systems audit; no security.txt and no certification (14 of 20). Total 78.\n- OKX API (68): Key, secret and passphrase with Read, Trade and Withdraw permissions, up to 20 bound IPs, revocation in the account, and unbound Trade or Withdraw keys that expire after 14 idle days; no OAuth (28 of 30). Read-only keys, sub-account keys, demo trading, the kit's --read-only flag and its startup check that hides order tools when the key cannot trade, and an API Agreement requiring minimum scope; no confirmation step in the kit (18 of 20). The news and smartmoney modules return third-party text and the docs read give no guidance on treating it as untrusted (5 of 15). An account audit log tool in the kit and usage records for unbound keys in the Security Center, no per-call log (9 of 15). No security.txt; SECURITY.md with security@okx.com and GitHub private advisories; certifications and a bounty not read (8 of 20). 28 + 18 + 5 + 9 + 8 = 68.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | dYdX | OKX API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 83 | 65 | dYdX +18 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 58 | 73 | OKX API +15 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 66 | 77 | OKX API +11 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 78 | 68 | dYdX +10 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 20 | dYdX +40 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 81 | dYdX +2 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 50 | 62 | OKX API +12 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **69.5 · B** | **64.3 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | dYdX | OKX API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | dYdX Trading Inc. | OKX |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | The clients are AGPL-3.0 with a use condition tied to the v4 Terms of Use; the chain software (dydxprotocol/v4-chain) carries a custom licence GitHub cannot classify. The hosted indexer at indexer.dydx.trade and the front end are run by third parties, not dYdX Trading Inc. | Proprietary hosted service under OKX's Terms of Service (29 October 2026) and API Agreement (28 July 2026). The Agent Trade Kit (MCP server, CLI and skills) is MIT |\n| Tools exposed | 0 | 170 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-29 | 2026-10-28 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-03-12 | 2026-10-29 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-06-06 | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n| Popularity | 119 stars, 86k npm/wk | 499 stars, 1.8k npm/wk |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**dYdX.** dYdX gives an agent keyless indexer reads, permissioned keys limited by message type, subaccount and market, a Statuspage with a clean 90 days, published fees and a testnet with a faucet. There is no official MCP server or OpenAPI file, orders are chain transactions signed by the clients, and no one entity operates the hosted endpoints.\n\n**OKX API.** OKX publishes per-endpoint rate limits, Read, Trade and Withdraw key permissions with IP binding, demo trading on the production host, and an MIT MCP server with 170 tools, a read-only flag and a permission check at startup. The fee table and privacy policy were not read, no OpenAPI file was found, and the news tools return third-party text.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### dYdX\n\n1. Ask the account owner for an authenticator limited to `/dydxprotocol.clob.MsgPlaceOrder` and `MsgCancelOrder` on one subaccount, and keep its private key out of prompts\n2. Set a unique 32-bit `clientId` on every order and look it up on `/v4/orders` after a timeout; short-term orders expire with `goodTilBlock` (at most 20 blocks ahead)\n3. Stay under 2 stateful orders a block and 20 per 100 blocks; failed placements count, so use short-term orders for active trading\n4. Enable permessage-deflate on the indexer WebSocket; since 26 October 2026 connections without compression may be refused with 426\n5. Check `/v4/geo` and the compliance screen before trading for a person, since the terms exclude the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom\n\n### OKX API\n\n1. Start okx-trade-mcp with --profile demo first, then --read-only on a live key; load only the modules the task needs\n2. Use a sub-account key with Read and Trade only, bound to the agent's IP; an unbound Trade key expires after 14 idle days\n3. Stay under 60 place-order requests per 2 seconds per instrument and at most 3 amendments in flight per order; 50011 means the limit was hit\n4. Send a clOrdId on every order and use the structured error block (code, message, endpoint) to diagnose with read-only tools before retrying\n5. Call us.okx.com or eea.okx.com for US, Australian and EEA accounts; openapi.okx.com does not serve those regions\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, dYdX or OKX API?\n\ndYdX scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against OKX API's 64.3 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. OKX API leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do dYdX and OKX API need an API key?\n\ndYdX takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. OKX API needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call dYdX and OKX API without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for dYdX. OKX API runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.\n\n### Are dYdX and OKX API open source?\n\ndYdX is open source (The clients are AGPL-3.0 with a use condition tied to the v4 Terms of Use; the chain software (dydxprotocol/v4-chain) carries a custom licence GitHub cannot classify. The hosted indexer at indexer.dydx.trade and the front end are run by third parties, not dYdX Trading Inc.). No open-source release is listed for OKX API.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dydx-vs-okx.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dydx-vs-okx.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"dydx\", \"b\": \"okx\"}`. 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